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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 were sent into South Korea to aid in its defense.<ref name="kim1999">{{REFjournal
|last=Kim
|first=DaiSikDai Sik
|init=DS
|author-link=DaiSik Dai Sik Kim
|last2=Lee
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|last2=Kim
|first2=Dai Sik
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|author2-link=DaiSik Dai Sik Kim
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|title=Extraordinarily high rates of male circumcision in South Korea: history and underlying causes
==Medical research==
Kim & Pang (2007) studied the effect of the [[foreskin]] on [[masturbation]]. They reported that masturbatory pleasure decreased in 48% of the respondents and increased in 8%, while difficulty increased in 63% but was easier in 37%. They concluded that there was a decrease in masturbatory pleasure after [[adult circumcision| circumcision]].<ref name="kimpang2007">{{REFjournal |last=Kim |first=DaiSik |init=DS |author-link=DaiSik Kim |last2=Pang |first2=Myung-Geol |init2=MG |title=The effect of male circumcision on sexuality |journal=BJU Int |volume=99 |issue=3 |pages=619-622 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06646.x |quote= |pubmedID=17155977 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06646.x |date=KimDS PangMG 2007-03 |accessdate=2021-06-06}}</ref>
==Declining rate of male circumcision reported==
Kim et al. (2012) reported a new survey carried out in 2010-11 that found a sharp decline in the incidence of circumcision. The circumcision rate in the age 14–16 age group had declined over a decade from 88.4% to 56.4%. The circumcision rate in the 17–19 age group Had declined from 95.2% to 74.4%. The authors attributed the decline to the availability of better information on male non-therapeutic circumcision. The authors suggested that the practice of male circumcision is in steep decline in South Korea.<ref name="kim2012">{{REFjournal
|last=Kim
|first=DaiSikDai Sik
|init=DS
|author-link=DaiSik Dai Sik Kim
|last2=Koo
|first2=Sung-Ae
|DOI=10.1186/1471-2458-12-1067
|accessdate=2012-01
}}</ref>
The percentage of males [[circumcised]] in South Korea (prevalence) is reported to be 77%.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://circstatistics.github.io/
|title=Global Circumcision Statistics and Estimates
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|publisher=https://circstatistics.github.io
|date=2024-04-01
|accessdate=2024-04-01
}}</ref>