‘Spycam’ sex-crime epidemic driving women to suicide in South Korea
Online sexual crimes are traumatising South Korean women and driving some to consider suicide, says Human Rights Watch
16 June 2021 • 10:07am
South Korean women and girls have been struggling for years against a growing problem of voyeurism
Credit: ED JONES/AFP
The South Korean government is facing fresh calls to take urgent action over an 'epidemic' of spycam sex crimes that are ruining women’s lives and leading to deaths by suicide.
A new investigation released on Wednesday by Human Rights Watch casts a confronting spotlight on the trauma of victims of online sexual violence, where images captured without consent are shared non-consensually, or sometimes manipulated or faked.