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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen announced in the last week of December 2022 that starting January 1, 2024, Taiwan will extend the compulsory military service from four months to one year. The decision is expected to affect the conscripts born on and after January 1, 2005. Previously, after 1949, when the Republic of China’s (ROC) government was relocated to Taiwan following the Chinese Civil War, all Taiwanese men above 18 had to serve two to three years in the military as part of the conscription system. However, this system was gradually reduced to one year by 2008. Furthermore, under the previous...
