Jung Ho Kang has been suspended for one year by the Korea Baseball Organization for multiple drunken driving offenses.

Kang, 33, was also ordered to complete 300 hours of community service during Monday's hearing, which he did not attend because he is in the United States.

His suspension will begin once he signs with a KBO team. The Kiwoom Heroes, for whom he played during his last season in the league in 2014 when they were the Nexen Heroes, still own his rights.

Kang, who was released by the Pirates last year after four seasons with the team, applied for reinstatement to the KBO from the league's voluntary retired list last week.