The parade, some 70,000 strong according to organisers, made its way through the South Korean capital with participants dancing on open truck beds and waving rainbow flags. Christian churches still have enduring political influence in the South, and they are now targeting sexual minorities, activists say. "The conservative Christians consider both -- communists and sexual minorities -- as deserving to be demonised in South Korean society," said Lim Bo-rah, a senior pastor at an LGBT-friendly church in Seoul. The South Korean President Moon Jae-in -- a former human rights lawyer -- has spoken only vaguely on gay rights. Now more than 20 percent of South Korea's population are Protestant Christians, surveys show, compared to about five percent of Taiwanese.

Source: Bangkok Post June 01, 2019 15:00 UTC