South Korean authorities are failing to properly tackle the country's widespread digital sex crimes against women, a Human Rights Watch report says
In 2019, almost 45 percent of sexual digital crime cases were dropped by the country's prosecution, compared with 19 percent of robbery cases and 27.7 percent of homicides, the report said.
"Digital sex crimes have become so common, and so feared ... they are affecting the quality of life of all women and girls," Barr said. One woman who spoke to Barr was given a clock by a male employer, which she put in her bedroom – only later finding out the device had been streaming footage to him for over a month.
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