Contents:
- NORTH KOREA’S ‘ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR’ FDS LOVE
- GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'
- GAY LIFE NORTH KOREA
- NORTH KOREA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR: ''S A WEIRD LIFE'
NORTH KOREA’S ‘ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR’ FDS LOVE
Image source, Oh HwanJang Yeong-j's remarkable story as North Korea's only openly gay fector was vered by the ternatnal media after he published his tobgraphy. Medil tts "There is no ncept of homosexualy North Korea, " he says. Park Jeong-Won, a law profsor at Seoul's Kookm Universy, says that he is not aware of any explic North Korean law agast gay and lbian relatnships.
But he adds that the state's laws agast extramaral relatns and breachg social mor would probably be -opted to prosecutg any gay sexual act. "When I asked them about homosexualy, they didn't tch on quickly so I had to expla to every sgle person, " Kim, profsor of North Korean Studi at Ewha Women's Universy, says.
GAY SOUTH KOREA: 'SHE SAID I DON'T NEED A SON LIKE YOU'
He turned the page to disver an article about gay men g out, wh a scene om an Amerin film showg two men kissg source, Chosun-ilboImage ptn, Jang's risky fectn route ma headl the SouthFally dawned on Jang that he, too, was gay.
"The revelatn transformed Jang's life, and he beme a regular at Seoul's gay bars.
GAY LIFE NORTH KOREA
"I heard that there are many gay bars there. "He said homosexualy is a s and was the e of Aids.
He told me that he didn't want me to spread homosexualy to the other workers, " says Kim.
NORTH KOREA'S ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR: ''S A WEIRD LIFE'
The rtrant owner's son vised Kim's mother to give her the news her son was gay.
He was raised by a vout Prottant mother and tght that beg gay meant burng hell. He listened fearfully church as the pastor preached that homosexualy was a s and enuragg would brg disease.