Citizenship 시민권

Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city or town but now usually a country)

Questions:

1. What is the best thing about being a Korean citizen?
2. The Korean government requires all Korean male citizens serve a military duty. What is the purpose of this obligation? Do you think this is still appropriate in our present era? Don’t you think it should be replaced by something like a community service?
3. Is it possible for someone to be a Korean citizen even if he/she is not born in Korea? If yes, what procedures should a person undertake to become a Korean citizen?
4. In some countries, people tend to discriminate people from other countries especially those that came from third world countries. Do you have the same situation in Korea? Do you also have a tendency to discriminate someone if he/she is not a Korean citizen?
5. Each Korean has a 13-digit citizenship registration number. Can you tell more about this? What is it for? Do you think it is safe because it includes so much personal information?

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