In a victory for human rights in South Korea, the country’s Supreme Court on April 21 overturned the conviction of two men prosecuted under article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act, which prohibits same-sex activity between soldiers with possible punishments of up to two years in prison.
SEOUL The Supreme Court of South Korea issued a landmark ruling against the military's decades-old ban on homosexual activities Thursday, striking down guilty verdicts for two male soldiers who were indicted on a charge of having consensual sex while off their base.