In other news, pro and anti-abortion rallies are being held in the streets of Seoul,... with the Constitutional Court expected to reach a final verdict on the issue in the coming weeks.
In central Seoul, some 60 pro-choice activist groups have been rallying since Saturday afternoon,... demanding that women should be given the right to end their pregnancies for socio-economic reasons.
Meanwhile, just across the road,... some 40 pro-life groups have held opposition protests... against the legalization of abortion.
Under the current law,... a woman who gets an abortion in Korea can be sentenced to one-year in jail... or a fine of some 18-hundred U.S. dollars.