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Online Sex Crimes Targeting Teenagers Surge Elevenfold over Past 3 Years

SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1,200 teenagers have fallen victim to online sex crimes so far this year, an elevenfold jump from 2018, government data showed Wednesday. The number of teenage victims rose sharply from 111 in 2018 to 1,268 this year, according to the gender ministry data released by Rep. Yang [...]

Government Agencies Draft Measures to Tackle the Growing Prevalence of Voyeurs

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Sexual voyeurism has grown in prevalence in recent years as words like “Revenge Porn” and “Mol Ca” (Secret filming of another person’s body) have entered the everyday lexicon, serving as unsettling reminders of the dark side of an increasingly connected world. South Korean society recently reeled from a series [...]