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.
Responding to the Supreme Court of Korea reversing the convictions of two soldiers jailed in 2017 for engaging in consensual same-sex sexual acts while off duty, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram Jang said: “This groundbreaking decision is an important triumph in the fight against discrimination faced by LGBTI people in South Korea. “The criminalization […]
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Two of four major South Korean presidential candidates responded to a questionnaire on key human rights issues facing the South Korean people, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch prepared the questionnaire to provide the candidates an opportunity to publicly express their views on human rights concerns and policies ahead of the March 9, 2022 presidential elections.