Ok So-ri
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Ok So-ri is a South Korea
n actress. "Ok So-ri" is her stage name
. Her real name is Ok Bo-gyeong (옥보경).
In 2008, she was convicted of adultery
, for an affair she admitted having with a singer. Her husband, Park Chul (박철), a radio talk show personality, sought the maximum sentence of two years' imprisonment, while the prosecutors were seeking 18 months. Ok blamed her infidelity on a loveless marriage to her husband. She was sentenced, in December 2008, to eight months in prison by a suburban Seoul court, but avoided jail because the sentence was suspended for two years.
In September 2008, a lower court had declared both partners jointly responsible for their divorce, and awarded custody of their eight-year-old daughter to Mr Park.
Ok had been trying to overturn a 1953 law that criminalises extramarital affairs and can send a person to jail for up to two years for adultery. For this purpose she brought a case before the Constitutional Court of Korea
, which ruled against the actress and in handing the decision said that society would be harmed if it overturned the law
and that the "two-year jail term is not excessive when comparing it to responsibility."
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n actress. "Ok So-ri" is her stage name
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
. Her real name is Ok Bo-gyeong (옥보경).
In 2008, she was convicted of adultery
Adultery
Adultery is sexual infidelity to one's spouse, and is a form of extramarital sex. It originally referred only to sex between a woman who was married and a person other than her spouse. Even in cases of separation from one's spouse, an extramarital affair is still considered adultery.Adultery is...
, for an affair she admitted having with a singer. Her husband, Park Chul (박철), a radio talk show personality, sought the maximum sentence of two years' imprisonment, while the prosecutors were seeking 18 months. Ok blamed her infidelity on a loveless marriage to her husband. She was sentenced, in December 2008, to eight months in prison by a suburban Seoul court, but avoided jail because the sentence was suspended for two years.
In September 2008, a lower court had declared both partners jointly responsible for their divorce, and awarded custody of their eight-year-old daughter to Mr Park.
Ok had been trying to overturn a 1953 law that criminalises extramarital affairs and can send a person to jail for up to two years for adultery. For this purpose she brought a case before the Constitutional Court of Korea
Constitutional Court of Korea
The Constitutional Court of Korea is an independent and specialised court in South Korea, whose primarily role is the reviewing constitutionality under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea...
, which ruled against the actress and in handing the decision said that society would be harmed if it overturned the law
and that the "two-year jail term is not excessive when comparing it to responsibility."
Filmography
- Kuro Arirang 구로아리랑 (1989)
- Water Color Painting on a Rainy Day 비 오는 날 수채화 (1989)
- A Sketch of a Rainy Day 젊은 날의 초상 (1990)
- A Pale Rainy Day 햐얀 비요일 (1991)
- Water Color Painting on a Rainy Day 2 비 오는 날 수채화 2 (1993)
- Karuna 카루나 (1996)
External links
- Business Partner Spills Beans on Celebrity Couple Divorce, Digital Chosunilbo, 25 October 2007
- Star Couple's Divorce Turns Nasty, The Korea Times, 29 October 2007
- Is hanky-panky a crime?, JoongAng Daily, 12 March 2008
- Court challenge on adultery rocks South Koreans, Taipei Times, 21 May 2008
- Soap and sex scandal could spell the end of Korea's adultery ban, The Independent, 24 May 2008
- Yes, adultery is criminal, The Straits Times, 30 October 2008
- South Korea seeks to jail actress for adultery, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 November 2008
- South Korean prosecutors seek jail time for Ok So-Ri, actress who committed adultery, Daily News, 27 November 2008
- Sex not Ok: actress escapes jail over affair, Sydney Morning Heralds, 17 December 2008