US Army Officer Raped in Daegu
The Stars and Stripes has provided an update on the rape and robbery of a US Army officer in Taegu:
South Korean police have narrowed their focus in an alleged rape to South Korean men connected with the U.S. military in Daegu.
Daegu Nambu Police Station detective Lee Doo-ho said the man who they believe raped a female military officer during an attack in her off-base apartment on July 7 is reported to speak nearly fluent English.
Because of that, Lee said, investigators are focusing on current or former Korean Augmentees to the U.S. Army, South Korean men who work on a U.S. base and shop workers near the bases.
The 5-foot 5-inch suspect wore a mask and hat during the attack, Lee said, so there is no sketch to publish.
Police have said the man also stole about $1,100 in U.S. currency and 250,000 won (about $250), and about $2,000 worth of items, including a digital camera.
Does anyone know if this is making the Korean news at all? I asked some KATUSAs if they heard of this story and they hadn’t. If this guy is to be caught this story needs to be updated in the Korean press with more details of what people should be looking for. A 5-foot 5-inch Korean guy that speaks English is probably not enough information for the readers of the Stars and Stripes to catch this guy.
I tried the Korean version of the Joonang Daily for Taegu, USFK or US soldier and Taegu and sexual assault.
I only located the Yonhap story from right after the rape claim.
The same goes for the Chosun Daily. Nothing but the original Yonhap story — from what I can tell.
Here the link to the Korea Times Korean version article written by Yonhap.
http://search.hankooki.com/view.php?terms=´… ¹Ì±º&path=hankooki3/news/lpage/society/200507/h2005070516174521980.htm&media=hk
I did a search for Taegu and the term for Sexual Assault the Yonhap article used and came up with no other articles. I could easily have missed one, but I don't think so. I also did a search for Taegu and USFK or US soldier and didn't locate anything, but again might have missed it.
I'll try to check again, but this kind of thing is one of those very difficult missions to accomplish with my low Koraen skills.
I did find about a week or so ago that Yonhap did run a story about the rape after it happened. It was short. About the same size as the one story Stars and Stripes ran on it.
I found the Yonhap article in the Korea Times Korean language site. I'll try there again. I haven't looked in another of the other Korean papers.
Why not ask a KATUSA to do a quick search for you if you know any well enough to ask?
If you do, please report what they find and don't find.