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Former soldier disabled by snake diet 25 minutes ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - A Seoul court has said a former South Korean soldier who fell ill after eating raw snakes during survival training is entitled to special benefits.

The court ruled earlier this week that the soldier, only identified by his family name Lee, suffered a parasitic infection by eating uncooked snakes during training in a special warfare unit where he was left in the field with no food.

Lee, who served from 1973-1979, said he began suffering severe stomach ailments and pain in his legs about four years ago due to the infection. Lee underwent surgery twice due to the ailments, according to court documents.

Lee's lawyer argued that the parasitic infection was linked to eating snakes while the defense argued the infection could have come from a number of sources and may not have taken place while he was a soldier.

Lee can now receive benefits given to those who contributed or sacrificed for the country, the court said.

Military service is compulsory for men in South Korea, which is technically still at war with North Korea.

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On the kinkometer, my kink measures as a sine wave.

Please don't let Mrs. WI see this!

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Do you think she will stop eating raw snake if she does see it?

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I shudder at the thought!

She's just looking for an excuse, I tell ya!

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.