Snow-covered peak Snow covers the top of Mount Mudeung in the southern city of Gwangju on Dec. 27, 2019, following an overnight snowfall in the region. (Yonhap)
In addition to being an odd story, I am some what surprised he actually received 7 years in jail for rape:
A Korean man was sentenced to seven years in prison for raping the sister of his Filipino wife. The man, 39, surnamed Jeon, was also ordered to receive 120 hours of sex-crime prevention education.
An appellate court in Gwangju handed down the ruling on Wednesday, overturning a lower court’s acquittal.
“The accused raped his sister-in-law who came from the Philippines to attend his wedding ceremony. It’s really a bad crime,” wrote Judge Lee Jae-kwon in a ruling statement. “The victim experienced a great deal of humiliation, shame and mental shock, which caused serious depression, stress-driven emotional disorder and chronic insomnia.”
According to court documents, the incident happened on Feb. 15 last year, three days before the wedding ceremony. The groom-to-be raped his sister-in-law after they went out together to buy gifts for wedding guests.
A lower court acquitted him based on circumstantial and tangible evidence, with which it presumed the two to be in a romantic relationship. [Korea Times]
I think no matter what the evidence says this was something that was going to happen regardless because this is more about politics than fact finding:
South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo reads out a statement on Feb. 9, 2018, offering an apology for the military’s use of force against pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju in 1980. (Yonhap)
South Korea’s defense minister offered an official apology Friday for the military’s brutal use of force against pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju in 1980.
“As the minister of national defense, I offer a sincere apology and (words of) comfort to Gwangju citizens that our military has left suffering in the process of the May 18 Democratization Movement 38 years ago,” Song Young-moo said in a statement.
It came two days after the ministry’s special fact-finding team announced the results of five months of investigation into suspicions about the military’s role in the suppression of those protesting against the junta of Chun Doo-hwan.
The civilian-government panel said the Army launched helicopter gunship attacks on citizens in the southwestern city, with fighter jets armed with bombs on standby as a backup. The findings were based on the review of documents and interviews on witnesses. [Yonhap]
Protesters in front of Lotte Department Store in Gwangju on Saturday spread out a banner ahead of ripping it in a bid to protest against the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system and Lotte Group. The chaebol conglomerate signed a land swap deal with the Ministry of National Defense in late February to provide the government with a site for hosting the THAAD. / Yonhap
A vehicle sprays disinfectant on a road in Gwangju, about 330 kilometers south of Seoul, on Jan. 31, 2017, as a precaution to prevent the spread of avian influenza after seven pigeons were found dead there. The nation’s deadliest outbreak of bird flu has ravaged poultry farms nationwide since mid-November. (Yonhap)
This is a horrible case of rape and forced prostitution in Gwangju:
Police requested arrest warrants for two men who locked up a runaway teenager and allegedly forced her into prostitution, Wednesday.
The Gwangju Dong-bu Police said the men, aged 20 and 18, had invited a 17-year-old runaway they befriended via a chatting app to live with them, then turned violent once she moved in.
The victim stayed with them for 12 days.
Police requested arrest warrants for two men who locked up a runaway teenager and allegedly forced her into prostitution, Wednesday.
The Gwangju Dong-bu Police said the men, aged 20 and 18, had invited a 17-year-old runaway they befriended via a chatting app to live with them, then turned violent once she moved in.
The victim stayed with them for 12 days. [Korea Herald]
It looks like this so called Kenyan refugee will be having an extended stay in Korea after committing this brutal murder of a PC bang employee:
An African man who has applied for refugee status killed an employee at a PC cafe in Gwangju on Wednesday, and then robbed a customer.
The man, 28, a Kenyan, whose name has not been released, went to the cafe in South Jeolla Province in the morning. He chatted with an employee, a Korean man, 38.
The otherwise empty cafe’s security camera showed the two chatting briefly before going to a washroom in the basement.
The camera then shows the Kenyan returning to the cafe alone.
The man then robbed a male customer, 22, stealing his winter jacket and smartphone, and then fled. The customer reported the theft to police, who later arrested the Kenyan.
Police found the cafe employee dead in the washroom, with a chopstick and spoon jammed in his mouth. [Korea Times]
