Army vows to enhance safety measures for reserve training after reservist’s death

South Korea’s Army pledged Thursday to strengthen safety controls and medical support for reservists during training, after concluding that a reservist who died during a mobilization exercise in May had died from a preexisting medical condition.

The announcement came amid growing public criticism of the military’s handling of the case.

A public petition calling for the impeachment of Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, uploaded on June 18, had gained more than 260,000 signatures as of Thursday.

The p ...