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[[File:Flag_of_South_Korea.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of South Korea]]
[[File:Flag_of_South_Korea.svg|thumb|150px|Flag of South Korea]]
'''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]] intervened in the Korean War and large numbers of mostly [[circumcised]] American troops were sent into South Korea to aid in its defense.<ref name="kim1999">{{REFjournal
'''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 (1950-52) and large numbers of mostly [[circumcised]] American troops were sent into South Korea to aid in its defense.<ref name="kim1999">{{REFjournal
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[[Category:Male circumcision]]
[[Category:Male circumcision]]
[[Category:Human rights]]


[[Category:Korea]]
[[Category:Korea]]
[[Category:Human rights]]