Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul stated on the morning of October 7 during the parliamentary audit of the Ministry of National Defense by the National Assembly's National Defense Committee that, regarding the military service exemption system for arts and sports, "the goal is to gradually reduce and ultimately abolish it."

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