Constitutional Court: Punishment for distribution and possession of cartoon character sexual exploitation of children and adolescents is constitutional.

Jaedong Constitutional Court, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Reporter Seong Dong-hoon The Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Child and Adolescent Sexual Exploitation Act (Adolescent Sexual Exploitation Act), which punishes distribution and possession of sexually exploitative materials using fictional children and adolescent characters, such as cartoons and animations, are constitutional. The Constitutional Court ruled that the Child and Adolescent Sexual Exploitation Act, which punishes those who distribute child or adolescent sexually exploitative materials created with virtual images for profit or who possess them knowing that they are child or adolescent sexual exploitation materials.