Retrial opens for S. Korean woman who bit off attempted rapist's tongue


Choi Mal-ja was 19 when she was attacked by a 21-year-old man in the southern town of Gimhae in 1964. - The Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL: A South Korean court reopened a decades-old case on Wednesday (July 23) after the country's #MeToo movement inspired a woman to challenge her conviction for defending herself against sexual violence 61 years ago.

Choi Mal-ja was 19 when she was attacked by a 21-year-old man in the southern town of Gimhae in 1964.

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