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'''South Korea''', a traditionally non-circumcising nation, nevertheless, adopted the practice of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] during and after the Korean War (1950-53). The adoption of [[circumcision]] may be traced to 1950, when the [[United States]], which was then a nation devoted to circumcision, intervened in the Korean War (1950-53) and large numbers of mostly [[circumcised]] American troops , attended by mostly [[circumcised doctors]] in the American medical corps, were sent into South Korea to aid in its defense.<ref name="kim1999">{{REFjournal

Most Korean males are [[circumcised]] not in infancy but at [[puberty]], as teenagers or in their 20s, so it is now viewed as a "rite of passage". [[Circumcision]] in infancy is rare in South Korea.<ref name="kim1999" /> Ku ''et al''. (2003) reported "a positive attitude toward circumcision in South Korean men, linking it with hygienic practices." They also reported the decision to circumcise was most often made by parents.<ref name="ku2003">{{REFjournal