Posted February. 03, 2005 22:54,
Concerned groups having witnessed the ruling of the Constitutional Court that the hojuje (household register system), or the family registry system, is unconstitutional showed mixed reactions. In the afternoon of February 3 in front of the court in Jae-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, while the members of Peoples Coalition for the Abolishment of the Household Register System (to the left) applauded the courts decision, the Confucius Group of Sung Gyun Gwan (to the right) announced a declaration criticizing the ruling.