- Ok So-ri
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This is a Korean name; the family name is Ok.
Ok So-ri (Hangul: 옥소리; born 23 December 1968) is a South Korean 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] 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[2] and that the "two-year jail term is not excessive when comparing it to responsibility."[1][4]
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)
References
- ^ a b "Korean adulterer faces jail term". BBC News. 2008-11-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7750538.stm.
- ^ a b "Sex not Ok: actress escapes jail over affair". Fairfax Digital. 2008-12-17. http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/top-actress-escapes-jail-over-adultery-charge/2008/12/17/1229189686388.html.
- ^ Kim, Rahm (2008-09-26). "Park Chul, Ok So-ri Both Blamed for Broken Marriage". Korea Times. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/117_31720.html.
- ^ a b "Korean adultery actress sentenced". BBC News. 17 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7786985.stm.
External links
- Ok So-ri at the Korean Movie Database
- 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
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- South Korean actors
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