By Ashley R. Lierman
Body: Two characters kissed on the drama “Seonam Girls High School Investigators” last week, PinkNews reports. This is thought to mark the first same-sex kiss between women on South Korean television. Even similar moments from Western television have previously been edited out before broadcast in South Korea (for example, a kiss between two female characters on the BBC’s Doctor Who).
While the milestone may be cause for celebration, however, it has also sparked a backlash from some conservative viewers, who have claimed the content was in violation of broadcast standards and called for action by national media regulators:
The Korea Communications Standards Commission said: “We will decide whether this is an issue after we look into it, and whether there is any violation of broadcast policy.”
The creators of the show have defended the kiss as “necessary to the plot.”
