 In fact, significant majority of Korean citizens simply associate conscientious objectors with draft dodging, and are unaware of the fact that conscientious objector draftees in other westernized countries are required to serve in alternative services.Since the establishment of the Republic of Korea, thousands of conscientious objectors had no choice but to be imprisoned as criminals.Every year about 500 young men, mostly Jehovah's Witnesses, are arrested for refusing the draft.