SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A groundbreaking international study has shed light on the alarming prevalence of image-based sexual abuse, with South Korean women emerging as particularly vulnerable victims. The research, published in the academic journal “Human Behavior and Computing,” was conducted by professor Nicola Henry from RMIT University in Australia and Rebecca Umbach, a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 90 percent of individuals charged with the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material are in their teens and 20s, data showed Tuesday. The National Investigation Headquarters announced that it had conducted a special crackdown on online sexual crimes for eight months since March of this [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Physical, verbal, and sexual abuse that teenagers are suffering online has doubled over the past two years, a survey showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender and Equality conducted a survey of 14,536 teenagers nationwide, 44.7 percent of whom said they had suffered from sexual harassment, attempts to engage in [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Online grooming, or luring minors through the internet to sexually illicit businesses, will be subject to criminal punishment in South Korea starting in September, a government ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said the revised act on the protection of children and juveniles against sexual [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of 10 teenagers in South Korea has experienced a form of sexual inducement online, such as being asked to provide a video of their body, over the past three years, a poll showed Saturday, indicating many youths are vulnerable to sexual exploitation. In the survey of 6,423 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court on Monday confirmed a lower court ruling that sentenced a former provincial governor to 3 1/2 years in prison for sexually abusing his secretary in one of the country’s most high-profile MeToo cases. The Supreme Court handed down the ruling to former South Chungcheong Province [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of sexual abuse cases has been sharply increasing in South Korean schools, data showed Sunday, reflecting the urgency to come up with viable measures to protect victims. According to data compiled by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, there were 385 reported cases of sexual abuse in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reported that female migrant workers are easily exposed to one of the worst human rights violations, sexual abuse, in South Korea. Of the migrant women working in South Korea, 10.7 percent went through sexual harassment or sexual assault, according to data conducted by a human rights advocacy [...]