韓國取消通姦禁令 廢除禁止婚外性行爲法律

A South Korean court has struck down a controversial, decades-old law that bans extra-marital sex.

一家韓國法院廢除了一項禁止婚外性行爲的法律。這項具有爭議的法律已經施行了數十年。

The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled by a vote of seven to two against the adultery ban, which was enacted in 1953.

韓國憲法法院星期四進行投票，以七票對兩票的表決結果廢除了通姦法。該法律是1953年頒行的。

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"Even if adultery should be condemned as immoral, state power should not intervene in individual private lives," said presiding justice Park Han-Chul.

首席法官樸翰哲說：“即使通姦行爲應該受到道義譴責，國家權力也不應干預個人的私生活。”

More than 5,400 people have been indicted on adultery charges in the past six years, according to official figures, though jail terms were rarely given out under the law.

韓國官方公佈的數字顯示，在以往六年期間，5400多人被控犯有通姦罪，不過極少依法判刑。

The adultery ban initially was seen as an attempt to promote gender equality, since married women had few other rights. But the law became increasingly unpopular as South Korean culture rapidly modernized in recent decades.

頒佈通姦禁令的目的是倡導性別平等，因爲當時的韓國已婚女子幾乎沒有其他權利。近幾十年來，隨着韓國文化迅速現代化，反對這項法律的呼聲日益增高。