Over 200 years later, adultery is still a punishable offense in Taiwan. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsFROM JAPAN TO THE KMTThe Japanese applied their Western-style criminal code to Taiwan when they arrived in 1895. The Qing code mandated that only the husband or his relatives could be the accuser; the Japanese law was even stricter as only the husband could press charges. Japan decriminalized adultery in 1947, but by then Taiwan was under Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rule. This law would persist until present day, making Taiwan one of the few countries in the world that still criminalizes adultery.

Source: Taipei Times April 11, 2020 15:56 UTC