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South Korean Court Legalises Adultery by dridowu: 11:39am On Feb 26, 2015 |
Close to 5,500 people have been formerly arraigned on adultery charges in the past six years - including nearly 900 in 2014 [AP] South Korea's Constitutional Court has struck down a 60-year-old statute outlawing adultery under which violators faced up to two years in prison. The nine-member bench ruled by seven to two that the 1953 law was unconstitutional in a judgement handed down on Thursday. "Even if adultery should be condemned as immoral, state power should not intervene in individuals' private lives," said presiding justice Park Han-Chul. It was the fifth time the apex court had considered the constitutional legality of the legislation which had made South Korea one of the few non-Muslim countries to regard marital infidelity as a criminal act. In the past six years, close to 5,500 people have been formerly arraigned on adultery charges - including nearly 900 in 2014. But the numbers had been falling, with cases that end in prison terms increasingly rare. Whereas 216 people were jailed under the law in 2004, that figure had dropped to 42 by 2008, and since then only 22 have found themselves behind bars, according to figures from the state prosecution office. The downward trend was partly a reflection of changing societal trends in a country where rapid modernisation has frequently clashed with traditionally conservative norms. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/south-korean-court-legalises-adultery-150226054724879.html |
Re: South Korean Court Legalises Adultery by Nobody: 11:53am On Feb 26, 2015 |
Nice one lucifer, nice one *prepares to travel to korea* you have won the battle but you can't win the war.. 1 Like |
Re: South Korean Court Legalises Adultery by Nobody: 12:04pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
The summary of the whole thing: Even if adultery should be condemned as immoral, state power should not intervene in individuals' private lives. |
Re: South Korean Court Legalises Adultery by Beamborla(f): 12:12pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
They did not legalize it per say, they simply choose to stop interfering in couples personal affairs. People should be faithful cos they want to be faithful not because they are scared of the law... |
Re: South Korean Court Legalises Adultery by Nobody: 12:19pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
Beamborla: either the op no sabi read or him no sabi choose thread title |
Re: South Korean Court Legalises Adultery by Beamborla(f): 12:32pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
aguiyi:Actually, that was how Al Jazeera captioned it. I only got to understand it myself after reading the news itself. |
Re: South Korean Court Legalises Adultery by pat077: 1:08pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
Ok. |
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