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About The Korea
World Scout Jamboree: How troubles plagued South Korea's operation
... On top of The Korea Scout Association, the project was also managed by the province s officials, South Korea s legislature, as well as three other government agencies including the ministry of gender equality and family, the ministry of tourism, and the ministry of interior and safety...
Ukraine war: Pressure builds on South Korea to send arms to Kyiv
... Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky recently made a similar plea in The Korean press...
Hikikomori: Why S Korea is paying young recluses to leave home
... About 340,000 people aged 19 to 39 in the country - or 3% of this age group - are considered lonely or isolated, according to The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs...
Buzz Aldrin marries for the fourth time, aged 93
... " Before the famous moon landing, Mr Aldrin piloted fighter planes on US Air Force combat missions during The Korea war...
Tesla reports record 1. 3 million deliveries for 2022
... The Korea Fair Trade Commission said the company had exaggerated the " driving ranges of its cars on a single charge, their fuel cost-effectiveness compared to gasoline vehicles as well as the performance of its Superchargers"...
South Korea lifts ban on import of adult sex dolls
... The revised guidelines allow adult-shaped dolls through customs, but child-like dolls resembling minors are still prohibited, The Korea Customs Service said...
Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections
... A writer for The Korea Herald, Yim Hyun-su noted in an article at the weekend that both candidates have refreshed their appeal to women on social media...
South Korea: The celebrity tattooist criminalised for his art
... There are no official numbers but according to 2019 research by The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, there are an estimated 200,000 tattooists in Korea...
South Korea lifts ban on import of adult sex dolls
South Korean officials have lifted an import ban on adult-sized sex dolls.
The decision comes after years of debate over whether the government was interfering in people's Private Lives .
The revised guidelines allow adult-shaped dolls through customs, But child-like dolls resembling minors are still prohibited, The Korea Customs Service said.
Sex dolls are not illegal in South Korea . However, thousands of them have been seized in customs since 2018.
Officials blocked the import of life-size sex dolls under a law that restricts goods that are seen as harming South Korea 's traditions and Public Morals .
Importers initially took their complaints to court asking for the ban to be lifted and for the release of The Dolls in customs. They said the products did not impinge on human dignity.
In 2019, the Supreme Court upheld a decision that sex dolls are used for personal use and fall under the same category as pornography, which is tightly regulated, But Legal .
to stop the import of these dolls into South Korea . The Unidentified author of the petition said The Dolls could lead to an increase in sex crimes.
The Matter was resolved when customs officials decided to lift the ban. They said in a statement that the decision was made after reviewing recent court rulings and opinions from relevant government agencies including the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
The decision also allows importers to retrieve their products from government custody. Customs officials said they still likely hold More Than 1,000 sex dolls that had arrived in South Korea over The Last Four Years .
But custom officials said they would ban the sale of sex dolls that resemble Real People , such as celebrities.
It's unclear if the sale ban also applies to domestically made sex dolls that look like minors - But such restrictions exist in Australia, the UK and and US.
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