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Spycam is big money operation in S. Korea's porn industry

Women's groups call for fair and thorough investigations of spycam and online storage platforms, called "webhards" in Korean, in front of the National Police Agency headquarters, Seoul, Friday. YonhapPolice starts 100-day special crackdown on spycam content onlineBy Lee Suh-yoonSecretly filming women in motel rooms or toilet stalls to upload online as “porn” is a multimillion-dollar business operation in Korea. According to some recent media reports, online storage platforms here rake in tens of millions of dollars a year – partly by allowing, even encouraging, its heavy uploaders to share spycam content.Online storage sites have become breeding grounds for the dissemination of voyeur video content over the years. In Korea, spycam footage can be bought for just around 100 won ($0.10). Under labels like “domestic porn” or more recently “Chinese porn” to escape censorship, voyeur videos are widely distributed throughout these platforms. Recently, amid stronger censorship and public outrage against spycams that led to massive women's protes

Aug 14, 2018
Spycam is big money operation in S. Korea's porn industry
  • Spycam criminals to forfeit profits under new law

Cash courier arrested over $200,000 heist

A cash courier was caught after allegedly stealing 235 million won. YonhapBy Jung Hae-myoungA courier, 32, was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing 235 million won (about $208,000) from the armored cash truck he was assigned to, Cheonan police station said.He allegedly took the money while his colleagues were busy servicing the ATM in front of a mall on Aug. 7. He stashed bags of money in a SM7 sedan he had parked the day before, police said. The man had practiced for 10 days and threw away his mobile to prevent being located, they said.The suspect is caught on CCTV. Courtesy of Cheonan Seobuk Police stationPolice first chased the getaway vehicle to Pyeongtaek but by the time they arrived, he had switched to a taxi to Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province. He was found in a hotel during a police manhunt. The courier told police he spent all the money, except for 4 million won. Police believe he hid the rest. The suspect is in custody. Yonhap.

Aug 14, 2018
Cash courier arrested over $200,000 heist

Ex-presidential aide grilled in top court's power abuse scandal

Former Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-choon, second from right, is held by journalists as he enters the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on Tuesday for questioning. Photos from YonhapFormer Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-choon showed up for prosecution questioning Tuesday over his suspected role in the Supreme Court's alleged attempt to trade verdicts for policy favors. Kim, 79, arrived at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at about 10 a.m. The interrogation was rescheduled for Tuesday after he refused to comply with the previous summons last week, citing unspecified health reasons. Kim was summoned for his suspected role in the Supreme Court's alleged attempt to trade verdicts for policy favors.The close aide to ousted President Park Geun-hye was released from an over yearlong pre-sentencing detention early last week on a slew of charges linked to alleged wrongdoing by the Park government. He was her chief of staff from 2014-15. Prosecutors have obtained evidence suggesting then Supreme Court Chief Yang Sung-tae tried to defer a ruling on litigation inv

Aug 14, 2018
Ex-presidential aide grilled in top court's power abuse scandal

Gov't to ban kids' access to hate websites

By Lee Kyung-min The government is seeking to prevent children's access to online communities that advocate hate and discriminatory speech against selective groups of people. The move aims to counter a social rift triggered and widened by extremist, gender-divided online communities _ the far-right troll website Ilbe, frequented almost exclusively by men, and the extreme feminist website WOMAD.According to a report submitted by the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) to Rep. Noh Woong-rae of the Democratic Party of Korea, the commission seeks to revise relevant laws to designate such websites that foster hatred and discrimination as “harmful” to children.Currently, the KCC can designate websites as harmful if more than 70 percent of their content fails to meet KCC standards. But only pornography or postings promoting gambling are subject to the designation now. Operators of KCC-designated harmful websites are subject to two years in prison or fines of up to 20 million won ($18,000) if they fail to notify the users about the designation or grant access to children.D

Aug 13, 2018
Gov't to ban kids' access to hate websites

Seafood buffet chain Todai apologizes for recycling raw fish

Todai seafood buffet restaurant in Korea has been operating here since 1985. YonhapBy Jung Hae-myoungTodai Korea, the Korean outlet of a seafood chain based in Santa Monica, California, has been recycling leftover raw fish for other dishes.According to SBS television news on Sunday, the chef of the Pyeongchon branch ordered uneaten sushi to be used for rolls and fried dishes. The order was given through group chat on Kakao talk messenger service.SBS news showed footage of the chef cooking raw salmon from display dishes to make salmon sushi rolls. In other footage, he takes used shrimps from leftover sushi to refill rolls for next display.The Food Sanitation Act strictly prohibits the recycling of raw fish. Todai CEO and Chairman Hans Kim. Courtesy of TodaiTodai CEO Hans Kim admitted the order was issued, saying, “The head chef said the fish were too good and full of protein to be thrown away easily.” Kim, a Korean American, launched the restaurant in the U.S. in 1985. There are now franchises in 44 countries.On Monday, Todai Korea posted an official apology on the we

Aug 13, 2018
Seafood buffet chain Todai apologizes for recycling raw fish

Model gets 10 month jail term for leaking colleague's nude photos

By Kim Hyun-binA Seoul court sentenced an art class model to a 10-month jail term, Monday, for secretly taking nude photos of a male colleague and posting them online.The Seoul Western District Court slapped the prison term and 40 hours of therapy on sexual violence for the female model, surnamed Ahn, 25, in the case which prompted women's rights groups to protest the police's “gender-biased” investigation.“The accused needs to be punished as she has irrevocably damaged the victim's personal dignity and the repercussions of the posting were serious, with his face being exposed on a radical feminist website,” the court said in the ruling.“The victim is having serious post-traumatic stress disorder with depression, and he is unlikely to continue his career as a nude model. The accused deleted the photos the day after the posting, but they had already spread to other websites and their complete removal from the internet seems impossible.”Ahn submitted several letters of apology to the victim and asked to be forgiven. “We believe she si

Aug 13, 2018

Man fined for posting photos of naked girlfriend

The man took the photos while he and his girlfriend were having sex. Yonhap.By Jung Hae-myoungA man in his 20s has been fined 2 million won for filming his girlfriend's naked body and posting the pictures on the internet without her consent.According to Busan District Court, Monday, he took the pictures while and his girlfriend were having sex.Despite her opposition, the man uploaded the pictures on the “Ilbe” website hours later. The court said it did not jail the man because it was his first offence and his girlfriend had asked for leniency.

Aug 13, 2018
Man fined for posting photos of naked girlfriend

Korean couple caught for shoplifting in Japan

The drugstore from which the Korean couple allegedly stole medical supplies. YonhapBy Jung Hae-myoungA Korean couple has been arrested for allegedly stealing products worth 120,000 yen from a drugstore in Japan, Kyodo News reported on Sunday. Police in Osaka said the couple stole 52 packets of medicine and medical supplies.The couple allegedly had planned to sell the goods in Japan and South Korea. Separately, stolen goods worth 1,500,000 yen were found in their hotel. In total, the two are suspected of stealing goods worth 1,650,000 yen ($14,000) in Japan. They have frequently visited Japan since last September, mostly through Fukuoka airport. The latest visit was early this month to Kansai.

Aug 13, 2018
Korean couple caught for shoplifting in Japan

Art student gets 10-month jail term for leaking colleague's nude photos

A Seoul court handed down a prison term on Monday to a figure-drawing model for secretly taking nude photos of a male colleague and deliberately posting them on the Internet.The Seoul Western District Court sentenced the 25-year-old defendant, only identified by her surname Ahn, to 10 months in prison and ordered her to undergo a 40-hour therapy session on sexual violence."The defendant has damaged the victim's personal dignity in an irrecoverable way and needs punishment, given the repercussions her actions have had on the victim's life and society," the court ruled.She was charged in May for taking the photos without the victim's consent during a drawing class at Hongik University and leaking them on a radical feminist website in the same month.She has told police she was angry at the victim after they had an argument over sharing the rest area. The suspect and victim had just met on the day of the incident.She said earlier she never expected it to be "such a big deal." (Yonhap)

Aug 13, 2018
Art student gets 10-month jail term for leaking colleague's nude photos

'Women's voices matter'

By Lee Kyung-min A coalition of women denounced the police, Friday, over what they deem a “deliberate failure” in cracking down on voyeur video crimes victimizing women, in the latest development of the collective movement calling for “equal accountability for equal crime” spreading across Korea in recent months. Members of about 30 women's group gathered in front of the National Police Agency in Seoul, denouncing the police for treating victims differently based precisely on gender thus far. “Many women have filed countless complaints over the past decade involving illicitly filmed videos and screen captures. And all we have heard was 'We can't locate the perpetrator,' 'We can't delete the materials because the website is on overseas servers' and 'Just forget it.' It is apparent you have lied to us the whole time,” the group said in a statement.“We demand the police apologize immediately, own up to their discriminatory behavior thus far and conduct a rigorous investigation into cases involving female victims, just as they did with male ones.

Aug 10, 2018
'Women's voices matter'
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