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Seventy-eight-year-old Choi Mal-ja, who was found guilty of injuring a man who tried to rape her 61 years ago, hugs a civic organization member in joy as she exits a courtroom at the Busan District Court on July 23 after prosecutors made a public apology toward Choi on the same day. [YONHAP]

Found guilty for biting off attempted-rapist's tongue 6 decades ago, Choi Mal-ja gets overdue apology

In 1964, 18-year-old Choi Mal-ja bit off the tongue of her attacker in a rape attempt, only to be sentenced to prison — a ruling the prosecution now seeks to overturn, while offering a long-overdue apology.

2025.7.23

Choi Mal-ja, 77, is awaiting the Supreme Court's decision on her request for a retrial of her sexual assault case nearly 60 years ago. This photo, taken May 2, shows Choi partaking in a press conference in front of the Supreme Court in southern Seoul that day. Choi was assaulted by a man in her hometown of Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, in 1964. She bit off his tongue in what she said was an act of self-defense. The court issued a stronger sentence on her than on the man. [NEWS1]

Woman's quest for justice continues six decades later

Choi Mal-ja, 77, is still expressing rage at the courts nearly six decades after she was sexually assaulted by a stranger...

2023.6.6

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Ex-wife of Lim Dong-hyuk reveals abusive texts she received from the pianist

Pianist Lim Dong-hyuk's ex-wife refuted Lim's accusation that she lied about his abusive behavior, revealing the text messages she claimed were sexually offensive and violent. In a post uploaded to a local online forum by the ex-wife last ...

2023.2.28

Former South Chungcheong Gov. An Hee-jung leaves the Yeoju Correctional Institution in Gyeonggi on Thursday morning after serving three and a half years in prison. [YONHAP]

Former governor An Hee-jung finishes 3.5-year jail term for rape

The 57-year-old was the first high-profile politician accused of sexual misconduct when the MeToo movement gained force in Korea in 2018.

2022.8.4

Top officials of the Democratic Party (DP) apologize Thursday at an opening ceremony of an election office in Cheonan, South Chungcheong, shortly after Rep. Park Wan-ju was expelled from the party on allegations of sexual misconduct. Among those who bowed in front of cameras were Lee Jae-myung, who lost to Yoon Suk-yeol in the presidential race and is now running for a DP parliamentary seat in Incheon; Park Ji-hyun, DP interim co-chair; and Lee Nak-yon, former prime minister and senior adviser to the DP. [NEWS1]

DP expels Rep. Park Wan-ju for sexual misconduct

The party refused to get into the details Thursday, such as who the victim was or what type of sexual misconduct she suffered, but said an internal team investigated the situation and concluded Park was guilty.

2022.5.12

People watch a much-hyped broadcast of MBC’s “Straight” revealing the contents of phone calls recorded between Kim Keon-hee, wife of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, and a reporter of a liberal media outlet Sunday evening at Seoul Station, central Seoul. [NEWS1]

Phone calls by Yoon's wife give rise to mixed reactions

The ruling and opposition parties are showing mixed reactions to a series of phone calls between Kim Keon-hee, wife of People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, and a reporter, which were made public Sunday.

2022.1.17

Members of a civic group advocating for the protection of women and their rights hold a press conference in front of the office of Democratic Party Rep. Nam In-soon in southern Seoul on Thursday, demanding her resignation. Nam has been identified as one of several women who were instrumental in informing the former mayor of Seoul that his former secretary may be filing a sexual harassment complaint against him. [NEWS1]

Late mayor's victim tries to pin down the leakers

Relatives of the woman who accused former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon of sexual harassment are demanding an apology from a number of women whose communications may have tipped Park off about her complaint — and led to his suicide. “The three women...

2021.1.21

Seoul City Hall in Jung District, central Seoul. [YONHAP]

Secretary confided mayor's harassment to colleague who later raped her, lawyer says

The lawyer representing a former secretary to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon told the JoongAng Ilbo she was raped by a colleague in whom she had confided about Park’s alleged sexual advances.

2020.9.16

Prosecutors Monday said they indicted a Seoul government official on charges of raping his colleague, the same victim who rocked the nation in July with claims she was sexually harassed by the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. [YONHAP]

Seoul city official charged with rape

Prosecutors have indicted a Seoul government official on charges of raping a coworker in April, the same victim who claimed three months later she was sexually harassed by the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon.

2020.9.14

Kim Jae-ryon, second from left, a lawyer representing a former secretary of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, speaks about the secretary’s ordeal during a press conference in Seoul last July. [YONHAP]

Late mayor's accuser says she was raped in April

A former secretary of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, whom in July rocked the nation with claims she was sexually harassed by Park for years, has come forward with a new allegation that she was raped by another city employee in April.

2020.9.13