Kenya
18-26 years of age for voluntary service (less than 18 with
parental consent), with a 9-year obligation (7 years for Kenyan
Navy); applicants must be Kenyan citizens and provide a national
identity card (obtained at age 18) and a school-leaving certificate
(2010)
Korea, North
17 years of age (2004)
Korea, South
20-30 years of age for compulsory military service,
with middle school education required; conscript service obligation
- 21 months (Army, Marines), 23 months (Navy), 24 months (Air
Force); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; women, in
service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including
infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and
chaplaincy corps; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and
noncommissioned officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers; HIV-positive
individuals are exempt from military service (2010)
Kuwait
18-30 years of age for compulsory and 18-25 years of age for
voluntary military service; women age 18-30 may be subject to
compulsory military service; conscription suspended in 2001 (2009)
Kyrgyzstan
18 years of age for compulsory male military service in
the armed forces or Interior Ministry; service obligation 1 year;
women may volunteer at age 19; 16-17 years of age for military
cadets, who cannot take part in military operations (2010)
Laos
18 years of age for compulsory military service; minimum
18-month conscript service obligation (2010)
Latvia
18 years of age for voluntary male and female military
service; conscription abolished January 2007; under current law,
every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life
(2009)
Lebanon
18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2007)
Lesotho
18-24 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription; women serve as commissioned officers (2009)
Liberia
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2010)