SEOUL: A South Korean military court on Wednesday sentenced a captain to six months in jail for having same-sex intercourse with another soldier, amid accusations that the army is cracking down on gay personnel.

The captain, whose name was not given, was convicted of breaking a clause in South Korea’s military law banning homosexual activity by army personnel, the military said, adding it would continue to “handle disorderly conduct according to law.”

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