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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

What is the silliest law that is still enforced where you live? Why do you think it still exists?

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What is the silliest law that is still enforced where you live? Why do you think it still exists?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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In South Korea, you cannot marry your great grandma’s cousin’s grandkids.
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  This actually changed in 2005: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_809_of_the_Korean_Civil_Code
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    Nope. That’s about same last name. This is still very much a thing.

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