South Korea's highest court overturns military convictions of two gay soldiers

Court rules long-criticised military sodomy law shouldn't apply to consensual sex off base in off-duty hours South Korea's supreme court has thrown out a military court ruling that convicted two gay soldiers for having sex outside their military facilities, saying it stretched the reading of the country's widely criticised military sodomy law. The court's decision on Thursday to send the case back to the high court for armed forces was welcomed by human rights advocates, who had long protested t...