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South Korea legalizes adultery, condom shares soar!!

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Really? Because they arent a backward religious country that cant even provide proper sanitation to its people?
I don't know, our sanitation seems to be fine. At least we are not overrun with Syphilis AIDS and Gonorrhea.
 
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I don't know, our sanitation seems to be fine. At least we are not overrun with Syphilis AIDS and Gonorrhea.

Ever wondered why the health parameters are so appalling bad in South Asia ... including your country? Sanitation plays a big role in it...

Thing is, what others do in their bed rooms or who they love is not the matter of the state
 
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Ever wondered why the health parameters are so appalling bad in South Asia ... including your country? Sanitation plays a big role in it...

Thing is, what others do in their bed rooms or who they love is not the matter of the state
Of course it isn't. But if they have entered a contract (marriage) then state has the right to charge them.
 
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Where is humanity heading?

@Imran Khan @rockstar08 Do you know about the infamous park in South Korea?


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February 26, 2015

South Korea legalises adultery
The 1953 statute aimed at protecting traditional family values unconstitutional, rules court

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a controversial adultery law, which for more than 60 years had criminalised extra-marital sex and jailed violators for up to two years.

The nine-member bench ruled by seven to two that the 1953 statute aimed at protecting traditional family values was unconstitutional.

“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 ended 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.

Public views ‘have changed’

“Public conceptions of individuals’ rights in their sexual lives have undergone changes,” Park said, as he delivered the court’s decision.

Under the 1953 law, adultery could only be prosecuted on complaint from an injured party, and any case was closed immediately if the plaintiff dropped the charge - a common occurrence that often involved a financial settlement.

The law was grounded in a belief that adultery challenged the social order and damaged families
, but critics insisted it was outdated and represented state overreach into people’s private lives.

The debate over its future had simmered away for years, bubbling over from time to time especially if a public figure fell foul of the statute.

Such was the case in 2008 when one of the country’s best-known actresses, Ok So-Ri, was given an eight-month suspended sentence for having an adulterous affair.

At that time, Ok unsuccessfully petitioned the Constitutional Court, arguing that the law amounted to a violation of her human rights in the name of revenge.

The court had previously deliberated the issue in 1990, 1993 and 2001, but those moves to strike down the law had failed to gain the support of the six judges required.

Ok’s 2008 petition had come close with five judges deeming the statute unconstitutional.

Improving gender equality

The law was originally designed to protect the rights of women at a time when marriage afforded them few legal rights, with most having no independent income and divorce carrying enormous social stigma.

But even socially conservative civic groups who had supported the legislation in the past acknowledged that times had changed.

“Adultery must be censured morally and socially, but such a law is inappropriate in a modern society,” said Ko Seon-Ju, an activist with the Seoul-based civic group Healthy Families.

“It used to be an effective legal tool to protect female rights, but equal rights legislation has improved,” Ko said.

“Adultery is an issue that should be dealt with through dialogue between the partners, not by law,” she added.

While the adultery law may have been ruled out of existence, social disapproval of marital infidelity remains potent.

In April last year, South Korea blocked the newly launched Korean version of the global adultery hook-up site Ashley Madison, saying it threatened family values.

South Korea legalises adultery | GulfNews.com
 
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Where is humanity heading?

@Imran Khan @rockstar08 Do you know about the infamous park in South Korea?


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February 26, 2015

South Korea legalises adultery
The 1953 statute aimed at protecting traditional family values unconstitutional, rules court

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a controversial adultery law, which for more than 60 years had criminalised extra-marital sex and jailed violators for up to two years.

The nine-member bench ruled by seven to two that the 1953 statute aimed at protecting traditional family values was unconstitutional.

“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 ended 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.

Public views ‘have changed’

“Public conceptions of individuals’ rights in their sexual lives have undergone changes,” Park said, as he delivered the court’s decision.

Under the 1953 law, adultery could only be prosecuted on complaint from an injured party, and any case was closed immediately if the plaintiff dropped the charge - a common occurrence that often involved a financial settlement.

The law was grounded in a belief that adultery challenged the social order and damaged families
, but critics insisted it was outdated and represented state overreach into people’s private lives.

The debate over its future had simmered away for years, bubbling over from time to time especially if a public figure fell foul of the statute.

Such was the case in 2008 when one of the country’s best-known actresses, Ok So-Ri, was given an eight-month suspended sentence for having an adulterous affair.

At that time, Ok unsuccessfully petitioned the Constitutional Court, arguing that the law amounted to a violation of her human rights in the name of revenge.

The court had previously deliberated the issue in 1990, 1993 and 2001, but those moves to strike down the law had failed to gain the support of the six judges required.

Ok’s 2008 petition had come close with five judges deeming the statute unconstitutional.

Improving gender equality

The law was originally designed to protect the rights of women at a time when marriage afforded them few legal rights, with most having no independent income and divorce carrying enormous social stigma.

But even socially conservative civic groups who had supported the legislation in the past acknowledged that times had changed.

“Adultery must be censured morally and socially, but such a law is inappropriate in a modern society,” said Ko Seon-Ju, an activist with the Seoul-based civic group Healthy Families.

“It used to be an effective legal tool to protect female rights, but equal rights legislation has improved,” Ko said.

“Adultery is an issue that should be dealt with through dialogue between the partners, not by law,” she added.

While the adultery law may have been ruled out of existence, social disapproval of marital infidelity remains potent.

In April last year, South Korea blocked the newly launched Korean version of the global adultery hook-up site Ashley Madison, saying it threatened family values.

South Korea legalises adultery | GulfNews.com
nope bro whats in park?
 
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they may as well de-institutionalize marriage then

not sure if it sends a good message.....interesting decision nonetheless
 
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Yahan sab delhi ke laddu ke peeche hain!! Koi kha chuka hai aur koi khane wala hai aur koi yeh laddu khane mein kaisa taste lagega sochta hai!!:D
 
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Are you thinking ofa threesome that includes the husband?
Nope! Husband 'A' with wife of husband 'B'!!! ;)

i will say again shadi sucks
Kyon bhai? Are you henpecked?

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:lol:
 
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Liberal secularism at work. Being a devilish ideology it can promote nothing but moral and intellectual bankruptcy.
 
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