Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Over half of all offenders in sex crimes against minors avoid prison time, report finds

More than half of all those convicted of sex crimes against minors in Korea over the past decade avoided prison time, receiving suspended sentences instead, a Ministry of Gender Equality and Family report released Tuesday showed.

2026-05-12

Child rapist Cho Doo-soon taken into immediate custody after sentencing for curfew violations

Convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon was taken into immediate custody on Wednesday after being sentenced to prison time for repeatedly leaving his home in violation of court-ordered curfew restrictions.

2026-01-28

Prosecutors request prison sentence for notorious child rapist after repeated restrictions violations

Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a court to sentence Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child sex offender, to two years in prison and order psychiatric treatment after he repeatedly violated restrictions barring him from leaving home.

2025-12-24

Convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon's info removed from public sex offender registry

The personal information of convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon has been removed from the government-run sex offender registry, following the expiration of the mandated disclosure period.

2025-12-15

Serial sex offender kept in jail over new charge

Prosecutors on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant for a 54-year-old serial sex offender due to be released from prison on Monday.

2022-10-17

Justice Ministry under fire for sloppy monitoring of repeat criminal

The Ministry of Justice and the police are under fire for their failure to stop a man with a lengthy criminal record from killing two women despite wearing a location-tracking ankle monitor.

2021-08-30

Vigilante website for sex offenders shut down, probed

A website run by internet vigilantes is under investigation for going after alleged sex offenders, which led to the suicide of a university student in July.

2020-09-09