South Korea raises minimum age of consent to protect children from sex crimes

In a bid to protect mirs from sexual offences, South Korea has raised of consent for sex from 13 to 16. According to reports, South Korea earlier h a law that allowed ults to have sex with anyone above 13, which has w been raised to 16, keeping in mind growing sexual abuse and rape cases against mirs. new law will open door for prosecution for ults who have sex with under-16-year-olds. 

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latest development came after South Korea's ruling Democratic Party on April 23 agreed to raise of consent from 13 to 16. Ministry of Justice h earlier said a 13-year-old is t mature eugh to consent to sexual acts and proposed raising of at which a person is legally considered old eugh to consent. Ministry of Justice in a statement said that of consent was raised from 13 to 16 in a bid to 'protect children against sex crimes at a fundamental level'. 

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South Korea has long faced criticism over its minimum required for giving consent for sexual acts. Despite being one of most vanced ecomies and techlogically vibrant nations in world, South Korea is considered a highly patriarchal society where victims of sexual abuses have been shamed in past for coming forward. amendment came after a long-standing demand from rights activists, who felt that benchmark in South Korea was too low compared to some of or major countries in world. In most countries, minimum required to give consent for sex is 16 or above. 

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In 2017, call for raising minimum of consent grew after a 47-year-old man was found t guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl on grounds that she h consented. But w it has been changed for good, and under newly revised law, any ult who will have sex with under 16-year-old will be punished regardless of having consent or t.

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