Military Manpower Administration



The Military Manpower Administration (MMA; ) is a government agency in South Korea under the Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters is in Seo District, Daejeon.

It has a Physical Reexamination Center in Daegu and a call center in Daejeon.

It gathers and manages information about 8.01 million South Koreans (16.8% of the total population), in order to facilitate conscription and wartime mobilization. It also handles the issuing of overseas travel permits for conscription candidates.

History
On July 17, 1948, it was assigned by the Ministry of National Defense. On September 1, 1949, it was transferred to the Troop Military District Command under the banner of Army Headquarters. On July 1, 2002, it transferred control of jurisdiction to Military Manpower Administration.