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![Photo shows ″L,″ the key suspect arrested in Australia in an online sex abuse crime targeting underage people on Nov. 23. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11109916.jpg?imageId=11109916&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A scene from Netflix documentary on the notorious Nth room case titled 'Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror' [NETFLIX]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10787727.jpg?imageId=10787727&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Park Ji-hyun, a 26-year-old activist who headed a Democratric Party (DP) committee dedicated to rooting out digital sexual crimes on Lee Jae-myung’s election campaign, speaks at a campaign event on Feb. 9 in Mapo District, western Seoul. Park, vice chairperson of the DP’s women’s affairs committee, was appointed as co-chair of the DP's emergency steering committee Sunday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11668697.jpg?imageId=11668697&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Cho Ju-bin, the alleged mastermind behind an online illegal pornography ring, was sentenced to five more years in prison Thursday, atop his 40-year jail sentence laid down by another court. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10987607.jpg?imageId=10987607&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Nam Gyeong-eup, accused of being an accomplice of Cho Ju-bin, the suspected leader of a pornography ring that enslaved dozens of women and girls, faces reporters at Jongno Police Precinct in central Seoul on Wednesday. Police decided to publicly disclose his identity. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10318723.jpg?imageId=10318723&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Ahn Seung-jin, 25, an accomplice of Moon Hyung-wook, the suspected operator of one of the earliest online sex trafficking rings on Telegram, is led out by police for a perp walk in front of the press at the Andong Police Precinct on Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10725909.jpg?imageId=10725909&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)