A Comparative Study on Veterans Support Policy

Abstract

Along with recent recession both in domestic and international stage, it has become more hostile environment for veterans to find their jobs. Now it needs more systemic approach from different angles to deal with this social problem. In order to secure outstanding military work force, it is essential to guarantee their stable future after retirement. Therefore, a support from national level to those veterans is critical. The objective of this study lies in analyzing developed countries’ policy for veterans that helps relieve the unemployment problem and drawing applicable points from those policies to Korea. As a way to achieve this goal, firstly we have examined Korean veterans’ current employment status and current support system. Thereafter, we analyzed other nations’ support policy for veterans to discover applicable points to Korea. As methods to carry out this study, it involved the analysis of related data, interview in both domestic and international stage, and discussion with professionals. The recently proposed policy implementation primarily focuses on practical job training courses....