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Supreme Court’s Sentencing Experience Program Expands with New Cases on Digital Sex Offenses and Defamation

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The “You Are the Judge” sentencing experience program offered by the Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission is set to release new content on Friday. This program engages participants in watching videos depicting real-life crimes, presenting arguments from defendants, defense attorneys, and prosecutors. Participants then play the role of a judge, selecting [...]

Seoul City Uses AI Technology to Monitor Digital Sex Crimes Around Clock

SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government has tapped into artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automatically detect and monitor digital sex crimes around the clock, officials said Wednesday. The city’s center for fighting digital sex crimes introduced an AI-based monitoring system, developed by the Seoul Institute of Technology, to automatically find and [...]

Suspect in Notorious Online Sex Abuse Crime Arrested in Australia

SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have arrested the key suspect in a notorious online sex abuse crime targeting underage people at his home in Australia in a joint operation with the Australian police, officials said Friday. The suspect, popularly known as “L” in South Korea, was apprehended at his home in the outskirts [...]

Over 1,800 Cases of Digital Sex Crime Reported from Schools Over Past 5 yrs

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 1,860 cases of digital sex crimes have occurred in elementary, middle and high schools nationwide over the past five years, government data showed Tuesday. Of them, 218 happened in 2018, 464 in 2019, 427 in 2020, 461 in 2021 and 290 as of August 2022, according [...]

Digital Sex Crime Investigators Suffer from PTSD: Survey

SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of police officers in charge of investigating digital sex crime have been exposed to the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a survey showed Monday. According to the Korean Association of Police Science Review, a survey of 65 police officers from three cyber enforcement divisions revealed that [...]

One-fifth of Seoul Youths Experienced Digital Sex Crime Risks: Poll

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Approximately one-fifth of Seoul youths have been exposed to digital sex crime risks, according to a Seoul city government survey Tuesday. In the survey on 4,012 students in Seoul aged between 12 and 19 conducted in July, 21.3 percent said they have been exposed to the risks of digital [...]

Supreme Court Upholds 42-year Prison Term for Mastermind of Sex Abuse Ring

SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday approved a 42-year prison sentence for Cho Ju-bin, the mastermind of a notorious online sex blackmail ring. The top court also confirmed lower courts’ order that Cho has to wear an electronic bracelet for 30 years, pay a forfeiture of 100 million won (US$90,000), [...]

Digital Sex Crimes Against Juveniles Continue to Rise

SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Digital sex crimes, including videotaping sexual abuse of juveniles and teenagers, have jumped in number, South Korea’s gender ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family released a report that studied court rulings on 2,753 criminals who committed sex crimes on children and teenagers in 2019. Among [...]

Digital Sex Crime Police Unit Busted 3,500 Suspects over Nine Months

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A special police unit handling digital sex crimes will wrap up its activities this week after apprehending over 3,500 suspects over the past nine months, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Wednesday. The special headquarters under the NPA was launched in late March amid public uproar over an online [...]

Police to Officially Introduce Undercover Investigation of Digital Sex Crimes

SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency (NPA) is working on establishing a legal basis for carrying out undercover investigations of digital sex crimes. “While undercover investigation can be done based on previous court decisions, we are trying to establish a legal basis for such kind of investigation,” a source from the [...]