SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Earlier this week, the prosecution demanded life imprisonment for an alleged online predator, a penalty that came as such a surprise that local news outlets sent urgent breaking news alerts. The request for the suspect to spend the rest of his life behind bars — the first of its [...]
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, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean plans to mandate tougher punishment for parents who abuse their children and provide a safety net for at-risk children, the education ministry said Wednesday. As part of the measures, the government plans to scrap a decades-old law that allows people with parental rights to physically punish their [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Those who possess or watch child pornography will face a prison term in South Korea under a revised law designed to clamp down on sex crimes against underage people, the government said Thursday. The National Assembly passed the revision to the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers are pushing to revise the law in a way that punishes those entering online chat rooms to view illegal videos of sex acts amid public outrage over an online sexual blackmail ring. Rep. Park Kwang-on of the ruling Democratic Party said Sunday he is proposing a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A revised traffic law introducing a lower legal limit of drivers’ blood alcohol level and stronger punishment against driving under the influence (DUI) will go into effect later this week, with an expectation of significant changes in drinking culture and lifestyles in a society relatively generous to DUIs, police [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors will demand harsh penalties, including life sentences, for drivers who kill or severely injure people while driving under the influence, according to the prosecutor’s office Sunday. Under the revised guidelines that go into force from Tuesday, prosecutors are advised to seek the maximum penalty for drunk drivers who [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Tuesday a revised law on suicide prevention, which makes sharing suicidogenic information online illegal. If caught distributing such information, the individual responsible will be sentenced to jail time. The revised law will take effect in six months, on July 16. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — At 85 percent, the vast majority of South Koreans believe that DUI killings should be punished by more than 10 years in prison. The Citizen’s Coalition for Safety conducted a study on 249 participants over the age of 20 last month and delivered the results on Tuesday, revealing that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon instructed the justice ministry Tuesday to look into the criminal code to see if it’s right to reduce the punishment for crimes committed when the perpetrators are mentally ill. The Article 10 of the Criminal Act states that the act of a person who, because [...]