00:00Taiwan's military is roughly 150,000 strong, made up of a volunteer force.
00:07All young men are required to serve for a year, but only a relatively small number stay in the military,
00:14usually looking for other opportunities and better compensation elsewhere.
00:18But that could change.
00:20Taiwan's presidential office has approved plans to increase pay for all volunteer soldiers by about a thousand US dollars a month.
00:28A move that some people in Taiwan say is a good step towards the future.
00:36But the way Taiwan is increasing troops' pay has raised concern from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, or DBP, and the Cabinet.
00:44The legislature is controlled by the opposition Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party.
00:49They passed the amendment to raise soldiers' pay, increasing the overall budget by about a billion dollars annually.
00:56Under law, the legislature is supposed to discuss major budget proposals with the Cabinet.
01:02But it did not.
01:04The KMT says that the DPP isn't doing enough to help the country's armed forces.
01:18The increase in pay is said to take effect starting on January 1st, but there are still questions about the legality of the law and how to enforce it.
01:38When discussing raising the overall defense budget, the defense ministry has said it welcomes more resources as long as they are in line with procedure.
01:47But whether this increase follows procedure could take a while to figure out.
01:52Justin Wu and Jaime Okon for Taiwan Plus.
01:54Justin Wu and Jaime Okon for Taiwan Plus.
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