SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has submitted an opinion expressing the unconstitutionality of the military criminal code that punishes homosexuality in the military, officials said Thursday. The military criminal act, revised in 1962, prohibits same-sex relationships among military personnel, who are mostly male. The article states a maximum jail [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down guilty verdicts for two male soldiers charged with engaging in homosexual intercourse at an off-base housing facility, saying the encounter was consensual and took place in a private space. The two, a first lieutenant and a master sergeant, were charged with having [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The portion of South Koreans who are opposed to homosexuality fell below 50 percent for the first time, a report showed Sunday, in an indication of Koreans’ growing openness to sexual minorities. In a 2018 poll of 8,000 Korean adults, 49 percent said that they cannot accept homosexuals, down [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean army captain who was arrested during a controversial clandestine investigation into gay soldiers in the military received a sentence of six months of imprisonment suspended for one year at his final trial today, despite public calls for his release. Contrary to the widely parroted statement from South [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a series of protests calling for his release, the South Korean army captain at the center of a controversial ‘gay inquest’ in the army was sentenced to two years in prison this Tuesday after a verdict was reached at the country’s general military court. The captain, whose name is [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sexual minorities’ human rights are attracting voter attention as presidential candidates differ over the highly polarizing issue with a front-runner seen striving to steer clear of it. The issue was brought to the fore at a televised debate on Tuesday where Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party said [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of 13 South Korean gay rights activists were detained on Wednesday after staging a surprise protest at the National Assembly against presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in over his latest remarks against homosexuality. The activists, both men and women, are accused of approaching Moon during a meeting with supporters [...]