well japan technically also doesnt recognize same-sex marriages. i imagine its bc queerness itself is not illegal, just you cant do anything legally about it. also, a lot of yaoi comes from a fetishy place, where a lot of authors don’t see queerness as being “real” (and a lot are actually homophobic)
i mean creating entertainment is not illegal, regardless of the genre. and if they get married in the story, then it's still a fictional world, not breaking any laws. BL content (like live action) isn't exactly popular either (in terms of production value for the companies. it is popular with the audience of course). for example heesu in class 2 was a recent BL adapted live action and that was a shitshow because they straight-a-fied it. and i heard some other BLs also get similar treatment, where they just get bromance.
SK is still very traditional conservative country, im just glad they're not completely like china where censorship is normal and you'd need cutting of the sleeves to indicate they're in love.
why would u assume that? just because it's a popular genre doesn't mean it's legal. say for example, japan and their fetishes about kids. japan is known for it's shotacon/lollicon genre, would u assume that it's legal since it's a popular genre?
When they get married it's usually just a proposal or them moving to the US. Or they create alternate universe. I hadn't about that but I'm not surprised
there a few countries who do find lgbtq+ series to be punishable by law. a well-known figure would be the MDZS author, co. and family getting sentenced to years of jail time. which is longer than the sentence of a child m*lester.
even with the Great Firewall, they can't completely blanket the internet. it's why some series from China enter unknown hiatus because they don't want to get caught.
so i just discovered that same-sex marraige is still not legal in South Korea? actually shocking considering the type and amount of yaois that come from that country. but i couldve sworn ive read bl manhwas with mls that married (or maybe not), so wouldnt these works be illegal?