'Rules of Era' Epitomize Social Changes
By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/117_31190.html (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/117_31190.html)
A top court's verdict allowing a female-turned-male transgender to legally change sex opened a new world for these people, an epoch-making ruling acknowledging that mental and social factors should also be considered in deciding a person's gender.
This and 13 other rulings that have brought radical changes in Korean society were picked as candidates for ``rulings of the era'' by the Supreme Court.
As time goes by, the top court has adopted new standards in making rulings to better guarantee gender equality, consumer rights and the human rights of criminal suspects.