Celebrity tryst may change Korean adultery law

A sensational love affair involving a South Korean starlet, her TV personality husband and her opera singer lover could lead the country to change laws that can send adulterers to jail.

The lawyer for actress Ok So-ri brought a petition to the Constitutional Court this week asking it to overturn the current law that can land a person in jail for up to two years for having an extramarital affair.

"The adultery law ... has degenerated into a means of revenge by the spouse, rather than a means of saving a marriage," the petition said.