Constitutional Court upholds controversial adultery law

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled Thursday
in favor of the country's 55-year-old adultery law that punishes extramarital
affairs.
The ruling is the fourth time in the country's history that the Constitutional
Court has backed the law, under which more than 1,200 people are indicted each
year and sentenced up to two years in prison.
The decision by the nine-member panel came after a star actress and former wife
of a popular entertainer filed a complaint that the law violates the
Constitution. She had filed the case after admitting to an extramarital affair
with an Italian chef earlier this year in a high-profile scandal.
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