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Where Adultery is Still a Crime

By Corey Rayburnyung

There is a major scandal breaking in South Korea because of an actress invovled in criminal adultery. This article highlights the unusual history of South Korea's adultery laws:South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a popular actress who tried to overturn the country's law that criminalizes adultery be thrown in jail for a year and a half for having an affair, local media reported.South Korean enacted its adultery law more than 50 years ago to protect women who had few rights in the male-dominated society but critics say now it is a draconian measure no longer fit for a country with an advanced civil and family court system.Actress Ok So-ri's case has created a sensation in South Korea after she admitted to an affair with a singer and called on the country's Constitutional Court to overturn the statute that can send a person to jail for up to two years for adultery...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).