A local district court ruled that the military unlawfully discriminated against the soldier by forcing her out last year for undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, South Korean army Sergeant Byun Hui-su speaks during a press conference at the Center for Military Human Right Korea in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea’s military said Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 it will appeal a landmark court ruling that struck down its decision to discharge the country’s first known transgender soldier before she was found dead earlier this year.
The Defense Ministry said it respects the verdict but has decided to let the army appeal. Ministry officials said they asked the Justice Ministry to approve the filing, a process required by law. “The government may appeal, but our position is that they must not do so because that’s the attitude the government must have in the democratic society,” said activist Cho Kyu-suk with the Center for Military Human Rights Korea.
In its Oct. 7 ruling, the Daejeon District Court ruled against the discharge, saying that Byun had already informed the army that she had registered her request to change her legal status as a woman with another local court. Her request for a legal gender change was approved less than a month after her discharge.
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