SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) has ordered front-line prosecutors to demand prison sentences in principle for those possessing sexual exploitation content, as part of efforts to eradicate digital sex crimes as well as to prevent the spread of such content. Officials stressed that to eradicate digital sex crimes, it’s [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of male victims of digital sex crimes compiled by a state support agency doubled last year from the previous year, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Monday. The Digital Sexual Crime Victim Support Center extended assistance to 1,843 male victims in 2021, marking a near [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing criticism over the online culture of sexually objectifying idol stars, deepvoice, sound synthesis technology using artificial intelligence (AI), is emerging as a new source of digital sex crimes. In recent days, a string of pornography videos have been distributed that use deepvoice technology to manipulate the audio [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that most South Koreans think the punishment for digital sex offenders is no more than a slap on the wrist. According to a survey conducted jointly by Team Flame, a group of university student reporters, and Project ReSET, a civilian organization, of 7,509 South [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new online map will enable users to check which subway stations have a higher risk of digital sex crimes associated with the use of illegal hidden cameras, police said Thursday. The National Police Agency had developed a new system in collaboration with KT Corp., a major South Korean [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Tuesday, anybody caught possessing or watching illegally filmed sexual videos could face up to three years in prison under revised laws on the aggravated punishment of digital sex crimes, government officials said. The government promulgated the revisions of the Criminal Act, the Act on Special Cases Concerning the [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government on Thursday announced new get-tough measures against digital sex crimes, vowing to push to punish even buyers, advertisers and possessors of child and youth sexual abuse materials, as well as their producers and sellers. The government said it will treat any production of digital sexual materials [...]