28 dating violence cases a day: police data
By Park Si-soo
On average, 28 cases of dating violence were reported to police daily between 2013 and 2017, police data showed on Thursday.
By year, 10,303 cases were reported in 2017, up 23 percent from 8,367 in 2016.
refers to the perpetration or threat of an act of violence by at least one member of an unmarried couple on the other member within the context of dating or courtship.
Rep. So Byeung-hoon of the ruling Democratic Party revealed this with information from the National Police Agency.
“Many efforts have been made to counter dating violence, but it's not easy work to be done by police alone,” So said. “It will be done only with government-wide measures and people's attention and cooperation.”