A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining weight to evade military service.

A South Korean man who ate to the point of obesity in an attempt to dodge the army has avoided prison after he pledged to take up his mandatory military service.

The unnamed man received a suspended prison sentence of one year after doubling his daily food consumption to avoid military service duties, per reports

The South Korean man was convicted after gaining 44 pounds in order to dodge his nation's compulsory military duty.

A South Korean man hoping to avoid mandatory military service has been convicted after deliberately trying to gain so much weight it would make him ineligible.

A man in South Korea has been found guilty of trying to dodge the draft by gaining an exorbitant amount of weight, The Associated Press and The Korea Herald reported. South Korea requires all “able bodied” men to serve in the country’s military for a minimum of 18 months.

A tale of weight gain and military evasion unfolds in South Korea, as a man's drastic measures to sidestep service highlight the pressures of conscription.