South Korea’s National Intelligence Service also said this week that North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia had started engaging in combat. Putin did not deny the presence of North Korean ...

A South Korean man has been convicted of intentionally putting on more weight in a bid to avoid enlisting in the military service, which is mandatory in the country. On Tuesday, Nov. 26 ...

A South Korean man who ate to the point of obesity in an attempt ... which went on hiatus in 2022 to perform military service.There have been dozens of cases of young men who intentionally gain or ...

A South Korean man who ... to perform military service.There have been dozens of cases of young men who intentionally gain or lose weight, feign mental illness, get full body tattoos, or self ...

File Image/Reuters A South Korean man’s unusual attempt to evade mandatory military service by deliberately gaining weight has resulted in a conviction, stirring public debate over the country’s ...

SEOUL — A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended ... non-military facilities such as welfare centers and community service centers. If their problems are serious, they are exempted ...