Strange Korean Facts

James Turnbull posted an excellent post at The Grand Narrative on Korean gender/sexuality, censorship and media, politics and economy, and fashion.

Some (shocking) points include:

• Consensual sex with a 13 year old is legal!
• Around 19% of female entertainers are forced to have sex.
• Men still get paid substantially more than women.
• Adultery is illegal, but swinging is not.
• The actress Choi Jinsil was sued by the company she modelled for because she revealed that her husband physical abused her. Apparently it tarnishes the company's image.
  

Just to show, I keep on learning new things about Korea all the time.