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SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean printial ont nner Moon Jae In me unr fire Wednday (April 26) for sayg he did not like homosexualy, promptg angry protts at a mpaign event by gay rights groups. Read more at

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K-POP'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ARTIST IS FDG FAM AND FANS IN CONSERVATIVE SOUTH KOREA

A group of South Korean gay rights activists were apprehend Wednday while stagg a prott at the Natnal Assembly agast printial ont-nner Moon Jae- over his remarks agast homosexualy. A total of 13 people were taken to police statns for vtigatn after they tried to approach Moon, mand his apology and chanted slogans while the ndidate of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea was add... * moon jae in gay rights *

A group of South Korean gay rights activists were apprehend Wednday while stagg a prott at the Natnal Assembly agast printial ont-nner Moon Jae- over his remarks agast homosexualy. (Yonhap)Durg a televised bate a day earlier, Moon exprsed his opposn to homosexualy and the legalizatn of when asked by ndidate Hong Joon-pyo of the far-right Liberty Korea Party.

SOUTH KOREA PRINTIAL FAVOURE MOON JAE- ANTI-GAY MENT

Discrimatn agast members of South Korea's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni should not be tolerated, Print Moon Jae- said Monday. * moon jae in gay rights *

But I oppose discrimatn (agast homosexuals), ” he said.

Moon had not ma clear his stance on homosexualy earlier. ”Others were heard said, “Is homosexualy illegal?

SOUTH KOREAN PRINTIAL HOPEFUL ACCED OF ANTI-GAY COMMENTS

Homosexualy is a beg! The fendants’ nduct, said, “is nsired ntrary to good sexual moraly, ” and was “serly gg” on the matenance of ary homosexualy is not illegal South Korea, remas taboo a largely nservative society.

DOZENS ARRTED AS SOUTH KOREAN ARY NDUCTS ‘GAY WCH-HUNT’

Print Moon Jae- – a former human rights lawyer – said prr to beg print that he was agast homosexualy and “did not like ” soldiers n be prosecuted. In 2017, article 92-6 was ed to discrimately monor and punish gay men the ary, a move human rights mpaigners at the time lled a “wch-hunt”.

SOUTH KOREA'S PRINTIAL HOPEFUL MOON JAE IN UNR FIRE OVER ANTI-GAY MENT

There are also s of gay soldiers beg sent to psychiatric law do not differentiate between whether the act was nsensual, off-base, or off-duty. 21 (UPI) -- Discrimatn agast members of South Korea's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni should not be tolerated, Print Moon Jae- said Monday.

SOUTH KOREA MT END GAY SOLDIER 'WCH-HUNT', MPAIGNERS SAY

In 2017, Moon ma ntroversial remarks durg his printial mpaign, when he said he is opposed to homosexualy. Gay marriage and other forms of legal partnership are not available.

Oh, and he happens to be gay and pletely open about .

“I’m gay gay gay gay gay, n we please move on now and learn what that means? “She’s an credible, strong woman but her and my dad don't have the ntext for what means to be gay. But South Korea, greater challeng rerced by the untry’s notor, close-md stance on homosexualy loom overhead.

SOUTH KOREA PRINTIAL ONT-NNERS AGREE GAYS SHOULDN'T BE ARY

I was worried that I might be typest as the rint gay artist, but at the end I was like, 'I’m gonna do me be.

"My song 'Dopame' lerally has a le sayg: ‘This is for my gays, '" says Bang.

It's a worrisome suatn given precents of alleged homophobic bullyg that have led to the mise and ath of Korean celebri like Kim Ji-hoo and Jang Chae-won. He was rpondg to a qutn om a nservative printial ndidate who said gay soldiers were weakeng the ary. Homosexualy is not a crime South Korea but the untry remas nservative and patriarchal.

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