SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 143 out of about 3,000 juvenile offenders found guilty of sexual crimes last year were sent to youth correction facilities, with a majority of them getting lighter punishment, Supreme Court data showed Friday. According to the Supreme Court’s 2024 judicial almanac, a total of 3,701 teenagers were tried [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The lifetime ban on sexual offenders against minors from holding public positions will be eased to a 20-year ban, the interior ministry said Monday, after the Constitutional Court ruled last year that the lifetime ban is excessive. Article 31 of the current Local Public Officials Act stipulates that people [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to enact a law prohibiting sex offenders at high risk of reoffending from living close to kindergartens or schools, the justice ministry said Thursday. The ministry plans to submit a revision to the Act on Electronic Monitoring to the National Assembly for approval in May, the [...]
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, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1.5 out of 10 sexual violence cases that a civic group consulted on last year were committed by close relatives, data showed Monday. In the 537 sexual violence consultation cases conducted in 2021 by the Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center, the share of those committed by relatives stood [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The gender ministry said Monday it will begin a pilot service this week that allows citizens to search where convicted sex offenders live using internet portal operator Naver Corp.’s map app. The pilot service, which uses the Naver map to display actual home addresses of sex offenders listed in [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphone users will soon be able to shake their phones to detect registered sex offenders if they are wearing an electronic anklet and within a 20-meter radius, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. The new service, which was developed in concert with the Gyeonggi provincial government, will launch Wednesday [...]
SEJONG, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Teachers punished for sexual misconduct will be banned from becoming homeroom teachers for a maximum of 10 years, the education ministry said Tuesday. According to the ministry, the Cabinet approved revised enforcement decrees of the Educational Officials Act and the Private School Act to enhance students’ safety and prevent [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Research indicates that sex offenders‘ eye movements are different from ordinary people. According to a report issued by Professor Min Yoon-gi from Chungnam University’s psychology department, ordinary people, sex criminals and child molesters display different patterns of eye movement. The team studied the eye movement of 18 male students from [...]