South Korea raises age of consent from 13 to 16
South Korea has raised the age of consent for sex to 16 from 13 as it seeks to strengthen
protection for minors following accusations the existing law on sex crimes was too weak, it emerged on Wednesday.
Under the revised law, adults who have sex with those less than 16 years of age will be prosecuted for child sexual abuse or rape regardless
of any alleged consent.
Previously, teenagers aged 13 or older were held to be legally capable of consenting to sex, resulting in controversial
cases and critics saying that sex offenders were escaping without punishment due to the low benchmark.
In 2017, a 42-year-old man was found not guilty of raping a then 15-year-old on the grounds she had consented,
provoking outrage and calls for the age limit to be raised.
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