Korea: Adultery IS against the Law!
I was surfing K-Popped when I happened to read that a Korean actress was jailed for having committing adultery..
At first I thought that was a bit outrageous..... but then I realised it was a good thing... You can't say it is a bad thing, because it was written in the late 1950s to protect the women in those days when their men tried to have wasn't theirs to begin with.. Of course, if women decide to stray, they have to pay the price. That lady actress deserved it then.
The South Korean court also ruled that foreigners can also cite the adultery law against their husband in Korea... so, for spouses who have straying husbands...(or wives..) it's a good time to move to Korea!! LOL.
Related Links:
EFL- Law Korea.
At first I thought that was a bit outrageous..... but then I realised it was a good thing... You can't say it is a bad thing, because it was written in the late 1950s to protect the women in those days when their men tried to have wasn't theirs to begin with.. Of course, if women decide to stray, they have to pay the price. That lady actress deserved it then.
The South Korean court also ruled that foreigners can also cite the adultery law against their husband in Korea... so, for spouses who have straying husbands...(or wives..) it's a good time to move to Korea!! LOL.
Related Links:
EFL- Law Korea.
Comments
I certainly wished that it was applied in the US! If your married you have have a signed contract between you and your spouse. Adultry is breaking that contract and should be punishable.
But, this law was actually primarily created to financially protect women. The reason being is in a divorce case in Korea, the husband gets everything. There is no alimony. So to protect faithful wives from unfaithful husbands leaving them, they enacted this law. Besides jail punishment it also has a provision that allows the wife to get money from the husband, which she ordinarily would not get.