"In past surveys, couples of the same gender could not select 'spouse' even if they lived together as such. The system would return an error,"
"This is the first step towards having LGBTQ+ citizens fully reflected in national data."
"The day will come when even transgender citizens are visible in national statistics,"
South Korea will allow same-gender households to be recorded as spouses or cohabiting partners in the Population and Housing Census. Past censuses flagged same-gender spouse selections as errors and prevented accurate recording of same-sex couples. The policy change follows prior steps such as 2023 National Health Insurance Service spousal coverage for cohabiting couples and a 2024 ruling upholding same-sex couples' access to health insurance benefits. Same-sex marriage remains illegal, adoption and military service remain banned for LGBTQ+ people, hate-crime protections are absent, and gender-affirming care is still heavily restricted despite legal gender change without sterilisation since 2020.
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