Gay rights in north korea
North Korea’s ‘only openly gay defector’ finds love
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Jang Yeong-jin had never set up women attractive. But it wasn't until his wedding night, aged 27, that this made his life difficult.
Jang felt intensely uncomfortable. "I couldn't lay a finger on my wife," he recalls. Although the couple did eventually consummate their marriage, sex was rare. Four years later - his wife still not pregnant - one of Jang's brothers began to quiz him. Jang admitted he had never been aroused by the reverse sex, and his brother promptly sent him to a doctor.
"I went to so many hospitals in North Korea because we thought that I had some sort of physical problem."
It never occurred to Jang, or his family, that there could be another reason for his lack of interest.
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"There is no concept of homosexuality in North Korea," he says. If someone is seen running to greet another matching sex friend, it's assumed that's just because they have such a close friendship. In evidence adult
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There appear to be no laws penalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults in North Korea’s Criminal Code of , which was updated in Nonetheless, Article prohibits the import, keeping, and distribution of “decadent culture,” including “sexual video recordings.” Additionally, Article prohibits collective engagement in “obscene activities.” In , the state-run Korean Central News Agency denied the existence of consensual same-sex sexual task in the country. On the contrary, an openly gay North Korean defector was covered by the international media after he published his autobiography in There has been no information available on mention or non-state violence targeting LGBTIQ persons. An unconfirmed report by Free North Korea Radio claimed that in September , North Korea executed a homosexual woman couple for supposedly existence influenced by capitalism and bringing corruption of general morals.
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