5 hours ago · South Korea
South Korea apologises for classing gay teens as delinquents
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to South Korea. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 01:00 UTC. The headline in use is “South Korea apologises for classing gay teens as delinquents”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
South Korea’s government has announced it will revise a youth counselling manual that categorised homosexuality as a form of juvenile delinquency, after facing a backlash sparked by local media reports earlier this week. Homosexuality was grouped alongside sexual violence, theft and drug abuse under “delinquency-related issues” in the manual, the…
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South Korea apologises for classing gay teens as delinquents
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