6. Soldiers A. Human Rights Status 2022 Among the major human rights issues of 2021 in Korea, significant attention was focused on incidents and problems in the military. The case of a forced discharge and death of a transgender noncommissioned officer received international attention in comparison with the US, as it brought about a policy change that allowed transgenders to serve in the military again, where in the United States the new president overturned the previous president's measure to stop the new military enlistment of transgenders. The successive deaths of noncommissioned officers who suffered sexual violence had a great impact on the establishment of laws and systems, such as the establishment of the military human rights officers through the amendments of the Military Court Act and the National Human Rights Commission Act. Various restrictions, due to COVID-19, on the daily lives of the soldiers at training centers and front-line units and treatment issues during quarantine have been criticized for the human rights sensitivity of unit commanders. The above incidents continued, or had an impact, in 2022. Regarding the death of Staff Sergeant Byun Hee-soo, the Military Death Investigation Committee recommended that the Minister of National Defense review the case as a death in the line of duty, but the army determined the death as a death no in the line of duty on Dec. 1. Another female officer took her own life from the unit where an air force sergeant who died after suffering sexual violence worked. Due to the special nature of the military environment, once an incident becomes a public issue, appeals from the soldiers who have suffered similar damages or human rights violations tend to follow. In 2022, similar but new types of issues continued to be raised in various Internet communities that were used as spaces for accusations and disclosures related to the treatment of soldiers. It has been evaluated that the situation of human rights violations in the military has improved due to recent legal and institutional measures to protect the human rights of soldiers and changes in the environment, but the recent events in 2021, such as human rights violation 159