We know so much but there are so much more that we don't know: South Korean conscripts are extremely underpaid

So South Korean enlisted (conscripts) gets less than minimum wage A DAY ( OR-1 $0/month, OR-2 $96/month, OR-3 $105/month, OR-4 $115~127/month) while the OR-6 + (officers) gets similar pay scale as the US army officers. I get it that it is conscription system and 680,000 soldiers isn't a small number. But how can they possibly justify literally $0~0.17 an hour rate for conscripts in 13th richest country in the world? This is worse than sweat shop in some shithole developing country. South Korea has one of the highest conscript per capita rate in the world and one of the longest service term (21~36 months +mobilization reserve/homeland reserve afterword). Israel only has 140,000 soldiers, but their conscripts pay rate is $200~250/month (note this is still terrible). So considering South Korean economy and defense budget is about 5 times larger than Israel, South Korean government should actually be paying its conscripts similar $ as Israeli conscripts. This is why South Korea can have 9th strongest fire power in the world with $35 billion (2.7%) budget. So realistic value of South Korean military is A LOT higher than those with volunteer base system. That is why Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Germany have A LOT smaller military yet higher defense budget. Current President of Republic of Korea gets around $180,000 and the prime minster gets around $130,000 on salary alone. How is that fucking legit? I mean cut few bucks off their salary and put on the defense budget directly towards the conscript salary... Then we won't have conscripts working for 17 cents/hr. Cut few bucks off each officer rank, cut few off president, prime minster, and politicians... It's great that we got all the high tech weapons and shit, but the government should give little more fuck about the people defending the country than the machines. With current conscript pay rate, soldiers don't even make enough money to pay for a semester of university tuition. I mean after sacrificing 2~3years of their youth, don't they at least deserve few bucks to travel somewhere or pay for their education? And the biggest social problem it create is that FEMALES ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE CONSCRIPTION! Which mean females get to get ahead in education and career. I will be doing my service at old age of 25... And I think I am worth more than 17cents/hr.