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  • Sex Crimes Among Korean Youth on the Rise. Chosun, 13 May 2008. The number of Korean teenagers involved in acts of serious sexual violence such as rape has risen significantly in the last two years, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
  • 10 Korean 'Sex Slaves' Freed in Sydney. The New York Times, 6 March 2008. Police have rescued 10 South Korean women who were forced to work in a Sydney brothel by a sex slavery syndicate that lured them to Australia with promises of legitimate jobs, officials said Friday.
  • S.Korean prosecutors arrest two U.S. soldiers suspected of attempted rape. People’s Daily Online, 7 May 2007. The Seoul District Prosecutors' Office said Monday it has arrested two U.S. soldiers for beating and attempting to rape a female police officer in downtown Seoul last month.

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