A sex-abuse scandal incenses millions of South Koreans
Thousands subscribed to pornographic social-media channels featuring under-age girls
“FIRST HE JUST asked for a picture of my body, but then he asked if I could send one that showed my face...and then he asked me to play with myself...to use school supplies,” the girl told a local radio show on the morning of March 24th. She went on to describe a weeks-long ordeal during which she sent more than 40 graphic videos to a man she feared would publicly humiliate her if she stopped complying. “He had all my personal information...I was afraid he would threaten me with that if I quit.”
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Naming and shaming”
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