{"id":17735,"date":"2024-11-24T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/south-korean-man-convicted-of-dodging-military-service-by-binge-eating\/"},"modified":"2024-11-24T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T12:25:14","slug":"south-korean-man-convicted-of-dodging-military-service-by-binge-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/south-korean-man-convicted-of-dodging-military-service-by-binge-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean man convicted of dodging military service by binge eating"},"content":{"rendered":"


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

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All able-bodied men in South Korea<\/a> over the age of 18 must serve in the army for at least 18 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the Korean Herald, the defendant was assessed as fit for combat duty during an initial physical exam.<\/p>\n

But at the final examination last year, he weighed in at over 102kg (225 lbs, 16 stone), making him heavily obese.<\/p>\n

The man who recommended binge dieting had denied the charge of aiding and abetting, saying he never believed his friend would through with it, the newspaper adds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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