South Korean man convicted of dodging military service by binge eating
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The 26-year-old man began deliberately gaining weight before a physical examination, a judge ruled.

A court in South Korea has found a man guilty of trying to avoid mandatory military service by deliberately gaining weight, local media report.

The 26-year-old began binge eating before his physical examination for the draft, a judge in the capital, Seoul, said. He was categorised as obese, allowing him to serve in a non-combat role at a government agency.

The defendant received a one-year suspended sentence. A friend who devised a special regimen that doubled his daily food intake got a six-month suspended sentence, the Korea Herald newspaper reports, external.

  • Lime Buzz@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Maybe if folks don’t want to do something and go to extreme lengths to avoid it then don’t make them or rethink the whole idea of making anybody do it? Just a thought.