South Korea forms its first cadet of female reserve officers Friday. It started a training program for 60 female university students.
South Korea established its first female Reserve Officers Training Corps in Seoul Friday.
The South Korean army picked 60 female university students from six colleges for the Reserve Officer Training Corps program.
[Lt. Kim Na-mi, ROTC Trainer]:
"There are some areas in service only women can do, and women can do whatever men can. This is the beginning -- we are claiming here that we will do our task well."
The army says it will make the pilot program for women permanent if it proved successful.
The military has allowed women to enter military academies since 1998.
Currently, there are some 2,900 female military officers in South Korea, accounting for about four percent of the total number of officers.
