Man Sentenced to Prison for Intentionally Getting Fat to Avoid Military Service
A 26-year-old South Korean man was recently sentenced to one year in prison for deliberately binge eating in order to become obese and be declared unfit for mandatory military service. Military service is no trivial matter in South Korea. It doesn’t matter if you’re a globally-known singer, a successful actor, or a billionaire; if you’re […]
24-Year-Old Man Marries 81-Year-Old Woman to Avoid Military Service
A young Ukrainian man has managed to successfully avoid compulsory military service by staying married to a woman 57 years his senior for almost two years. Despite widespread criticism online, the man has the law on his side. In late 2017, Alexander Kondratyuk, a young man from the Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa, received his conscription […]