SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Stalking and dating violence have steadily increased over the past few years, yet the number of police officers in charge of such crimes has remained unchanged, police data showed Wednesday. According to the National Police Agency data submitted to Rep. Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party, 3,621 cases [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of reports of dating violence last year tripled from the previous year, while the arrest rate more than halved, a lawmaker said Thursday. The data, submitted by the National Police Agency to Rep. Jeon Bong-min of the ruling People Power Party, revealed that the number of reports [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 80,000 cases of dating violence were reported in the past five years nationwide, with more than 200 cases resulting in murder, police data showed Monday. According to the data of the National Police Agency, obtained by Rep. Yang Ki-dae of the ruling Democratic Party, 81,056 cases of [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of dating violence cases reported to police reached about 20,000 last year, up more than 40 percent over the past two years. According to Statistics Korea, the number of dating violence cases reported to police stood at 19,940 last year, up 41.1 percent from 14,136 in 2017. [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Reports of violence by dating partners rose last year from a year earlier, police said Sunday, vowing to step up efforts to prevent this type of crime and protect victims. The number of dating violence cases reported to police came to 19,940 in 2019, up from 18,671 a year [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of every 10 victims of dating violence in the past four years were women, a recent report has revealed. The ratio of repetitive offenses also stands at nearly 70 percent, which critics say calls for urgent measures to prevent recurrence. According to data received by Rep. So [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Female victims of dating or domestic violence are constantly exposed to the risk of suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a recent study has revealed. A research team from Samsung Medical Center conducted a survey of 3,160 South Korean women over 18 years of age, 47 of whom said [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Going forward, if someone abuses his or her date on three separate occasions, the assailant will be brought to court even if he or she had come to an agreement with victims in the two previous instances. Prosecutors have decided to take dating violence seriously by arresting assailants for [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After analyzing reported incidents in the press, the Korea Women’s Hot Line has revealed that at least 85 women were murdered by their husband or boyfriend last year. In addition, 103 women were survivors of failed murder attempts by their male significant other. The deadly violence perpetrated against women [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Dating violence is on the rise in South Korea, claiming around eight lives every month. More than 10,000 people were arrested for infractions related to dating violence last year, according to data from the National Police Agency. The figure has been increasing steadily since 2014, surpassing the 10,000 mark for [...]