Today on The Korea Times Podcast: US scholars ask Abe to apologize and settle the Comfort Woman issue with Korea and the death penalty is sought in a murderous rampage. Plus disturbing details continue to emerge from the Ansan stand-off and Korea's emergency numbers to condense.
Two American scholars, Jeffrey Hornung of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and Michael Auslin with the Japan Studies at the American Enterprise Institute,said Abe should inherit Tokyo’s landmark apologies issued in the past. In particular, Hornung said that Abe should visit the statues of the comfort women in the U.S. and Korea as a gesture to the victims of Japan’s sexual slavery.
Military prosecutors on Friday demanded the death penalty for an Army deserter accused of killing and wounding about a dozen unarmed comrades in a shooting rampage at a guard post close to the North Korean border last June. The 23-year old Army sergeant named Lim, fired at his comrades at a border outpost on the east coast, killing five and wounding seven others. Bullying was found to be the motive for the rampage.
The “hostage killer”Kim Sang-hoon attempted to rape his 16-year-old stepdaughter before killing her on Tuesday, according to police. According to Kim’s wife, Kim sexually harassed his stepdaughter when she was only nine years old. Last Tuesday, Kim killed his wife’s ex-husband, surnamed Park, at his house. He then took his two stepdaughters and Park’s girlfriend hostage. Kim later said he killed Park because he thought his wife and Park were having an affair.
The government plans to merge some 20 emergency hotlines into three ― 112, 119, 110 ―in order to enhance response times after receiving calls. According to the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, 112 will deal with crime reports and 119 will be used for general emergencies. Reports about issues that are not time-sensitive will be made to 110.
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