A 37-year-old woman accused of injuring three people with a knife on a subway told police that she did so because someone called her “ajumma,” police said. | AsiaNewsNetwork
One of the victims underwent surgery, although none of the injuries were fatal.
Officials have requested an arrest warrant for the accused based on the charge of “special violence” inflicted on another. Similar to aggravated assault, this charge can be made when an injury has been inflicted via a deadly weapon or collective force, and is punishable by 1-10 years in prison. Carrying a weapon also violates Article 42 of the Railroad Safety Act, although the officials did not request charges for this specific offense.In 2021, then Seoul mayoral candidate Ahn Cheol-soo — of the now-disbanded People’s Party — came under fire when referring to his opponent, Park Young-sun of the Democratic Party of Korea, as an “ajumma who has an apartment in Tokyo.
The implications and stigmatization of “ajumma” were covered in detail by The Korea Herald in “[What should I call you?] No one wants to be called ‘ajumma.’”
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