South Korea overturns 60-year ruling on woman's self-defence case

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SEOUL: A South Korean court acquitted on Wednesday (Sept 10) a woman convicted six decades ago for defending herself against sexual violence, after she challenged the ruling inspired by the country's #MeToo movement.

Choi Mal-ja was 19 in 1964 when she was attacked by a 21-year-old man in the southern town of Gimhae.