A South Korean man has been convicted of gaining weight on purpose to avoid serving in the military, The Korea Herald reported on Sunday (Nov 24). The 26-year-old was sentenced to a year in prison, suspended for two years, under the Military Service Act. He reportedly doubled his daily food
Basically all countries with mandatory military service have similar laws- in Germany it is “Wehrpflichtentziehung durch Verstümmelung” (which covers more than mutilation and has been used in similar cases), in Austria it’s “Herbeiführung der Dienstuntauglichkeit”, in Switzerland “Schwächung der Wehrkraft durch Verstümmelung”, in Finnland it’s “Avoidance of service”, in Sweden it can be found under treasonable offences, etc.