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Hwaseong Serial Murder Case Rekindles Debate over Death Penalty in S. Korea

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — For Chang Seong-hwan, the fact that his wife became the victim of a murder eight years ago is still a deep emotional wound that cannot be healed with the passage of time. Attending a hearing on the death penalty arranged by the national human rights watchdog in May, Chang [...]

Over Half of S. Korean People Support Carrying Out Death Penalty

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — About one out of every two South Korean people is in favor of implementing existing death penalty provision, a poll said Monday, although the country is classified as a de facto abolitionist country in the international community. South Korea has executed no one since the end of 1997, when [...]