Ladyboy Busted for Beating own Kids A transgendered man in his 30s, who dreams of becoming a woman, has been caught by police for abusing his four children.     On November 26, the Jeollabuk-do Provincial Police Agency arrested 30-year old Mr. Oh on child abuse charges. He began beating his children in 2008.

Teachers’ Union Calls for Principal to be Fired for Verbal Abuse   Well, this is rich, considering the same union wants sex offender teachers to keep their jobs.   On October 25, the Gangwon-do section of the Korean Teachers’ and Education Workers’ Union reported to the Office of Education that “an elementary school principal in Injae-gun forced a female teacher t ...

Money for Victims of Human  Rights Abuses Have you had your human rights violated lately? Well, good news for you.   The Ministry of Justice announced on October 27 that beginning the next day, individuals who experience a human rights violation and report it to authorities the government will compensate them for the reporting fees so that they do not experience economic difficulty.

Ya-Ta Boy Arrested On August 26th, the Gangyeok investiga­tive division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency arrested 32-year old Mr. Park, an art dealer, on charges of driving his foreign car, luring in women and then sexually assaulting them.

A study has found that seven in ten middle and high school students have experienced corporal punishment at the hands of their teachers.   The National Youth Policy Institute (headed by Lee Myeong-suk) announced on the 26th it had surveyed 6,601 middle and high school students in June and July of last year, finding that 69.9% answered “yes” to the question “have you ever ex ...

Following the case of 20-year-old Vietnamese wife Thach Thi Hoang Ngoc, who was murdered by her mentally ill husband just seven days after coming to Korea, immigrant women are remembering her and calling on Korean society to pay more attention to their issues.   On the afternoon of July 20 at the front entrance of the National Human Rights Commission in Euljiro1-ga in Seoul, the Women Migran ...

On June 10 Judge Lee Chang-hyeong of the Seoul Central District Courts fourth criminal appellate division affirmed the eight-month pris­on sentenced handed by the original trial court to 35-year-old Mr. Jang of the R language hagwon for obtaining test materials of the American SAT exam. The trial court was also affirmed in handing out fines of three million won ($2,400) each to Mr. Choi and an ...

Marijuana is insinuating itself into the ev­eryday lives of ordinary people. A number of people have been arrested for growing mari­juana plants at home and for smoking it with their friends and family. Appearing to feel little to no remorse despite having been caught, Jang Seon-yi of SBS re­ports on them.

The Buyeo Police De­partment in Chun­gcheongnam-do an­nounced on June 28, it had arrested 40-year-old Mr. Jeong on charges of repeat­edly entering elementary schools and stealing items. According to police, from September of 2007 through to June 10 of this year , Mr. Jeong entered elementary schools and at­tached kindergartens in Buyeo, Seosan, Dan­gjin, and Pyeongtaek on 9 ...

On March 2, at a high level address to the U.N. Human Rights Council, an official from the Republic of Korea said, “We are now looking forward to the official visit this May of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, which has become a very important human rights issue in today’s world of information ...