South Korea

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  Two steps back & one step forward for gays in Asia this week

  Friday, May 26, 2017

  A first-ever ruling in favor of same-sex marriage in Asia. A public caning in Indonesia. A soldier convicted in South Korea.

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  South Korea sentences soldier to jail for having sex with his partner

  Wednesday, May 24, 2017

  The country's military penal code makes homosexual activity punishable by up to two years in prison.

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  Gay defector from North Korea describes life under oppressive regime

  Thursday, April 27, 2017

  He hadn't even heard of homosexuality until he made it to South Korea.

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  Is South Korea hunting down & persecuting gay soldiers?

  Friday, April 21, 2017

  Reports say military leaders are confiscating cellphones and using dating apps to lure in gay soldiers.

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  South Korea: Court rules police cannot ban LGBT pride march

  Wednesday, June 17, 2015

  A court in the South Korean capital Seoul ruled Tuesday that police violated the law when they banned a pride march to be held June 28 as the culmination of the Korean Queer Cultural Festival, according…

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  Sex change surgeon in conservative South Korea: ‘I correct God’s mistakes’

  Tuesday, April 1, 2014

  BUSAN, South Korea -- As Dr. Kim Seok-Kwun begins surgery to create a functioning penis for a Buddhist monk who was born female, he is well aware of the unease his work creates in this deeply…

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  Filmmaker plans campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in South Korea

  Wednesday, May 15, 2013

  SEOUL, South Korea -- An openly gay filmmaker in South Korea on Wednesday said he plans to campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in the conservative nation, while announcing plans to marry his partner of nine years.

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