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In South Korea, the death of K-pop star Goo Hara is refueling rage against sexual crimes against women and the widespread perception that law enforcement has failed to effectively address the issue.
On Sunday, 28-year-old Goo, a former member of girl group Kara, was found dead in her Seoul home. Police have not yet commented on the cause of death, but Goo had reportedly been hospitalized earlier this year for an alleged suicide attempt, in the midst of a scandal that unleashed a torrent of abuse.
After her death, two previously little-known names started trending on Korean social media: Choi Jong-bum and Oh Duk-shik. The former is her ex-boyfriend, accused of filming Goo naked while they were intimate and blackmailing her by threatening to release the footage, among other charges. The latter is the male judge who acquitted Choi of the charge this August, while convicting him of other charges, including assault.
Spy cameras, or molka, have emerged as a hot-button issue in South Korea. Last years anti-molka rallies, which brought out historic numbers of women onto the streets of Seoul, were followed by months of media hype. Various sectors of the government declared war against molka, including showy campaigns searching for cameras in public bathrooms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/27/k-pop-stars-death-is-latest-reminder-how-koreas-justice-system-fails-women/
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This makes me both sad and angry. I'm not going to say anything more, because I will probably regret it.
Scurrilous
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"Two high-profile K-pop stars have been sentenced to prison for sexual assault, the latest development in a sex abuse scandal that has shocked South Korea and its music industry.
Singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young, 30, and musician Choi Jong-hoon, 29, were on Friday convicted of conspiring in the sexual assault of a woman who was incapable of resisting, according to the Seoul Central District Court. Jung was also found guilty of filming women against their will and sharing the sexually explicit material to members of an online group chat.
The court jailed Jung for six years and Choi for five years. Both men are also required to complete 80 hours of a sexual violence treatment program.
Allegations of the crimes were first made public in March, in the so-called "Burning Sun scandal." The Burning Sun club, located in Seoul's upscale Gangnam neighborhood, was allegedly the site of bribery, violence against customers, securing prostitutes for VIPs, rape, drug trafficking and drug use, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Police."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/29/asia/kpop-stars-sentenced-intl-hnk-scli/index.html