A couple of reports shed extra light on the case of a rape victim committing suicide after accusing the judge of insulting her.

According to this TV report, the accused is a Chinese citizen of North Korean descent; the victim’s lawyer denies that she worked in a noraebang (karaoke); the judge presides over a court that deals only with sexual assault cases; and the victim committed suicide one day before she was to testify, which she dreaded, having already failed to appear in court twice. For his part, the judge says that he wanted to question her regarding her relationship with the accused in order to determine guilt or innocence and denies insulting her or telling her she should reach a settlement.

Also, this report has some of the details of the discovery of Ms. A’s body and suicide note. It also contains a quote from the judge’s statement that “the questioning was, at the least, to determine whether there was rape or a consensual sexual relationship.”