Updated: Korea Herald, April 24, 2013 The key numbers here (from yesterday's Korea Herald ) in an article about rape in Korea. * In 2011: 22,034 rapes were reported, according to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Korea. * Of those, 18,591 cases resulted in arrests with a total of 18,880 offenders being convicted. *Only 12 percent of those found guilty, or 2,289, were sentenced to jail time. * Based on a 2010 survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, it is believed that the sexual crime reporting rate in Korea is about 10 percent. The article provides some information about what to do after getting raped, phone numbers to call. I don't mean to dismiss those things, but obviously the reporter ran out of space addressing: "How to protect yourself" or "How to reduce the chance you'll be raped." Sun-Flower Women and Children’s Centerl. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald) This site (in an article written by James Fenske) advises: * B
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