Article 261 (Special Violence) When the crime as referred to in Article 260 (1) or (2) is committed through the threat of collective force or by carrying a dangerous weapon, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding ten million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
Article 260 (Crime of Violence) (1)A person who uses violence against another shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than two years, a fine not exceeding five million won, detention, or a minor fine. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995> (2) When the crime as referred to in paragraph (1) is committed on a lineal ascendant of the offender or of his or her spouse, he or she shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years, or a fine not exceeding seven million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
Article 258-2 (Special Bodily Injury on Another) (1) A person who commits the crime of Article 257 (1) or (2) by the threat of collective force or by carrying a dangerous weapon shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for at least one year up to ten years.
“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 Saturday.“
2023. 3. 5., The Korea Herald, by Yoon Min-sik
The Era of Rage, Sometimes I wonder, is it just because we know more than we need to know due to the development of SNS and internet or is it truly the Era of Rage in these days.
As a criminal lawyer in a big city, I am always surrounded by many angry people. Meanwhile, Anger is a basic emotion of human, and feeling anger is no sin.
However, How you deal with your anger can sometimes turn into crimes. See the article above, the only thing those victim mentioned to the accused was ‘ajumma’. And they were stabbed with a nife for that.
What actually led her to stab three people must be way more complex and complicated than just being called as ‘ajumma’- just so you know, ajumma is a common way to call or address an woman(usually married or middle-aged) in Korea, sometimes it can be used negatively depends on how and when you say it to, but overall, it is just a common way to address a woman - mental insanity, personal accumulative feelings over the term of ‘ajumma’, whatever that would be, I had this impression that these days are truly the era of the rage definitely after reading the article.
Hurting someone out of heat is a crime for sure, and it is against Korean Criminal Code article 258-2 violation, and can be punished by jail for at least 1 year up to 10 years in prison(If the victim had been injured heavily, or died, that’s another crime – Murder etc...).
We can not turn back time, and what happened is happened. What you do after the incident does matter on your investigation(being remand or not) and trials, no matter you are the accused or the victim, you definitely need a lawyer’s help to get the best result.
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