South Korea raises age of consent from 13 to 16

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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.

Under the revised law, adults who have sex with under-16-year-olds will be prosecuted for child sexual abuse or rape regardless of any alleged consent. AFP / Ed JONES

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.

 

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rowheyourboat Let’s raise the age of consent of the Philippines .. let it be the same as the age they can get birth control . It doesn’t make sense that you can have sex at 12 but can’t get get birth control until 18 ..

Mabuti pa ang S.Korea , they raised the age of person who can give consent to having sex to 16. That means their statutory rape law is pegged at below 16 , unlike our law which is below 12.

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