Olympic Success Carries a Bonus for Koreans: Military Exemption

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If Kim Kee-hee had not taken the field for the first time just as the tournament was about to end, he would have had to start a 21-month tour of duty by the time he was 28. Now at age 27, he would most likely now be preparing to join the army team Sangju Sangmu in the K-League Classic, South Korea’s top tier of soccer, to collect the average soldier stipend of around $120 a month, serving a country technically still at war with North Korea.
Instead in February, 2012 Kim signed with the Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua to become his country’s fourth-highest earning soccer player with a reported annual salary of around $2.4 million.
Four years later in Brazil, a new generation of South Korean players will be hoping to follow in Kim’s footsteps to win a medal, and more.
It is very interesting that the government of South Korea is exempting military service obligations for 2018 Winter Olympic Medal winners.
It is obvious that South Korea has designated the Olympic performance of South Korean team members as a priority.
Thanks for alerting me TSgt Joe C.
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That's an excellent motivator!!

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