SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a same-sex couple demanding the same spousal coverage from the state health insurance program as heterosexual couples. The Seoul High Court delivered the landmark decision, overturning a lower court’s ruling that marriage in South Korea is considered a union between [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday ruled against a same sex couple demanding the same spousal health insurance coverage as heterosexual couples, saying matrimony in South Korea is still considered a union between a man and a woman. In February of last year, So Seong-wook filed the administrative lawsuit against [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Thursday it has recently approved a request from a same-sex couple to use combined miles. Earlier this week, a female same-sex Korean couple submitted a marriage certificate they obtained in Canada to apply for the airline’s SkyPass family members [...]