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 [...]