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IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Agen cy No. A0 87 51 0 4 48 YONG SEUK LEE, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Peti ti on er, ve rs us U.S. ATTO RNEY GENERAL, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Res po nd en t.

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Au gu st16 , 20 12 ) Befo re WILSON, PRYOR an d J ORDAN, Circ ui t J ud ge s. PER CURI AM: Yon g Lee , a na ti ve an d c it iz enof S ou th Kore a, ap pe al s the ord er tha t Case: 12-10843 Date Filed: 08/16/2012 Page: 1 of 4affi rm edth e d en ia l o f hi s ap pl ic at io ns forasylu m an d wi th ho ld in g o f rem ov al un de r th e Imm ig rat io n a ndNati on al ity Act an d re li ef u nd er the Uni te d Nat io ns Co nv en ti on Agai ns t To rtu re an d Othe r Cru el , Inh um anor De gr ad in g Tre atm en t o r Puni sh m en t. 8 U.S.C. §§ 11 58 (a), 1 23 1( b) (3 ); 8 C.F.R. § 20 8.1 6. Lee a rg ue s tha t he ha s a we ll -fo un de d fe ar o f fu tu re p ers ecu ti on an d t orture b as edon th e co m pu ls ory m il it ary se rv ic e th athe face s i f he is rem ov edto So ut h Ko rea. We de ny Lee’ s p et it io n. Lee ch al le ng es th e fi nd in g t ha t h is ap pl ic at io n fo r as y lu m was u nt im el y , bu t th atis su e is no t b efo re u s. Alt ho ug h t he imm ig rat io n ju dg e fo un d Lee ’s ap pl ic at io n u nt im el y , th e Bo ardde cl in edto ad dr es s tha t i ss ue . W e rev ie w on ly the de ci si on of t he Bo ard . Bed oya-Mel en de z v . Att ’y Gen., 6 80 F.3d13 21 , 13 23 n.1 (1 1t h C ir. 2 01 2) . Subs tant ia l ev id en ce s up po rts th e fi nd in g o f th e Bo ardth atLee la ck s a we ll
fo un de d fe ar o f fu tu re p ers ecu ti on or t ortu re. The reco rddo es no t co m pe l a fin di ng th atLee’s se rv ic e in th e So ut h Ko rean m il it ary wou ldco ns ti tu te pe rs ecu ti on . Alth ou ghLee p res en te d e vi de nc e th athi s fa th er h adbe enm is tre at ed by sen io r of

fic ers inth e m il it ary be cau se he ha d b eensh ort, fra il , andol de r th an hi s fe ll ow s ol di ers , Lee is th ree i nc he s t al le r th anhi s fa th er an d i n g oo d h eal th , an d Lee fai le d t o s ub m itany ev id en ce tha t h e wou ldbe “ si ng le d o ut ” fo r

2 Case: 12-10843 Date Filed: 08/16/2012 Page: 2 of 4pe rs ecu ti on ba se d o n a ny pro te ct edgro un d. Fo rg ue v. At t’y Gen., 4 01 F.3d12 82 , 12 86 (11 th Cir . 20 05 ). Lee subjec ti ve ly fearedpe rs ecu ti on an d e co no m ic ha rd sh ip ba se d o n h is in ab il ity

to sp eakKore anflu en tl y , hi s l ackof s oc ia l co nn ect io ns withi n the co un try, andth e Kor eancu st om of d es ig na ti ng care ers du rin g ch il dh oo d, b utLee in tro du cedno ev id en ce tha t es tabl is he d h is fear s wer e ob jecti ve ly reaso nabl e. See M at te r of Sib urn, 1 8 I. & N. Dec. 35 4, 3 58 (BIA 19 83 ) (“ The sh owi ng of a‘ well -fo un de d fe ar o f pe rs ecu ti on ’ requi res th atth e al ie n pr es en t s om e o bjec ti ve ev id en ce wh ic h e st ab li sh es a real is ti c li ke li ho odof pe rs ecu ti on inhi s h om el an d; anali en ’s ownsp ecu la ti on s an d c on cl us io na l st at em en ts , un supp orte d b y in de pe nd en t co rro bo rat iv e ev id en ce, wil l n ot su ffi ce.”) . Sou th Kore a canrequi re Lee t o s ub m itto m il it ary se rv ic e, an d Lee fai le d t o p res en t an y

ev id en ce tha t the So ut h Ko rean m il it ary is in te rn at io na ll y co nd em ne d. Se e Mo ha m

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Gen., 5 47 F.3d13 40 , 13 46 –4 7 (1 1t h Ci r. 20 08 ). Altho ug h Lee arg ue s tha t h e wil l b e im pr is on edsh ou ldhe refu se to se rv e in th e m il it ary, th atpu ni sh m en t i s a l awfu l s an ct io n i m po se d o n a ll Kore an ci ti zen s an d wo ul d n otam ou ntto pe rs ecu ti onor t ortu re. See id .; 8 C.F.R. § 1 08 .18 (a)( 3) . Becau se Lee can no t s at is fy th e st an da rdto ob ta in asylu m rel ie f or th e m or e st rin ge ntst an da rd s i m po se d fo r withh ol di ng of r em ov al or r el ie f un de r th e Co nv en ti on , Zhen g v . U.S. Atty. Gen ., 45 1 F .3d12 87 , 12 92 (11 th Cir . 20 06 ), 3 Case: 12-10843 Date Filed: 08/16/2012 Page: 3 of 4we de ny Lee’ s p et it io n.

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