Jung Min-ho has worked as a staff writer at The Korea Times since 2012, mostly covering social and political issues. He currently belongs to the Politics & City Desk where he covers topics such as health, labor and human rights. Prior to joining the team, he was responsible for covering North Korea and sports. His article about a biosecurity breach of Middle East respiratory syndrome won him an award from the Korea Science Journalists Association in 2016. He is also the co-author of the book, "Medical Pioneers of Korea" (2019). He served as the head of the international relations committee at the Journalists Association of Korea from 2021 to 2023.
Chinese man sentenced to 7 years for attempted rape on Jeju
By Jung Min-ho
By Jung Min-ho
A Chinese man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to rape a woman on Jeju Island.
The Jeju District Court convicted the man, 30, Monday of trying to sexually assault the woman, 28, at a parking lot on northern Jeju on July 24, 2018.
The victim, who tried to protect herself, suffered injuries that required six weeks of medical treatment.
The situation could have been worse if she had not been saved by a passerby in the middle of the man's attack.
During his trial, the man claimed that although he assaulted her, he had no intention of rape. He said he attacked the woman, who did not know him, just because he was upset after an argument with his girlfriend.
But the court rejected his claims, given that he first asked her to have sex with him and, after being refused, forcibly took off her underwear.