Article 64(1) (Minimum Age and Employment Permit Certificate), Labor Standards Act, as last amended by Act No. 10339, Jun. 4, 2010
A minor under the age of 15 (including any minor under the age of 18 who attends a middle school under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) shall not be employed at any work: Provided, That this shall not apply to a person with an employment permit certificate issued by the Minister of Employment and Labor according to the standards prescribed by Presidential Decree.
There’s no compulsory military service.
Besides to public servants and workers at a bank, an employer cannot ask an employee for a police-issued ‘certificate of good conduct’ except cases stated in the Article 6(1) of Act on the Lapse of Criminal Sentences.
Regarding non-nationals, all non-nationals shall obtain the status of stay that entitles him/her to engage in job-seeking activities in order to engage in employment.