sat 30 jan 2016, 09:00

South Korean soldiers get cell phones

SEOUL –

The South Korean ministry of Defence is going to be more than forty thousand mobile phones to distribute among soldiers. That should be the contact with family members easier, reported The Korea Herald.

Groups of eight to ten soldiers from Saturday to make use of the phones. Self rondbellen is there not, said a legerfunctionaris against news agency Yonhap. For safety reasons, the military with the equipment only for receiving calls. They can, however, a text message to send with the request to contact.

Soldiers were previously only available at public telephones in legerbases. The new plan should improve the living conditions of the soldiers improve. The armed forces have in recent years regularly rocked by scandals. So died in 2014 a soldier after he was beaten by other soldiers.