Objectors struggle with South Korea's compulsory military
service  Updated August 01, 2013 13:29:34  The United Nations is
urging South Korea to introduce alternatives, rather than
punishing, people who refuse compulsory military service.  The
UN estimates over 90 per cent of those imprisoned around the
world for conscientious objection to military service are from
South Korea.  The country's men are required to serve two years
in South Korea's military, which is still technically at war
with North Korea.  25 year-old Kang Sin-wang is one of South
Korea's many objectors to military service out of conscious or
religious affirmations.  He says he's been blacklisted for
refusing compulsory military service and is struggling to find a
job.  "I already expected that these things would happen and
that things would be difficult but I choose this path not as an
opportunity but because of my conscience", he said.  Many like
Mr Kang say they are exercising their rights to freedom of
thought, conscience and religion, de