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==South Korean practice==
===Recent introduction===
It is believed that circumcision had been used in South Korea prior to the arrival of American forces in 1945 to treat [[phimosis]].<ref>{{REFnews |title=The Whale Hunt |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/ohmynews2007-02-09/ |last= |first= |coauthors= |publisher=OHMY NEWS INTERNATIONAL |website= |date=2007-02-09 |accessdate=2021-02-09 |quote=}}</ref>A 1971 study of men who were being examined for military service found that only five percent of the men were circumcised. These men must have been born just before or during the Korean War, but were not circumcised, so this indicates that the onset of non-therapeutic circumcision is of more recent vintage.<ref>{{REFjournal
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