Is South Korea soft on sexual violence crimes?


Light punishment: South Korea has been criticised for its low level of punishment against sex offenders. –123rf.com

ON July 15, a female college freshman was found dead on a college campus, naked. The suspect – a male freshman at the same Inha University – faces charges of raping the woman and causing her death.

He attacked the woman while going out for a drink with her, taking advantage of her heavily intoxicated condition. He filmed his actions and left her to die, after which she somehow fell from the third floor of a building.

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