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Female inmate pen pal for 70,000 won? Alleged service sparks controversy online.

To apply for the service, users must specify their preferences, such as the desired age range, appearance and personality of their pen pal. They can also separately indicate whether they seek to exchange sexually explicit letters.

2026.8.18

An entrance gate of Seoul Detention Center in Gyeonggi is closed on May 17, 2020.

Inmates' teenage children allowed visitation when accompanied by younger siblings

Teenage children of inmates will now be allowed to join special prison visits with their younger siblings, after the government eased a rule that had previously barred anyone 13 or older from participating.

2026.5.3

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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen during a hearing at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul on Feb. 19. Yoon was sentenced to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection in relation to the Dec. 3, 2024 declaration of emergency martial law. [SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT]

Eat, rinse, repeat: Ex-President Yoon returns to jail cell, prison meals after verdict

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to a jail cell on Thursday as a life-term inmate after a court sentenced him to life in prison for leading an insurrection for his Dec. 3, 2024 declaration of emergency martial law.

2026.2.19

A bus carrying inmates departs the Northern Gyeongbuk Correctional Institution in Cheongsong County, North Gyeongsang, on March 25. [YONHAP]

3,500 inmates evacuated as wildfire nears North Gyeongsang prisons

Some 3,500 inmates from correctional facilities in North Gyeongsang were evacuated as a wildfire from Uiseong County spread near local prisons, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday evening.

2025.3.25

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inmate

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Female inmate pen pal for 70,000 won? Alleged service sparks controversy online.

Inmates' teenage children allowed visitation when accompanied by younger siblings

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Eat, rinse, repeat: Ex-President Yoon returns to jail cell, prison meals after verdict

3,500 inmates evacuated as wildfire nears North Gyeongsang prisons