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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...

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...