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Korean father of three children exempted from compulsory military service

Korean father of three children exempted from compulsory military service

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In South Korea, all healthy males between the ages of 18 and 35 are required to serve in the military. World Cup team players and Olympic medal winners are exempted from this. Military service is one of the five primary duties of citizens enshrined in the Constitution. The other four are paying taxes, working, educating children and protecting the environment. The government is considering increasing the scope of exemption. A proposal to bar fathers of three or more children from military service till the age of 30 is likely to be implemented soon. South Korea, with a population of 50 million, has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. There has been a steady decline in the birth rate since the 1970s. President Yoo Suk Yeol has insisted on taking bold steps to increase the birth r...
Verification of people living on rent should be done: DCP Panchkula

Verification of people living on rent should be done: DCP Panchkula

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Panchkula | A crime meeting was held at Sector-1 DC office on Wednesday under the leadership of Panchkula DCP Sumer Pratap Singh with all the supervisory officers, police station and outpost in- charges of the district. During the crime meeting, the DCP gave 'guidelines' to the police station in- charges, outpost in- charges and supervisory officers of the district to curb crime and settle the ongoing pendency in the police stations. The DCP said that crime related to women is the most sensitive crime. Resolve the matter by taking immediate action on them. Apart from this, all police station and police post in- charges were instructed to increase patrolling in their respective areas, so that crimes can be prevented. The crime branch in- charges were instructed to take strict action aga...
Japan: First mission of new rocket failed, blasted in space

Japan: First mission of new rocket failed, blasted in space

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Tokyo | Japan's new rocket failed in its first flight. The engine of the second stage did not turn on, the scientists blew it up in space itself. Earth observation satellite was being sent in this rocket. Due to this, the Japanese Space Agency JAXA i.e. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has suffered huge losses. The Japanese Space Agency built this rocket three decades later to launch satellites at a cheaper price from Elon Musk's SpaceX company. Last month, an attempt to launch this rocket was postponed.
Meet the new Pennsylvania congressional races!

Meet the new Pennsylvania congressional races!

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With the Pennsylvania district map upheld — and the candidate filing deadline passed — a look at who’s running in the primaries for each of the state’s new House districts. After a one-of-a-kind first three months of the year, featuring a court-ordered re-drawing of the state’s congressional map, a court battle over that order, and a separate congressional special election under the old map that’s now finally over, it’s finally time for Pennsylvania to begin its primary season in all 18 of its new congressional districts. Those races may very well determine which party starts 2019 with control of the House of Representatives. The filing deadline for candidates passed earlier this week, just one day after a pair of court rulings exhausted all remaining challenges to the new map — ...