South Korea revoked the ban on the import of sexy inflatable dolls for adults. Thus ends an age-old question that for years has been discussed on the pages of newspapers and in courtrooms. Under accusation, government interference in people’s private lives.
Sex dolls aren’t illegal in the country, but thousands of them have been seized at customs since 2018. Officials have blocked some full-size import based on a law that limits the goods considered harmful to public traditions and morals.
The importers have taken their complaints to court asking for the ban to be lifted and the products to be released from seizure, arguing that they do not harm human dignity. Most of the judges agreed with them. Even the Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that dolls are used for personal use and fall into the same category as pornography, which is strictly regulated but legal.
However, hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition claiming that sexy dolls could lead to an increase in sex crimes.
For placing dozens of sex dolls in the empty stadium in place of the public in the midst of the pandemic, the FC Seoul team was fined and had to apologize publicly.
Now the Korea Customs Service, that is, the South Korean customs, has announced that it has examined the recent court rulings and the opinions of the competent government agencies, including the Ministry of Gender Equality and the Family. He then lifted the import veto while specifying that it will not be allowed for doll models with the appearance of minors or well-known people, underlining that this is also the case in other countries, such as the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
