The ruling marks the first legal recognition of a same-sex union in South Korea.
There is no legal acknowledgment of LGBTQ partnerships in South Korea, forcing couples to move abroad if they want to get married legally.
"It took four years to earn this dependent status and … we need to fight harder to legalise same sex marriage going forward," he said. So and Kim have held a wedding ceremony and are often described as a married couple but their marriage is not legally recognised in South Korea. While campaigns to legalise same-sex marriage have succeeded in Taiwan and Thailand, there is no legal acknowledgment of LGBTQ partnerships in South Korea, forcing couples to move abroad if they want to get married legally.
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