A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that sexually exploited or abused 261 victims, including more than a dozen minors he raped or ...

Kim Nok-wan, 33, was found guilty of raping or sexually abusing 261 people while he led an online blackmail ring using the messenger app Telegram.

The leader of a Telegram sex crime ring which facilitated the exchange of thousands of sexual abuse materials has been sentenced to life imprisonment in South Korea.

The mastermind of South Korea’s largest Telegram sex exploitation chatroom, "Jagyeongdan," Kim Nok-wan, 33 years old, was sentenced to life imprisonment on the 24th in the first trial. Prison terms ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's birthrate, the lowest in the world, rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, as more couples tied the knot after pandemic delays, and as policy efforts to ...

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TOKYO — A senior North Korean diplomat who defected two years ago painted a grim picture of life in the hermit kingdom Thursday as he described his disillusionment and escape from the totalitarian ...

South Korea's Democratic Party's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, center, and his wife Kim Hea Kyung, right, greet supporters outside of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, ...