SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 3 percent of juveniles aged 14-18 are criminally punished after committing serious crimes, such as murder and rape, with the rest referred to youth correction institutions and community service programs, court data showed Wednesday. Rep. Kang Min-kuk of the ruling People Power Party released the Supreme Court data, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 3 in 4 law breaching minors turned out to have spearheaded criminal activities in groups, and unlike the common perception that they are no more than petty thieves, the seriousness of their crimes is more severe than one might expect, a study showed Thursday. Lee Jang-wook, a police [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of “criminal youths” has been on a steady decline over the past five years, but their reoffending rate has remained almost unchanged, police data showed Tuesday. Criminal youths refer to juvenile offenders between the ages of 14-19 who can be subject to criminal punishment. The number of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of teenage felons aged between 10 and 13, with no criminal responsibility, has been on a steady rise in recent years, a police report showed Thursday. Last year, 8,474 people in the age group committed violent crimes, marking an increase for the third consecutive year from 7,081 [...]