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Child rapist sentenced to eight months in prison for violating curfew rules and damaging ankle monitor

An appellate court upheld a lower court's earlier sentence for convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon over curfew violations and destroying his ankle monitor.

2026.6.17

Cho Doo-soon answers questions from reporters after attending his first trial hearing at the Suwon District Court’s Ansan branch in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on March 11, 2024. [YONHAP]

Child rapist Cho Doo-soon taken into immediate custody after sentencing for curfew violations

Convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon was taken into immediate custody on Wednesday after being sentenced to prison time for repeatedly leaving his home in violation of court-ordered curfew restrictions.

2026.1.28

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Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child sex offender, answers reporters' questions at the Ansan branch of the Suwon District Court in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on March 11, 2024. [YONHAP]

Prosecutors request prison sentence for notorious child rapist after repeated restrictions violations

Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a court to sentence Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child sex offender, to two years in prison and order psychiatric treatment after he repeatedly violated restrictions barring him from leaving home.

2025.12.24

Convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon answers questions from reporters after attending his first trial hearing at the Suwon District Court’s Ansan branch in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on March 11, 2024. [YONHAP]

Convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon's info removed from public sex offender registry

The personal information of convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon has been removed from the government-run sex offender registry, following the expiration of the mandated disclosure period.

2025.12.15

Notorious child rapist attempts to leave home without permission

Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child rapist, attempted to leave his residence without permission again last month while showing signs of worsening mental health, according to Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.

2025.11.13

Cho Doo-soon, one of the nation's most notorious child rapists, answers reporters' questions at the Suwon District Court in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on March 11.

Notorious child rapist indicted for violating travel restrictions during monitored hours

Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child rapist, has been indicted without detention for leaving his residence on four occasions during restricted hours, according to prosecutors.

2025.9.11

Child rapist Cho Doo-soon speaks to reporters after a trial at the Ansan branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office in Danwon District, Ansan, Gyeonggi, on March 11, 2024. [NEWS1]

Notorious child sex offender ordered to undergo monthlong psychiatric evaluation

A local court ordered Cho Doo-soon, a convicted child sex offender, to undergo a monthlong psychiatric evaluation, citing concerns over his recent behavior.

2025.6.5

Cho Doo-soon after serving 12 years in prison is released from the jail and walks to the Ansan Probation Office in Ansan, Gyeonggi on Dec. 12 in 2020. [NEWS1]

Child rapist Cho Doo-soon moves to new house in same neighborhood

Child rapist Cho Doo-soon moved to a different house in the same neighborhood as his old residence in Ansan, Gyeonggi.

2024.10.28

Korea's most notorious child rapist imprisoned again for breaking curfew

Korea's most notorious child rapist, Cho Doo-soon, was put in prison again Monday after receiving a three-month term for wandering outside his home at night in violation of a 9 p.m. curfew imposed on him.

2024.3.20

Residents of Ansan, Gyeonggi, try to block a government-owned vehicle carrying convicted child rapist Cho Doo-soon to his home in the city upon his release from prison on Dec. 12, 2020. [YONHAP]

Cabinet approves bill to restrict residences of high-risk sex offenders

High-risk sex offenders will be restricted to living in state-run accommodation facilities under a bill approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.

2024.1.2