Conscription

donga.com[English donga]

24 May 2012

The Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings that Koreans conscripted in the era of Japanese colonial rule of Korea cannot sue Japanese companies for damages.

Taiwan's conscription agency to probe alleged suicide of conscript

17 May 2012

Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - The National Conscription Agency (NCA) yesterday pledged to look into the death of a conscript surnamed Chen after an opposition lawmaker said Chen's family had cast doubt over agency's listing of suicide as the cause of death.

Warlord Charles Taylor blames conviction on US interference

16 May 2012

The ex-Liberian president faces an 80-year term in a UK prison for aiding and equipping rebels in Sierra Leone's civil war, and for his role in rape, murder, and the conscription of child soldiers.