Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Leader of Telegram-based ring gets life over sexual assault of minors

Kim Nok-wan, the man who ran one of the most extensive digital sex crime networks in Korea, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for leading a Telegram-based ring that sexually assaulted and exploited minors.

2025-11-24

Arrest warrant sought for special education facility head over rape of woman with disability

Prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for the head of a special education facility in North Chungcheong who is accused of repeatedly raping a woman with an intellectual disability over the course of a year.

2025-11-05

France adopts consent-based rape law in the wake of landmark Gisele Pelicot case

France’s Senate gave its final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and other sexual assault as any non-consensual sexual act, a move that comes after the landmark drugging and rape trial that shook France.

2025-10-30

YouTuber gets $7,000 fine over Miryang rape case doxxing

A YouTuber has been fined for doxxing suspects linked to the Miryang gang rape case, with a cour sentencing them to a fine of 10 million won for defamation under the personal information protection law.

2025-10-23

YouTuber sentenced to 8 months for doxxing Miryang gang rape perpetrators

A YouTuber was given a prison sentence for doxxing perpetrators of the so-called Miryang middle school gang rape case.

2025-10-15

Only 4-5 percent of sex crime suspects formally arrested each year: data

Around 30,000 people have been booked for sexual crimes each year for the past five years but only a handful of them have led to formal arrests, data showed Sunday.

2025-09-21

Court finds university not liable for death of student who fell to death during sexual assault

A court ruled that a university was not responsible for the death of a female student who died after falling from a campus building during a sexual assault, a court said in a recent ruling dismissing a compensation claim filed by the family.

2025-09-21

Convicted for biting off tongue of attempted rapist, Choi Mal-ja is acquitted 60 years after

Choi Mal-ja, 78, was acquitted Wednesday, nearly 60 years after a court convicted her of aggravated bodily injury for biting off part of a man’s tongue while resisting an attempted rape in 1964.

2025-09-10

Korean arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting high schooler in Japan

A Korean man, identified by his surname Shin, was arrested in Tokyo for allegedly sexually assaulting a Japanese high school girl while he was a student at Hitotsubashi University.

2025-09-07

Nurse sentenced to 2.5 years for groping surgery patient: 'The defendant failed to show restraint'

A nurse received a 2.5-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a patient under anesthesia, alongside treatment requirements and work restrictions.

2025-08-27