Woman's quest for justice continues six decades later

Choi Mal-ja, 77, is still expressing rage at the courts nearly six decades after she was sexually assaulted by a stranger...

2023-06-06

Ex-wife of Lim Dong-hyuk reveals abusive texts she received from the pianist

Pianist Lim Dong-hyuk's ex-wife refuted Lim's accusation that she lied about his abusive behavior, revealing the text messages she claimed were sexually offensive and violent. In a post uploaded to a local online forum by the ex-wife last ...

2023-02-28

Former governor An Hee-jung finishes 3.5-year jail term for rape

The 57-year-old was the first high-profile politician accused of sexual misconduct when the MeToo movement gained force in Korea in 2018.

2022-08-04

DP expels Rep. Park Wan-ju for sexual misconduct

The party refused to get into the details Thursday, such as who the victim was or what type of sexual misconduct she suffered, but said an internal team investigated the situation and concluded Park was guilty.

2022-05-12

Phone calls by Yoon's wife give rise to mixed reactions

The ruling and opposition parties are showing mixed reactions to a series of phone calls between Kim Keon-hee, wife of People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, and a reporter, which were made public Sunday.

2022-01-17

Late mayor's victim tries to pin down the leakers

Relatives of the woman who accused former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon of sexual harassment are demanding an apology from a number of women whose communications may have tipped Park off about her complaint — and led to his suicide. “The three women...

2021-01-21

Secretary confided mayor's harassment to colleague who later raped her, lawyer says

The lawyer representing a former secretary to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon told the JoongAng Ilbo she was raped by a colleague in whom she had confided about Park’s alleged sexual advances.

2020-09-16

Seoul city official charged with rape

Prosecutors have indicted a Seoul government official on charges of raping a coworker in April, the same victim who claimed three months later she was sexually harassed by the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon.

2020-09-14

Late mayor's accuser says she was raped in April

A former secretary of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, whom in July rocked the nation with claims she was sexually harassed by Park for years, has come forward with a new allegation that she was raped by another city employee in April.

2020-09-13

Police to cross-examine testimonies of mayor's ex-secretary, Seoul officials

Police said Tuesday that a former secretary of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon who accused him of sexual harassment will soon be summoned alongside her former colleagues at the Seoul city government for a cross-examination of their testimonies.

2020-08-04

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