DAY BREAK 06:00 Korea′s Constitutional Court rules adultery law unconstituional

DAY BREAK 06:00 Coming up on this Friday edition of Day Break,... in a landmark ruling,... Korea′s Constitutional Court strikes down a law banning adultery,... saying it infringed upon personal freedom. As we mark President Park Geun-hye entering her third year in office,... we have a special report on her foreign policy successes, failures and the challenges that lay ahead. Plus,... the Islamic State militant known as ′Jihadi John′ is identified as Mohammed Emwazi,... a former university student from a respectable London family. Day Break begins now. Hello.... and thanks for joining us. To our viewers around the world, it′s 6 a.m. on Friday, February twenty-seventh here in Seoul. I′m Mark Broome... and you′re tuned into Day Break. Title: Korea′s Constitutional Court rules adultery law unconstituional Our top story this morning... Korea′s top court has revoked a 60-year-old adultery law under which cheating husbands and wives could be jailed, saying it′s unconstitutional. Striking down the law on Thursday,... the Constitutional Court said preserving marriage was up to the "free will" of people. Shin Se-min reports. Having an affair will no longer be a criminal offense. That′s the ruling issued by Korea′s Constitutional Court on Thursday,... following four previous appeals,... the last being in 2008. It′s based on the argument that the law infringes on an individual′s right to privacy... and that extramarital affairs should be regulated by civil law... not criminal law. "The decision has raised the question of whether some of the roughly 55-hundred people charged with infidelity since 2008 will file for a retrial or compensation. And one uncertainty that′s been expressed is that affairs could become more prevalent." "Adultery is still illegal. It is still a civil case. The criminal court is just leaving the matter to the parties directly involved." The law had made marital infidelity a criminal offense punishable by up to two years in prison... but only a small percentage of those deemed guilty were actually jailed. And in recent years, enforcement of the law also waned as charges were often dropped. Kim Kwang-sam, a former Seoul district prosecutor, believes that abolishing the law was a move in the right direction that won′t necessarily lead to a surge in extramarital affairs. "Other nations that have struck down anti-cheating laws such as France or Germany,... didn′t experience a major social breakdown after decriminalizing adultery." As the ruling largely reflects a rapidly changing Korea breaking away from the traditional conservative norms,... experts say it was a necessary move for private freedoms. Shin Se-min, Arirang News. Title: Economic policy in spotlight on second day of parliamentary interpellation session On the second day of a three-day questioning session at the National Assembly on Thursday,... lawmakers grilled the newly appointed prime minister and