Shoppers and pedestrians in the Myeongdong shopping district of Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday, Feb 15, 2015. South Korea's Constitutional Court is set to rule Thursday on a motion to strike down a controversial law that outlaws adultery and threatens violators with jail time. -- PHOTO: BLOOMBERG.
SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's Constitutional Court is set to rule Thursday on a motion to strike down a controversial law that outlaws adultery and threatens violators with jail time.
It marks the fifth time in 25 years that the apex court has considered the constitutional legality of a 1953 statute which makes South Korea one of the few non-Muslim countries to regard marital infidelity a criminal act.
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