Police have apprehended over 3,000 suspects in connection with online sex crimes over the past year, with nearly half of them in their teens, officials said Sunday.
The People Power Party criticized the Democratic Party's Choe Kang-wook for secondary victimization comments on sexual misconduct, urging immediate ethics review and accountability.
A court fined a former high school teacher 5 million won ($3,600) for making inappropriate sexual remarks during class.
Already imprisoned for sexually assaulting followers, cult leader Jeong Myeong-seok is facing fresh charges for allegedly profiting from unlicensed sales of “miracle water” to his devotees.
Survivors of familial sexual violence took central Seoul on June 28, calling for an end to the statute of limitations for cases that occurred after the victim turned 13, arguing that the 10-year limit is not enough time to confront such trauma.
Sean “Diddy” Combs “committed crime after crime” but thought his “fame, wealth and power” put him above the law, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial shifted to closing arguments.
Footballer Hwang Ui-jo was handed a suspended one-year prison term Friday for illegally filming his sexual encounters with a woman.
Random chat apps that require no age verification are becoming conduits of illegal teenage activity, from gambling to drug use and sex crimes.
Prosecutors have sought a four-year prison sentence for footballer Hwang Ui-jo on charges of filming sexual encounters with his partners without their consent.
To make matters worse, an increasing number of male students — and their female counterparts — do this against one another.
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