S1E1: South Korea: Cybersex criminals trapping girls in a digital prison
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Find out about the insidious \'Nth room\' crimes in one of Asia\'s most highly-wired countries.
\\nSynopsis (headphones recommended): A special edition 6-part series by The Straits Times in Singapore, exploring recent real crimes that gripped, horrified and laid bare the issues that afflicted societies in Asia. Episodes drop every fourth Tuesday of the month from April 25, 2023.
\\nWarning: This podcast is an audio documentary of a real crime case which may be troubling and upsetting to certain listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
\\nDigital sex crimes have become so common in highly-wired South Korea, leading to several copycat versions of what have become known as the \'Nth room\' crimes.
\\nWhy does this keep happening, and what are the underlying causes of these cases? Despite government efforts to crack down on these cases, they return again and again.
\\nThis is the side of South Korean society that the world may not know as well, away from the global appeal of its K-drama series and glamour of its K-pop music.
\\nST\'s South Korea correspondent Chang May Choon interviews and narrates this podcast.
\\nHighlights (click/tap above):
\\n2:00 The year was 2019; blackmail and even making victims engrave their names or IDs on their bodies, using knives
\\n5:15 Student journalist Park Ji-hyun and college friend aiming to "pull out the roots of evil", expose published in September 2019; hear the actual voice of the ringleader Cho Ju-bin
\\n10:00 Activist Summer Cha (her voice in Korean is digitally altered to protect her identity) on why digital sex crimes are trending upwards
\\n13:38 Lewd and disgusting reactions in male-only sites towards victims in the recent Itaewon crush incident
\\n14:38 Big cities such as Seoul, Busan and Incheon have now set up their own digital sex crime centres to provide support for victims; Seoul centre director Lee Eun-jeong explains SOPs
\\n17:22 New \'anti-Nth Room Bill\' was passed in Korean parliament and went into effect in December 2021; why encrypted messaging app Telegram has slipped through the net
\\n22:17 Park Ji-hyun now a young politician; more Nth room copycats still emerging
\\n25:18 ST correspondent Chang May Choon wraps up, having lived and worked as a Singaporean woman in South Korea for the past eight years
\\nInterviews & narration by: Chang May Choon (changmc@sph.com.sg)
\\nExecutive Producers: Ernest Luis (ernest@sph.com.sg) and Tan Tam Mei (tammei@sph.com.sg)\\xa0
\\nPodcast Producers: Teo Tong Kai and Fa\\u2019izah Sani
\\nVoiceovers: Fa\\u2019izah Sani, Friday Farzanah, Joyce Teo, Jean Iau, Kim Jin-ha, Samuel Devaraj and Paxton Pang
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