KMA cadet sexually assaulted
By Kang Seung-wooThe Army has launched an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at the Korea Military Academy, the Army said, Wednesday.At a festival last Wednesday, a senior male cadet sexually assaulted a female junior in his room after some 20 students and 10 professors drank at lunch, according to the Army. At the time the incident took place, it is reported that the victim was heavily intoxicated and vomited repeatedly.This is the first reported allegation of sexual abuse involving cadets has taken place on campus since women were admitted to the elite military academy in Seoul in 1998. The military police have since arrested the suspect and authorities have set up a joint investigation team to look into the incident, officials said.“Judging from the circumstance, they had drunk excessive amounts of alcohol,” an Army official said. “We are also checking if professors and senior officers who accompanied the students were negligent in their duty of supervising students’ drinking.”Drinking is banned at the military academy, but student
