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South Korean man convicted for deliberately gaining weight to evade military service (apnews.com)

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Meaning that he was already enlisted, and gave up a lot of rights that a civilian would otherwise have.

South Korea used to jail and abuse people who objected to compulsory military service and nowadays just treats them like shit. This guy tried to eat his way into doing community service instead of being an active duty soldier and he got jailed for it. I would say that tracks as abuse against objectors. I wouldn't say he was avoiding a "promotion."