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[[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
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