The recent suggestion by retired Korean Air Force officer Kim Hyung-chul to conscript women to counter the country’s declining birth rate has sparked a heated debate. Enlisting women in the ...

Music historian Leah Broad discovers how pianists Elly Ney and Myra Hess used Beethoven to shape wartime culture in Germany and Britain. Show more Myra Hess and Elly Ney were both celebrated ...

"Obviously, if we get involved in a general war with Russia, we’ll be conscripting the population - there’s no question about that," the Liberal Democrat added. "Being prepared generates ...

SEOUL-South Korea’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that it is neither considering expanding military conscription to female citizens nor extending the period of mandatory military service for ...

Denmark is planning to conscript women and increase the length of national service in an attempt to 'avoid war'. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday said 'we do not rearm because we want ...

JERUSALEM, June 10 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament moved ahead with a contentious law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox religious students into the military amid angry scenes on Monday in the Knesset ...

The chief of a military think tank in South Korea has sparked controversy after suggesting that conscripting women into the military could boost marriage and fertility rates. Kim Hyung-chul ...