Debate over Korea`s first transgender solider heats up
(WorldNews South Korea)

Soldiers sing a military song at a ceremony welcoming new recruits into the armed forces, Jan. 8, Gwangju. / Courtesy of ROK Armed Forces By Lee Suh-yoon The military`s recent decision to have the nation`s first transgender soldier sent before a review panel that could recommend her discharge lacks sufficient legal grounds, human rights lawyers said Sunday. Transgender people are banned from serving in the armed forces here but there are no specific regulations governing active-duty soldiers who undergo sexual reassignment surgery. So when military...