A South Korean man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stalking a woman he is accused of later killing, in a high-profile case which prompted
The Sindang Station murder case has been an awakening moment in Korea. It revealed that stalking victims are left without proper protection. The suspect, a 31-year-old man, allegedly killed a 28-year-old female subway station worker while he was on trial without detention after the victim pressed charges on him for stalking. The brutal murder case raised a red flag. The current law, which prohibits the prosecution of offenders if the victims do not consent, has drawn the ire of the public. Calls are growing to remove this regulation to better protect the victims.
A total of 1,860 cases of digital sex crimes have occurred in elementary, middle and high schools nationwide over the past five years, government data showed Tuesday.
The recent murder case at Sindang Station on lines 2 and 6, in which a Seoul Metro employee stalked and stabbed his former female colleague in her 20s to death in the station s bathroom, has led to an increase in sales of self-defense tools and weapons. A Gyeonggi Province-based office worker in her early 30s, who wished to be identified only by her surname, Kim, said she bought an alarm device and pepper spray for her protection after reading about the subway station murder in the paper last week.
At 9 on a Friday night, Christina walks around a platform of Stockholm station whistling. She s finished work and is going to have her 28th birthday party with her family. Full of expectations, she gives a broad smile to the passengers.