Amnesty International has reacted to an anti-discrimination bill proposed on June 29, which offers ‘hope’ to the LGBTQ+ community in South Korea.
This is the seventh time that a bill on anti-discrimination has been submitted to the National Assembly, but the first such attempt since 2006.
In past attempts, the inclusion of provisions outlawing LGBTQ+ discrimination was especially contentious.Responding to the introduction of the bill, Arnold Fang, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher, said: ‘A law to effectively protect everybody from discrimination, including LGBTQ+ people, could make South Korea a pioneer in Asia for passing such legislation.