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S. Korean military decides to discharge transgender soldier

by Associated Press
| January 22, 2020 12:05 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's first known transgender soldier pleaded to be allowed to continue serving after the military decided Wednesday to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery.

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