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==South Korean practice==
===Recent introduction===
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 circumcision is of recent vintage.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Jung
|init=KM
|author-link=
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|title=A study on the foreskin and circumcision of the penis of Korean male
|journal=Korean J Public Health
|date=1971
|volume=9
|issue=
|pages=369
|accessdate=2021-06-06
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===Concept of "naturally circumcised"===
Korean men have invented several reasons that they do not need a surgical circumcision, such as their foreskin is short, that it retracts when they have an erection, that it is not phimosed, or other reasons. This is called "naturally circumcised".<ref name="kim1999" />
===Usual age for circumcision===
Most Korean males are circumcised not in infancy but at puberty, as teenagers or in their 20s. Circumcision in infancy is rare in South Korea.<ref name="kim1999" />
==Medical research==
Kim & Pang (2007) studied the effect of the [[foreskin]] on [[masturbation]]. Theyreported 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 circumcision.<ref name="kimpang2007">{{REFjournal
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|first=Kim