SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 157 North Korean defectors were held in South Korean prisons as of July, with 54 serving time for drug-related crimes, government data showed Tuesday. The number of defector prisoners has been on a steady rise in recent years from 113 in 2015 to 135 in 2016, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — It was reported on Monday that an ex-convict referred to only as A was arrested once again for dining and dashing. The individual in question served his time and lived on the street ever since being released. Living homeless for 20 years, he has a lengthy criminal record with [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s conventional wisdom in the film industry that R-rated movies are not an ideal choice for film distributors as they lose a big chunk of the moviegoers aged below 18. However, the recent success of a series of R-rated movies such as the superhero hit Logan is seeing the [...]
CHUNGCHEONG, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A 25-year-old man named Kim who was arrested last week on robbery charges in North Chungcheong Province told police that he intentionally committed a crime to go to jail after his business failed. Kim entered a local convenience store he frequents, located in Eumseong County, around 7 p.m. last [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said Tuesday that South Korea’s military prisons were failing to protect the rights of inmates, with poor maintenance conditions and other unethical practices. According to the NHRC, the prison cells that its officials investigated had restrooms with no shades or screens to [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly one in four prisoners at North Korea’s labor camps die of disease while in confinement, a Seoul-based think tank said in a report released Tuesday. The report by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies said that the fatality rate at North Korea’s political prisons is estimated at close [...]
JEONJU, Dec.14 (Korea Bizwire) – A man in his 30s who applied his excrement to a woman’s door has been sentenced to jail. Yoo (31) was introduced to A (30, female) last month. He was attracted to A and went out with her a couple times, but was turned down when he asked her to [...]