A South Korean court delivered a landmark ruling on Tuesday recognising the rights of a same-sex couple for the first time, with activists hailing the verdict as a major victory for LGBTQ rights in the country.
SEOUL, South Korea –
A lower court ruled in favour of the NHIS last year but in a significant turnaround, the High Court in Seoul overturned that decision on Tuesday, effectively ordering the insurance provider to resume benefits to So’s partner as a dependent. The court ruled that the NHIS did not provide “substantiating rational reasons” for treating same-sex unions differently from common-law marriages, a copy of the verdict provided to AFP by Park showed.“Anyone can be a minority and being a minority simply means different from the majority, not being wrong or incorrect,” the ruling said.
Though South Korea still has a “long way to end discrimination… this ruling offers hope that prejudice can be overcome”.
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