SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study revealed that the act of stalking is highly likely to lead to sexual assault, violence and other violent crimes. Prof. Han Min-kyung from the Korea National Police University conducted a study of 148 decisions in criminal cases at a first instance court that include the term [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Friday finalized a 13-year prison sentence for a former national short track speed skating coach charged with sexually assaulting an Olympic gold medalist. Cho Jae-beom, 40, was indicted in 2019 on charges of sexually assaulting Shim Suk-hee on 27 occasions at various training facilities from [...]
BUSAN, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A court sentenced former Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don to three years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting female employees at work, broadening the interpretation of injury to include psychological trauma. The Busan District Court convicted him of sexually assaulting two female employees using his power and injuring one of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of sexual crimes committed against children jumped 17.9 percent in 2018 compared with two years earlier, police data showed Tuesday, highlighting the need to strengthen policies to protect children. Sexual assault cases in which children under the age of 13 were victims totaled 1,277 cases last year, [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to prevent drug induced sexual assault, which has recently become a social problem, a portable sexual assault prevention kit will be developed. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety reported on Wednesday the public launch of a “Research Project for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog said Tuesday that it will launch a full-dress probe into human rights conditions in sports circles, which are under harsh criticism in the wake of sexual assault allegations raised by athletes earlier this month. “The National Human Rights Commission will create a special investigation [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday unveiled a set of measures to wipe out sexual assault and abuse in sports following a sex crime case involving an Olympic short track gold medalist. The sports ministry issued an apology and introduced measures to prevent and eliminate sexual misconduct in the country’s sports [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Rapes committed against children and youth are usually carried out by someone familiar to the victim. This is according to report that analyzed the trends of sex crimes against children and youth released by the South Korean Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on Wednesday. The report stated that [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty student groups from 12 universities in the Seoul metropolitan area are promoting a solidarity campaign dubbed the Penguin Project to bring changes to the local campus culture that privately, and sometimes openly, discriminates against women. The campaign’s title was inspired by a French book on sexual assault and [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Another woman has been indicted on charges of a false sexual assault accusation against singer-actor Park Yu-chun, who was mired in a series of similar allegations last year, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said the 24-year-old defendant, identified only by her last name Song, is [...]