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University instructor guilty of sexually harassing student

By Nathan Schwartzman Tue, Nov 08, 2011 12:44PM UTC View Comments

Original article in Korean is at this link. On the 1st, the Seoul High Courts’ fourth criminal division overturned the decision of a trial court, which had found that “[the plaintiff] did not verbally sexually harass the female student”, in a lawsuit by Mr A, a university instructor in Seoul, seeking to have his removal...

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More creative ways from MTR sex offenders

By Elmer W. Cagape Sun, Sep 25, 2011 8:59PM UTC View Comments

Although the number of cases of unlawful picture captures of women inside the MTR has eased a bit, there is no lack of creativity from criminals, who have come up with new tricks to evade apprehension. Hong Kong police recently reported a man nabbed after taking photos up the skirts of women using small cameras...

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Pervasive sexual harassment, slavery in Philippine jails denounced

By James Cordova Sun, Aug 28, 2011 11:36AM UTC View Comments

The women are often taken out of their cellblocks when the guards are drinking, are forced to sit with them, treating them like hospitality girls in bars who provide them entertainment. The women are also forced to massage the officers. They are also forced to wash the guards’ clothes. The women are so vulnerable that...

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South Korea shocked by naked Indonesian airline job interviews

By Chalid Nasution Fri, Aug 26, 2011 8:56PM UTC View Comments

South Korea is reeling after a case of sexual abuse committed by a team of physicians from the Indonesian airline, Garuda Indonesia. Eighteen women candidates for Garuda flight attendant jobs claim to have been harassed by the doctors during an interview. Media Singapore, The Straits Times and The Korea Herald, said flight attendant candidates were...

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Hagwon owner arrested for assault

By Nathan Schwartzman Thu, Aug 11, 2011 2:53AM UTC View Comments

Original article in Korean is at this link. A hagwon owner has been arrested after sexually molesting a waitress during a dispute about the bill. The Gyeyang Police Station in Incheon is investigating after it arrested 55-year-old hagwon owner, Mr A, on the 10th on charges of groping a waitress as she was calculating his...

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