SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Teenagers accounted for a quarter of offenders recently caught by police over allegedly supplying sexually exploitative materials across the internet, authorities said Wednesday. The cyber crime division of the National Office of Investigation said 1,625 alleged offenders were rounded up during its special crackdown campaign period against offenses connected [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1,200 teenagers have fallen victim to online sex crimes so far this year, an elevenfold jump from 2018, government data showed Wednesday. The number of teenage victims rose sharply from 111 in 2018 to 1,268 this year, according to the gender ministry data released by Rep. Yang [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Car accidents involving unlicensed teenagers soared by 34 percent between 2018 and 2020, road traffic data showed Thursday. According to a Korea Road Traffic Authority report submitted to Rep. Kang Deuk-gu of the ruling Democratic Party, teenagers caused 833 accidents last year while driving without a license, a sharp [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers committed fewer physical assault crimes but more sex offenses and fraud last year, a judicial report showed Wednesday. According to the 2021 juridical yearbook published by the National Court Administration, the total number of juvenile protection cases was 38,590 in 2020, up 2,014, or 5.5 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The flu vaccination rate for teenagers in higher income households is significantly higher than their counterparts in lower income households. A joint research team from the Seongnam Central Hospital and the Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center analyzed the results of a health behavior study conducted online in 2017 by the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Koreans are in favor of a cautious approach to the issue of COVID-19 vaccinations for teenagers aged between 12 and 17, a poll showed Monday. In the poll of 1,006 people aged 18 and above conducted by the Korea Society Opinion Institute on Friday and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Cryptocurrency investment has surged in popularity among South Koreans from the latter half of last year, and teens were no exception, a lawmaker said Monday, citing data from four major cryptocurrency exchanges. The value of deposits made by teenage investors totaled 4 billion won (US$3.43 million) as of the [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A considerable number of teenagers are facing depression and anxiety following the coronavirus outbreak, with 1 in 10 South Korean teenagers saying they have considered self-harm or even suicide, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Society for Traumatic Stress Studies conducted an online survey of 570 teenagers between 13 [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the raging coronavirus pandemic, teenagers have turned out to receive most stress from ‘anger towards others’. The state-run Korea Youth Counseling and Welfare Institute conducted an online survey of 862 teenagers and young adults between 9 and 24 years of age, in which ‘anger towards others’ scored 3.76 [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Digital sex crimes, including videotaping sexual abuse of juveniles and teenagers, have jumped in number, South Korea’s gender ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family released a report that studied court rulings on 2,753 criminals who committed sex crimes on children and teenagers in 2019. Among [...]