On Monday (April 17), the center released screenshots of in-app conversations dated Feb.
It’s a crime for Korean soldiers to engage in consensual homosexual acts, but that’s not true of same-sex relations outside the army, same-sex relations are legal but not widely accepted. South Korean military officials are allegedly conducting an army-wide search for gay men among the country’s troops, after a sex tape between two soldiers was uploaded online, according to an investigation by a non-profit group.Īrmy investigators have been trying to dox suspected homosexual soldiers through the use of dating apps, with at least one soldier arrested so far for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts, according to the Military Human Rights Center of Korea (MHRCK), an activist group. The allegations draw attention to Korea’s conservative attitudes towards homosexuality, particularly in the military, which is one of the country’s most powerful institutions.
