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Abuse Case in South Korea Care Home

A Seoul court said the testimony of all three victims was credible and ordered the care home to close after revoking its licence.

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A South Korean care home director was sentenced for sexual abuse of disabled residents. The case highlights gaps in disability protection and institutional oversight.

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The director of a South Korean nursing home has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault. Other victims were also suspected.

·Budapest, Hungary
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The case shocks the country and reopens the debate on the protection of people with intellectual disabilities – At least three women reported sexual abuse, while a report found evidence of many more victims

·Marousi, Greece
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A director of a home for people with disabilities in South Korea has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping female inmates. The case revealed serious failings in the care system and sparked a national debate.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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Allegations of sexual abuse at a care center where disabled women stay in South Korea have frozen blood. The investigation, which began with what one victim told her mother, found abuse findings for 19 women.

·Ankara, Türkiye
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In South Korea, it has been revealed that disabled women living in a state-funded care home were subjected to years of sexual abuse. The institution's director, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison, denies the accusations, while the horrific events came to light when one of the victims told her mother what she had experienced.

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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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