Woman first to stand trial in South Korea for allegedly raping husband


The woman allegedly locked her husband in their house for 29 hours and forced him to have sex with her, with the aim of obtaining "favourable evidence" for divorce procedures.PHOTO: ST FILE.

SEOUL: A woman has been charged with forcing her husband to have sex with her, prosecutors said on Tuesday in the first indictment of its kind in South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported.

The woman, identified only by her surname Shim, locked her husband, surnamed Kim, in their house for 29 hours and forced him to have sex with her, Yonhap said, citing the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office.

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