Kim Rahn is the managing editor of The Korea Times. Since joining the company in 2003, she has covered various beats including the presidential office, Seoul city government, the Bank of Korea and the tourism industry. In 2014, she won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for her coverage of the ordeals of migrant women in Korea.
Teen con artist sells used womens underwear
Fifty-seven people were taken in by a fake sale of “used” women’s underwear.
Busan Nambu Police said Thursday that they booked a 17-year-old boy without physical detention for conning people out of some 5 million won by saying he sells previously worn women’s underwear.
The boy, only identified as Kim, posted on a secondhand item trading site last November claiming that he sells used underwear. Disguising himself as a woman, he also said he would sell sex.
A total of 57 men, ranging from a college student to office workers, contacted him, agreeing to buy panties, bras and stockings at 30,000-200,000 won ($27-$180). Kim received about 5 million won but didn’t send any items.
Considering he is a first offender and a juvenile, police didn’t detain him.