Will Sang-Moon Bae Face Charges For His Devotion To Craft?

Alex Myers does a nice job summarizing a Yonhap News Agency report on two-time PGA Tour winner (and current FedCup #2 points earner!) Sang-Moon Bae's plight with his native South Korea.

Bae's travel visa expires this month and under South Korean law he must return within 30 days and face "conscription" or he will be the equivalent of a fugitive.

From the Yonhap report:

All able-bodied South Korean men between the ages of 18 and 35 must serve in the armed forces for about two years. The country remains technically at war with North Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

Also under the conscription laws, men between 25 and 35 who have not yet completed their compulsory service require a special permit to stay overseas.