SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have rounded up 474 people connected to deepfake sex crimes so far this year, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Wednesday. Police received 921 reports related to deepfake sex crimes between January and Monday, and they have arrested 474 suspects during this period, according to the NPA. Over [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Women’s rights groups and university human rights clubs gathered in Seoul’s Gangnam Station area on August 29 to denounce the recent surge in ‘deepfake’ sex crimes and demand prompt action from authorities. The Seoul Women’s Association and other organizations held a press conference near Exit 10 of Gangnam Station, urging [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Thursday to strengthen measures against deepfake sex crimes after a series of such pornography targeting young women on a messaging app sparked public outrage. During an emergency meeting at the National Assembly, the two sides also agreed to push [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Sexual crime offenders will face additional punishment if they commit secondary victimization regardless of whether attempt to settle with victims. The Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission said Tuesday it had amended sentencing guidelines for sexual crimes. The commission cleared the way to additionally punish sexual crime offenders if they cause [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Over six out of 10 suspended sentences handed down for sex crimes cited “sincere remorse” by the offenders in offering lenient rulings, a ruling party lawmaker said Monday. According to Rep. Park Sung-joon of the ruling Democratic Party, the number of sex crime cases between 2016 and 2020 that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than two cases of sex crimes are committed against disabled people per day on average in South Korea, a police report showed Thursday. According to the National Police Agency report submitted to independent lawmaker Lee Yong-ho, a total of 2,432 cases of sex offenses targeted disabled people from [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2 million people have signed an online petition as of Monday demanding the government unveil the identity of a man who allegedly ran a group chat room where photos and videos of violent sex acts, involving underaged victims, were distributed. At least 74 victims are known to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has ratcheted up its struggle against organized prostitution by developing technology that will clog up telephone lines used by brothels. Despite efforts to shut down businesses operating in the sex trade, the dispersal of lurid flyers with phone numbers printed on them has made it [...]