The Most EVIL Middle-Schoolers In South Korea That Got Away With Murder

Barabing, baraboom. Let's talk about the events of March. 29th, 2020. This takes place in South. Korea, almost exactly like 3 years ago. at this point. It's a little bit past. midnight, and there are eight teenagers. Just Okay, they're barely teenagers. They're 13 years old. Most of them are. So, imagine eight 13-year-olds just. booking it, running for their lives in. South Korea. Like, you know when you run. so fast, your heart starts to pump out. of your chest? You feel like you can.

hear your heartbeat in your ears? That's. how fast these kids were running. They're literally running for their. life. That's how desperate they are. Whenever they think, "Okay, surely we're. safe now." They would turn around and. they would see another one of their. friends had been thrown onto the ground, taken down. It started with eight. Then. there were seven. Then there were six, five, four, three. It seemed like the. city of Taejon, which is where they were. in, it's the fifth largest city in South. Korea. It's so big. It's so populated. But not a single person wanted to help.

them while they're desperately running. for their lives. Where are they running? On the street? Yeah. They run like their lives depend on it. because maybe it does. One of the girls, Puda, 13 years old, she could feel her. legs starting to give out. There was. like shooting pains going up each of. them. Every step she took, it felt like. someone was shooting her up the palm of. her foot. She thought, "You know what? Fine. Fine. I can't do this anymore. I'm. just going to let him catch me. I'm. going to let this guy who's chasing me. down catch me because.

whatever he's got in store for me has. got to be less painful than what I'm. experiencing right now." So, she slows. down. She puts her hands on her knees, and she's panting. She's trying to catch. her breath, okay? And he comes up behind her. She looks up and says, "Oh god, that was really, really tough.". She let out a little smirk. She was. thrown onto the ground, handcuffed, and. placed under arrest. In today's case, these eight. 13-year-olds, these eight teenagers,

they are not the prey being chased down. by a big bad predator. They are the predators. These eight kids had just murdered a. delivery driver in cold blood. The. infuriating part is they're going to get. away with it.

As always, a full show notes are. available at rottenmangoepodcast.com. With that being said, this was a viral. case in South Korea. There is a lot of. online discourse about this on whether. or not the laws are protecting people or. knowingly putting citizens in even more. danger. There were petitions made aimed. towards the Blue House, aka the White. House of South Korea, begging. politicians to do something. There's.

incredibly damaging text messages. between teenagers. The killers were. texting each other after they killed. someone. And it's just what they're saying, you're going to lose your mind. Now, there are a lot of people involved and. about eight main killers, if you will. Technically, you can find some of their. names online cuz. normally, South Korea is really crazy. about releasing even adult criminals'. names, adult people's names. But with. children, it's absolutely out of this. world. But this case is so bad. People.

were doxing these killers left, right, and center. I'm not going to give you guys their. names because I don't really think it. matters to this case, but they're easily. findable online. So, with that being. said, let's get into it. E-Kun worked as. a delivery driver in Korea, which sounds. like the type of industry where you. never really get to know each other. Like, I think if you think of a DoorDash. driver in the US, you kind of work for. yourself. You don't really get to know. other drivers. In Korea, it's a little. bit different. There are a couple of. handful of popular restaurants in the.

area. There's a couple of handful of. full-time drivers. They all know each. other. A lot of them can recognize all. of them. Like, the restaurant owners, they can recognize their favorite. delivery drivers even through their big. motorcycle helmets. And E-Kun, he was. one of them. He was just always very. polite, hard-working, like very. detail-oriented. And a lot of these. restaurant owners are thinking, "It's. really hard to find these traits in an. 18-year-old boy these days.". He's 18. On particularly busy days, you. can see Kun walking in the restaurant,

grabbing a food order, while with the. other hand, he's quickly scarfing down a. snack from the convenience store. So, he. doesn't even stop to eat meals. He. doesn't have a lunch break. He just eats. whenever he can in between deliveries, just on the go. If the restaurant owners ever If they. ever thought about telling a kid, a. young man, "Hey, maybe you should take. it easy and go have fun.". it was Kun. Like, that's who they wanted. to tell. But they all knew that he was. supporting his mom. So, he would go off. on another delivery again.

Now, March 29th, it's midnight. Kun is. picking up a pizza order. He's got a. snack in one hand. There's CCTV footage. of him inside of this pizza shop eating. a snack as he's going to the back to. pick up the order. They ask, "Almost. done for the day? Any plans?". Yeah, it's my last delivery. Uh. no special plans. I think I'm going to. ask my friend if she wants to go eat. something yummy with me afterwards. He smiles. He grabs the pizza, and he. leaves for his last delivery for the. night.

This is just past midnight at a. relatively lively intersection in Korea. So, it's a four-way intersection. It's. actually the Taejon intersection, and. Taejon is the fifth biggest city in. Korea. So, regardless of time, there's. still going to be a good amount of. people on the road. Now, for everyone. waiting at this intersection for their. light to turn green, they're just going. about their lives. I imagine in this moment, it would feel. like time would stop, or at least for a. brief second even. Some saw bits and parts of what happened.

while they're waiting in their car. Some saw the black car run the red light. and book it as fast as they can across. the intersection. Some saw the black. pieces of plastic and metal just flying. through the air to the other side of the. street. And some people just saw a limp. body laying on the ground. There was like a pool of blood all over. the intersection. And every single. person parked there, it didn't even. matter if they had music on, they had. all heard it. Even if they hadn't seen. it, they heard it. It was such an. ear-piercing thud. Everyone had this pit.

in their stomach because when you hear. something like that, it is too loud to. be a fender bender. It is too loud to be. like a small accident. Someone needs. help ASAP. So, there is a car going straight and a. motorcycle was trying to go straight. The car ran a red light. They literally. pedaled to the metal, booked it out.

That seemed really, really fast, the. car. So fast. So, there is a four-way. intersection, and let's say the. motorcycle is heading north. I don't. know if this is the actual like compass. direction, but just to give you an idea. Motorcycle is trying to head north. There is a black car to the motorcycle's. left that's trying to go right. So, they're going to be perpendicular. Now, the motorcycle has the right of way. So, they start inching towards the middle of. the intersection, and the the black car. on the left, they have a red light. But.

they just decide to book it. Like, zero. to 60 book it. Run the red light, and at. the cross section, they slam into each. other. And you just see motorcycle. parts, tires flying in the air. A lot of. people see a limp body just on the side. of the road. And just to give you an. idea of how bad it is, emergency services. Let me explain it. the way that they did because they know. what these motorcycles look like. They. know what these accidents look like. They say you take one look at this.

motorcycle, and they thought to. themselves, "It would be a miracle if. the driver survived." There are tires. apart all over the street. There are. black plastic chunks. I mean, to give. you an idea, you all know what a. motorcycle looks like. There's like the. thick, bulky, plasticky parts that make. up the front, the seats. Even under the. seats, there's like little layers of. plastic. But underneath, it's almost. like a rudimentary bike. The motorcycle. they found on the street that day, it. had been basically obliterated upon. impact. All the plastic had basically.

blown off, and the bike was bare. It. looked more like a bicycle than a. motorcycle. This is what this version of. a motorcycle is supposed to look like. when it's And this is what it looks. after the And there was just so much. blood everywhere. Paramedics, they. rushed to the only body at the scene. By the way, the car the black car just. Just kept going. Just like didn't even. stop for a second, right? No. So, the paramedics rushed to the. only body at the scene, the only vehicle. at the scene, and they start performing.

CPR. It looked like a young male. There. was no sign of a pulse. They couldn't. hear any breathing. They rush him to the. hospital, but as they were lifting him. onto the stretcher, one of the emergency. responders said, "We I think we all knew. because his body felt broken inside and. out. Like, every part of him felt crushed and. broken." They rush him to the nearest. hospital where the doctors looked at the. clock, and they called the time of. death. This man's name was E-Kun. He had.

lived exactly 18 years and 97 days. before he had been killed. To even I mean, I don't want to say to. even call him a man because that sounds. like he's not man enough, and that's not. what I'm insinuating, but this is. basically a child still. They had just. turned 18. Kun's family members, they. were alerted, and his mom rushes to the. hospital. She said that she just. remembers thinking, "Please don't let it. be my son. Please don't let it be my. son. Please let it be my mistake." And. she sees this boy laying there, and lips. are so pale, his body is so cold, and.

there was no denying it anymore. This. was definitely her son. There was nothing she could do in this. moment. She said, "What am I supposed to. do?" She tried to be a mom. So, she sat down. She held his hand. She tried to close. his eyes. So, his his eyes wouldn't. close. It said that Kun had died so. suddenly that there was no time for him. to close his eyes. And since they hadn't. been closed by the paramedics or any of. the bystanders standards there, rigor mortis had set in, and his eyelids. were now too stiff to stay closed.

So, every time she tried to close his. eyelids, they would pop back open, and. then she just kept trying. She said that. she wasn't going to leave until he. closed his eyes, until she put her baby. to rest one last time. She talked to. him. And she said, "It's okay. Kun, it's okay. Omma's here now. It's. okay. It's okay to close your eyes. And I'm not sure if this is customary in. other cultures, but for um Koreans, growing up, whenever you hurt yourself. or get a little bit of like a boo-boo, like you fall down at the park and you.

get a scrape on your knee, I just. remember my mom would blow on the. wounds. Do you guys do that in China? Yeah. Yeah, I I'm sure medically it does. nothing to help the healing, but they. just go. like gwaenchanha, omma, like omma soneun. yakson, which means. mommy's hands are medicine hands, and. they blow on your wounds, and I remember. it helped me feel so much better when I. was a kid, so maybe it does work. mentally. Kun's mom spent an hour just. blowing on his wounds and scars.

And I think it was slowly dawning on her. that she was never going to have another. photo to put into his photo albums. She. was never going to have another moment. with her son ever again. This was it. And she remembered just 3. months ago it was the most exciting time. in Kun's life. January of 2020, Kun had. run home. He was so excited. He's. practically bubbling, and he's like, "Mom, I got an ID. I got an ID.". So, in South Korea, you get an ID once.

you turn 20 in Korean age, but in the US. age, it's 18. So, Kun is 18, he gets an. ID, and it allows you to drink, drive, vote, and it's very symbolic of becoming. an adult. He's like, "I can vote now. I'm an officially an adult, Mom. And. since I'm an adult, Mom, I promise I'm going to be your guardian. now. I'm going to take care of you.". He promised he was going to graduate. university and make sure that his mom. never worked another day in her life. He. promised to take her on vacations, and.

one day he was like, "I'm going to buy. you whatever you want. I'm going to buy. you all the most delicious meats. Like, you're never going to have to stress. about anything ever again, because you. got me. So, I'm going to take care of. you." And these were not just empty. words, fleeting words of a teenager. Kun. got a job as a delivery driver to help. his family pay for his college tuition. and to help with the bills. And his mom. would just think to herself, "How did I get so lucky?".

She said she named him Kun because in. Hanja, his name means strong. So, anytime he was working, all the fellow. delivery drivers and the restaurant. owners, they would think, "There he goes. again." Like, he was one of the hardest. delivery workers. He did about 60. deliveries in a day. And technically, the city is small, so it's easier to get. from one place to another, but this guy. never took a break for himself. He just. kept thinking about his family, and he. just kept going. And it just broke her heart knowing that.

now she is holding his cold body in her. arms. one last time. After like an hour, finally his eyes close, and she promises. her son, "I'm going to take care of it. I'm not going to make you feel injustice. when you're in heaven." She was. determined to catch whoever did this to. her son. And the problem was, catching. them is the easy part. Punishing them. would prove to be nearly impossible. So, first let's talk about the accident. This, like I said, is a four-way.

intersection, and Kun was headed. straight. He had the right of way when a. car on his left comes in crashing into. him from the side. This is clearly an. accident caused by the car on the left. that ran the red light. And then they. just left him there, bleeding out on the. side of the road. They didn't even stop. The crash was so bad, all of the airbags. deployed, but they still kept driving. They kept on driving. They did not stop. The police very quickly tracked down the. people in the car because eventually the. car would not go. The car slowed to a.

stop, and it refused to keep driving. because it was completely totaled. The. airbags had deployed. It was really bad. The people in the car, there were eight. people in this sedan. Eight. 13-year-olds. How's that possible? So, there's six. people squeezing in the back? Yeah. They abandoned the car on the. street because the car clearly looked. like it had been a part of the deadly. accident. It clearly wouldn't drive. anymore. All of the airbags were out, and they get out on foot and start.

booking it. They run for their lives, but ultimately they were arrested. The. police also tracked down the registered. car owner, so the owner of the car. And. he was a resident of Seoul, and he was. in Seoul at the time of the crash, which. is confusing because Seoul is about 65. miles away from Daejeon. So, why is your. car in Daejeon? Like, do you know any of. the people that were in the car? Are. they related to you? And he's like, "My car was stolen. two nights ago." Wait, what? So, the. owner of the car gave a pretty detailed.

interview about the series of events. He. said, "I usually finish work around 9:00. p.m. I come home, park my car in the. usual spot in the parking lot. It's my. favorite spot. Then I walk into my. apartment building. Now, for some. reason, in the middle of the night, I. woke up around 3:00 a.m. I think I was a little bit hungry. So, I'm like, "Huh, maybe I should go to the pyeonijjeom, the convenience store, grab a bite to. eat, then I get a little food coma, I'm. going to go back to sleep." I was going. to walk, but I have to go through the. parking lot to get to the pyeonijjeom, and I just quickly glance at my little.

parking spot, and it's empty. My car is gone. I immediately call the. police that night, and my I'm like, "My. car is stolen. What do I do?" They're. like, "We'll let you know when we find. your car." A full day passes the next. day. No call, no updates on the stolen. car. I go to sleep that night. I wake. up, and I hope, "Okay, maybe today the. police are going to find my car.". And they did. Around 3:00 p.m. that. afternoon, they called to tell me that. in the middle of the night last night, my car was used to kill someone.

He continues. They said that some kids. stole my car and got into an accident. There was a victim who died from the. accident. When I heard that my car was. used as a device for killing someone, my heart was beating so fast. My hands. and my body were shaking. I just. I was speechless. And I was speechless to learn that they. said it was eight kids around the age of. 13 years old. Were they like seventh graders? I just couldn't believe that middle. schoolers would steal my car.

and kill another person. He said, "I was. surprised on how middle school students. were able to even drive my car." I mean, what kind of kid that age even dares to. commit these types of crimes? It's It's. kind of insane. It's ballsy. I can't. even imagine doing something like that. in high school, let alone middle school. The police end up catching six of the. eight killers the same night of the. accident. They were arrested right away, which is exciting, right? But they were. very quickly released because of. something called the criminal age of. responsibility in South Korea. Korea's.

criminal law article 9 states the acts. of minors under the age of 14 years old. are not punishable by law. So, these. For anything? Anything. I mean, this is. probably the worst. This is murder. I don't know how it gets worse than. murder, maybe torture and murder, but in. extreme cases, you can get 2 years in a. youth detention center, but that's very. rare, almost unheard of. So, basically, anything. These killers were released before the. car owner even knew what happened to his. car. That's how insane this is.

They were released even though the. police see them, they know that they. have a history of committing crime after. crime. These 13-year-olds, they know the. law. They know that they will not be. responsible since they're not 14 yet, and they use it to their advantage. March 28th, around 1:30 a.m., just about. 24 hours before the murder, eight kids. steal a car in Seoul. This is the first. car they steal cuz they're going to. steal another car immediately after the. murder. So, they steal car number one. This is the car that's going to be used.

in the accident, the deadly accident. They drive around the city for 24 hours. They're like hanging out, going to bars, like doing all of these illegal. festivities. And 24 hours later, March. 29th, 2020, at around 12:00 a.m., they. end up in Daejeon, and they kill Kun. Now, from there, they all start running. Six of the teenagers were caught that. night on foot. Two were not. Two kids, two of the guys, they were not caught. They ran to a nearby town and stole.

another car at 4:00 in the morning. There is This is going to infuriate you. There is CCTV of them, like footage of. them stealing the second car, and How do. they steal cars? I don't get it. Okay, so, I don't want anyone to victim. blame because it's just different. cultures. So, a lot of people in Korea. don't really lock their car doors, either. And key? Yeah, some people leave. their keys. Oh. And I heard, I don't. know if this is true in this particular. situation or true in general, but a lot. of parking lots are double parked.

So, you got cars parked behind each. other, and you're. blocked in. So, sometimes people have an. attendant, and you leave your key in the. car. Mm. And sometimes the attendant is. gone. Sometimes there is no attendant. Did you know in Korea sometimes cars are. put on neutral? And so, if you're Okay, let's. move it? push the car out of your way so you can. leave. Wow, that's so interesting. So, the parking culture is there and. typically with theft, especially car. theft, it's not that common. Korea's. filled with CCTV. It's really hard to.

get away with stealing, let alone a. purse, but a full vehicle? Yeah, that's. true. Yeah, it's pretty intense. Yeah, they really just probably these kids. probably just really don't care. Yeah, like no adult would commit this crime. because they would go to prison and it. would be so easy to catch them. But. these kids literally know that they will. not be punished, so they don't care. about getting caught. So after they use. a stolen car to murder an innocent. person, they steal another one and in. the CCTV footage, you can see them. walking with their hands in their.

pockets, leisurely, as if they own this. world, as if they own this parking lot. They find an unlocked car. The owner. would later say that his car key ran out. of battery, so he was unable to lock it. before he went into the house. I'm not. really sure what the reasoning was, but. it doesn't really matter. It's still. theft. Just because it's unlocked. doesn't mean anything. The teenagers. find it. They open the doors, start. rummaging through the car. They They're. throwing out all of the owner's. documents, insurance papers, just. throwing them around the parking lot. They take the car and they leave. The.

teenagers find the unlocked car. They. open the doors, start rummaging through. the car and they just throw out every. single document in there. Just insurance. papers, anything belonging to the. rightful owner of the car. They're. throwing it out straight into the. parking lot. They take the car and they leave. Now. the owner realizes the very next morning. that his car was stolen and he alerts. the police. By then, the two teens that. had stolen the car drove it all the way. back to his home and the car was. eventually found. Now the black box that.

every car in South Korea is legally. required to have, which is basically an. external camera or audio recorder, it. was ripped out. The last two. perpetrators were found, arrested, and. very quickly released. So all eight of. them have been found, arrested, identified, and released. I cannot how. infuriating this is for Kun's mom and. all of his loved ones, knowing that the. police know who the killers are, know. where they live, know what they look. like, know what school they go to, and.

they're just like, "Okay, well, there's. nothing we can do about it.". Just to show you how angering this law. is, these kids had gotten into trouble. with the law multiple times prior to the. murder, if not days before the murder. So just a few weeks before the murder, a. few members of the group robbed a Korean. barbecue restaurant. They were found. rummaging through the cash register, taking anything of value after. restaurant hours. They previously stole. multiple other vehicles. Then they would. take those stolen vehicles to gas. stations around town and rob the gas.

stations. There is at least three gas. stations that we know of that they were. caught robbing. Oh, I have footage of. them robbing one particular gas station. In the US, each gas station pump, you. can only take credit or debit card. If. you want to pay in cash, you have to go. inside, pay the attendant the cash. In. Korea, I believe you can do it at each. specific pump, meaning that there is. like a little cash box inside. It's. locked, but I guess it's easily. breakable cuz that's what these kids are. after.

We know of three, there could easily be. more. But these kids, they would steal. cash, alcohol, whatever they wanted. They would steal alcohol from. restaurants. They would wreck. restaurants, tear them apart, trash. them, throw out their safes. Again, this. is all happening a month prior to Kun's. murder and these idiots are not criminal. masterminds. They were basically caught.

each and every single time. There's. literal CCTV of them stealing the cash. box inside of the gas station stall. They even have pictures of them posing. on stolen cars. So they would steal a. car and post a picture on social media. of them and the stolen car, but they. would keep the license plate number. Like that's how ballsy they are. They're. smoking cigarettes, sitting on the hood. of this car, pretending like they're in. some sort of music video and it's just. bizarre. They truly do not care about.

getting caught. Can you imagine someone stealing a car. and then posing on it, showing the full. license plate number and posting it on. Facebook? Like that is not normal. So. yeah, they were caught for all of their. crimes, but the police would catch and. release them like they're on a fishing. trip. There's even a selfie that a. couple of them took at a police station. One of them is smoking a cigarette, the. other ones are holding up a peace sign. They're posing and it's captioned, "Kumi. police station, escape plan in. progress." I mean, at this point, they.

are being protected by the law rather. than being punished for their crimes. This is the most mind-boggling thing in. so long. I mean, they know it, they're. proud of it. They know that they're not. going to get in trouble. Even just 4. days before the death of Kun, one of the. perpetrators stole a car, got into a car. accident. Thankfully, nobody was injured. or fatally wounded, but there were. articles and headlines talking about. this accident, talking about how a minor. had stolen a car and crashed it. The. criminal, the minor, decides to repost.

the article on social media and laugh. about how he broke the law. It was. making headlines and guess what? Nothing. happened to him. He captioned the. repost, And it kind of translates to, "Be right. back." Almost poking at the fun that if. he commits a crime, he goes to the. police station and is immediately. released. Like "I'll be right back.". Like "I'll be right back." That's what. you say when you are going to the. supermarket to pick up eggs. Like "I'll. be right back.". Even his comments are out of this world. It's a bunch of middle school kids. giggling. Others are commenting, "Fine,

you caught me. It was me." Some are. laughing like, "Oh my god, this is. crazy. LOLOL. You're a star, a star.". "LOL, you're so popular.". "This is so funny. You're just out here. filming your own Fast and the Furious.". He even responded to that comment. saying, "Fast and Furious? Yeah, I hit. like 125 mph.". And again, if you've been to Seoul, it's like LA, it's like New York. Have. you ever really thought about hitting.

125 not even on a freeway? I mean, even. on a freeway, most times that's illegal. But. in a city? 4 days later, Kun would be murdered. And. even after a man is now dead, a son is. now gone, the police let these kids go. Do these killers show remorse? Do they. change? Because that's what the law is. supposed to be for, right? The kids. under 14 have no ability to critically. think, so they need guidance to know. what's right and what's wrong and.

they're getting this guidance and. learning from literally murdering. someone? So one of the perpetrators post. on social media, "After today's accident. where someone died, I will never drive. another car again." I didn't I don't. even know how to feel about that. You. know when you get food poisoning from. eating oysters and you're like, "Oh, I'm. never going to eat another oyster ever. again." Like that's the energy of this. post. His friends commented, "We. up." I guess he starts getting some. comments of classmates being pissed off. at what he did or saying this post isn't.

funny because he gets very pissed off. and he starts responding to these. people. "First of all, I wasn't the one. driving. Second of all, we didn't. purposely kill the guy. People need to. know something before they open their. mouths.". It gets worse. Even though the police are clearly not. doing anything about it, the public. starts hearing about this case and. slowly the identities of these. perpetrators are basically getting out. So their social media accounts are. getting out. Most of it was due to their. fellow classmates being so disgusted by. their actions that they would post about. them to out them. Which like good for.

them. After the murder, some of the. teens were actively posting on social. media showing zero remorse. One posted a. selfie and said, "Please wait for me if. I go to jail.". Another one said, "One selfie before I. go to jail.". Another wrote, "I'm going to go to. prison, so write me a lot of letters. No, really. I'm going to go to jail, so. you better write me. And don't say you. guys don't have enough time to write me. letters. Just write me a letter and send. it to me." Wow, they really think it's a. joke, huh? Yeah. Another one wrote, "Please write me letters. Let's all be.

healthy and see you guys after a month. Love you all, my friends." Heart emoji. A few of the other perpetrators were. outed because they had incredibly. despicable conversations with fellow. students. One perpetrator texted her. friend, "I killed someone. I'm. In Daejeon, I got into an accident and a. man died.". The friend responded, "Question mark, question mark. What are you rambling. about? Are you being serious right now?". "Yep.". They said, "Yep.".

"Where are you?". "Right now? Home. At the Daejeon. intersection, I got into a car accident. We were all taken into the police. station minus the girls." The friend. that the perpetrator was texting ended. up screenshotting these texts and. posting it on social media because they. said they were disgusted at the. perpetrator's lack of remorse. I mean, even the "Yep.". Like just all of it, it was so gross. The way they even conversed about what. happened was so disrespectful. I'm so. Like it's. it's not about you.

When the perpetrator found out, they. texted this friend back saying, "Hey, you. R word. Your friend is on the news and you're. sharing our text saying it's. crazy, huh?". "This is really not normal. It is crazy. Like you are crazy.". "Sorry, what? You think I killed that guy. because I really wanted to, huh?". "But you better not tell your other. friends that I'm part of this. Don't. even freaking dare. I think everybody. already knows it's you.".

"No, they don't. They don't know it's me. and redacted." Another killer and his. classmates' text messages were also. revealed. The classmate texted one of. the killers, "Why don't you guys say. sorry after murdering someone?" The. perpetrator said, "What? You want me to. apologize to you? How about to the victim? We're taking care of it on our own, so. mind your own business. But you you call. yourself my friend, but you abandoned me. in my time of need? The classmate responds, who wants to be. friends with a murderer?

And he responds, And I wish I wish you spoke Korean right. now, honey, cuz. okay, for those of you who speak Korean, you're going to understand just that. phrase itself. But for those that don't. speak Korean, I'm going to try to break. it down as best as possible. Now, it. does loosely translate to did I kill. him? But it's not that simple. So. there's at least three ways of saying. did I kill him in Korean? The most. proper way is.

which is honorifics. Maybe the proper. way if a police officer was like, oh, you killed him. Then I'd be like, oh, sir, like are you implying are you. asking if I killed him? That's kind of how you're doing it. Then. you have the non-honorific way of saying. it, which is comparable to did I kill him? So when you read that in Korean through. text message, you could read it as did I. kill him? Did I kill him? Wait, did I. kill him? Did I kill him? So there's very a.

variety of ways to interpret it. But. when you write it with na at the end, there is no other tone. than what? Did I kill him? That is the. only way it's read in Korean. Like no one can say that it's like they. got you. like it doesn't work. It's. that's the only way. So the fact that. he's typing it like this even after. murdering someone like someone is dead, it is so telling. His classmate.

responds, even if you weren't able to. fully mature in your head, shouldn't you. be able to think with your so-called. brain? But I almost died, too. You really crossed the line. Forget. friendship. Friendship aside, you. crossed the line. Yes, that is why I'm. taking time to reflect. I hope you. regret what you did. I am regretting and. reflecting, but I'm just pissed off that. everyone is blaming and cursing us on. Facebook. Did you eat something bad? I. don't see a single hint of reflection.

from you. If I were you, I would just be. quiet after all of this is said and. done. But instead, you guys are going on. Instagram live, laughing, having fun. like nothing's ever happened. I don't. know if you guys will go to jail or not, but I hope that you guys will never make. the same mistakes after this. Even you. should know not to cross this line. I'm. really ashamed that I ever called you my. friend. Don't contact me again. And you. know what? Yeah, you deserve to be. criticized online. A hit-and-run, driving without a driver's license? The. perpetrator responds, I mean, yeah,

fine. You can curse about it if you want. to. I mean, even if you think about it. objectively, you don't think it's too much? But that. still doesn't make me a murderer. If. you're not a murderer, isn't just being. a bystander to this at fault, too? Bystanding is also at fault, but why did. you call me a murderer then if I'm not? Who said you're a murderer? You did! Well, I guess you're similar to a. murderer. You were in the same car. No, well, murder means a man who killed. a man. These text messages were also released.

to the public, but there's more. One of the girls that was in the group. that was at the scene, she texted a. classmate that kept confronting her. about what she did. And she texted that. classmate, don't with me. The classmate. responded, sure, sure, murderer. And she responds, you better stop around. before I run your mom over, too. Or do you not even have a mom? So I don't know if there were. allegations that her mom had left or if. she's being raised by a single dad, but. it seems like extra personal. Side note,

when these text messages were released, most of the perpetrators' names were. blurred, but other classmates and. students started outing them. A lot of. their social media has been made public. and since then been deleted, but. regardless, these text messages being. released showed everyone, the public, it. proved that these perpetrators, these. so-called kids that we need to protect, they don't have remorse. They don't they. never even privately apologize to the. victim's mother. And I'm not saying that. they should go and put on a full.

freaking show. I would never even think. that they would do that. But I would. imagine that their parents would drag. them there and force them to apologize. Kwon's mom was interviewed and she said, I can't even see my child anymore. Yesterday I cried all night long. Today I'll probably cry all day, too. I just I'm never going to forget my son. Nobody contacted me. Normally perpetrators at least say. things like, I'm sorry or my apologies. But I never even heard those words. So.

their promise in their text messages to. their friends that they're going to. apologize and reflect, all lies. They. never apologize. One of them allegedly. even had other things in mind. So this. is said to be a text message. conversation between one of the killers. and a fellow classmate. The killer. allegedly texted her non-stop about how. he wanted. which people were shocked for a number. of reasons. Someone is dead because of. you and also the fact that this is a. 13-year-old talking in this manner in.

this aggressively pushy way. We have no idea if this girl is a. classmate, a friend, a girlfriend, but. it doesn't matter because he's clearly. making her uncomfortable. He texts her. after the murder, let's do it. Not like. immediately after, but this is what he's. thinking about. No, I don't want to. Oh, come on, redacted name. She doesn't respond. Hey, full name. Yes. Let's do it. I don't feel like it. I want to do it so.

badly. Please, I want to do it so much. I think I'm going to go crazy. She. doesn't respond. He texts her back, what. are you doing? Just laying here. Hey, please, I just really want to do it. so badly. Let's just do it once, just. once. And he keeps bombarding her with. like, hey, hello, hello. And she. responds, right now? Yes, let's do it. I. promise I'll finish fast. I think even just to see these text. messages from anyone regardless of age.

is so disgusting because. I mean, I'm sure most of us have felt. the situation where someone is just so. pushy and you're like, I'm clearly. saying no, but they're not taking it. seriously. But then if I freak out and. I'm like, hey, I said no, what like. is my life in danger? Is something going. to happen to me? And you know what's. going on here. She clearly doesn't want. it, but the fact that they're 13 and the. fact that someone died and this is what. one of the killers is thinking about. When all of this gets out, a South. Korean broadcast called the true story.

from MBC, they went to go interview all. the perpetrators. Anonymously, of. course. So they're minors, meaning their. voices will be distorted. Their faces. will be covered by a mask and a hat, but. even then still blurred. So they locate. one of the girls' houses and they go. knocking. Hi, we're from MBC. Broadcasting and we just want to ask you. a few questions about the accident in. Taejon. A girl can be heard screaming through. the door. Just leave! But the crew keeps. trying. A few hours of this back and.

forth, the girl finally agrees to do an. interview. But even the way she does it. is so is so disrespectful. She goes, I'll do the interview, just go outside. for a second. The broadcast was able to. interview two of the perpetrators, both. girls. And they were asked, how have you. been doing since the accident? Like. what's been going on in your mind? One of the girls says, We're feeling guilty and reflecting on. it in our own way. I just hope that you. guys, the reporters, can stop calling. me. If you care about the victim or his.

family at all, I think you should let. the police handle this one. You guys are. truly taking it too far. Side note, Kwon's mom was being interviewed. So she. was selectively talking to reporters. She never complained about the. reporters. I mean, the fact that she's. saying this is literally just saying, stay out of it because the police are. handling it and the police are just. going to let me go. The reporters ask how the crime even. started. Why did you guys even decide to. steal the car? The girls respond, I.

mean, I found out that my friends were. all driving a car and they were all in. the car, so I joined them. We drove. around, we stole money from a doll crane. machine, went to a few other areas, had. something to eat, rested, hung out. After that, one of my friends asked us. to pick him up, so we picked him up. And. then and then I think we hesitated on. where to go next. We were thinking of. going to Busan, but my friend said it. was too early to head all the way to. Busan, which is a far drive. So we went. to Taejon instead. The way she describes. this, it doesn't even sound like she's giving.

a police report or an interview about a. murder. It sounds like she's at the. grocery store deciding what type of. apple they were getting. They're like, oh, then we decided to do this. Like. should we go to Busan or Taejon? Just. the lack of empathy. Her tone is very. much, yeah. We killed someone. But what are you going to do about it? There was no shame, nothing. The public. was so shocked that there was only one. victim with the way that these girls are. describing the day and describing their. personalities. Like how is this. possible? And the question is, where the.

hell are the parents? I mean, it sounds. like they didn't even come home for. nearly the whole day, 24 hours. Where. the hell are the parents? And how much. are we to blame the parents in something. like this? So I'm not a parent. I don't. know if I can even have a clear answer. to it. All I know is I was 13 at one. point. I never stole a car and killed. someone. The girl continues, we were. waiting for a red light and suddenly a. police car made a U-turn. So the police car was going straight,

made a U-turn back towards us, like all. of a sudden. So we were scared that we were going to. get caught. So we ran the red light and. hit that motorcycle. Our car windows. were all shattered and the airbags. popped. The car wasn't even able to. drive anymore because, you know, it was. totaled. So, my friends and I got out. and we ran to our limit until the police. got us. After that, we were investigated. and then sent home. That's it. The way she describes it, she's not. specifically stating that it's the. police's fault, but she does insinuate.

that the police car making the U-turn. and scaring them is the reason that they. ran that red. She's not even taking. accountability for the fact that they. ran the red. She's basically saying, "If the police. car hadn't made a U-turn, we wouldn't. have ran that red and we wouldn't have. killed someone." The reporters ask, "Did. you guys not hesitate when you decided. to run around in a stolen car?" "Well, we've done this before in the past, so. no.". She casually says this as if stealing. cars and driving illegally without a. license is a fun little hobby,

uh as mundane as crocheting. I'm. honestly surprised the reporters are at. least trying to hide their disgust. They. ask, "Will you guys at least know that. what you did was very illegal, right?". "Yeah." "But you kept going. Why?". "Honestly, every student without a. license drives nowadays. Not just the. high school students, but also the. middle school students. They're driving. around like us, but they didn't get into. an accident, so you don't know about it. But we did, we got into an accident.". Wow. It's like the most unapologetic.

entitled response they could have ever. given. Even as an adult with a driver's. license, I don't think anyone would give. this response. Like not a single person. Do you guys all know about the age of. criminal responsibility? "Yeah.". So, it's clear to the public these. monsters knew that because they weren't. 14 years old yet, they wouldn't be. punished for killing someone. They. didn't even think that what they did was. even that wrong. Side note, the law does. state for a very serious crime minors. can be punished by a maximum of 2 years.

in a youth detention center, which. couple of things. I hear juvie in South. Korea is nothing like juvie in the US. I. hear it's a really nice little. therapeutic center where you and your. little friends, you and your little. criminal buddies hang out and have a. good time and play games and play. basketball and giggle gaggle. But once this broadcast goes up, people. are having a freaking field day. Rightfully so. I mean, this was such a. blatant disregard for human life. Not. only was it disappointing to see that. the the nation's children, I mean, there.

were eight eight young kids who were. thinking like this. Have you seen 13-year-olds these days? I. mean, they're so woke, they're so. politically correct, they're like I've. seen 13-year-olds who are incredible. activists and these 13-year-olds. are doing this right now. Like what is. going on? This makes you lose hope for. the future. The law basically tells them, "It's okay. to do this.". So, it feels like this massive failure. Some of the fellow classmates of these. perpetrators were interviewed and they.

said, "I don't think they're scared of. the law. They used to brag about all the. crimes they commit in class.". "Look, they know the punishment is very. minimal since they're 13 and their. birthdays didn't pass yet, so they know. that they're good. They know a lot of. older brothers and friends in the youth. detention center. I think even if they. go, I heard they're going to have fun. From my perspective, I think even if. they were sent the biggest punishment, which is 2 years there, I think they'll. have fun, get out and continue. committing crimes.". Okay, fine. If the law says you can't.

blame the quote kids. If the law says that, I'm not saying. that, the law is saying that. Can you. blame the parents? Because someone has. to take accountability, right? The. reporters reach out to the mom of the. driver. She was interviewed and she. said, "You know, my family and I are. having a hard time, too. My son made a. mistake. All I can say is sorry. That's the only. thing I can do and I feel like it's not. enough.". Okay, fine. Yeah, it's not enough. Here's another thing. The public We're.

not emotional idiots. You don't think. that we don't know that a perpetrator's. family can also be suffering after a. crime, but why would you even mention. it? It is so gross. I feel like that. kind of thinking gives me me me me me. Like me me me. This is what your kids. grew up around and look what they've. become. Also, what do you mean you feel. like it's an it's not enough? Why don't. you get your son to do something then to. apologize to the victim's mom? Like. there's so many more things that you. could do. Reporters found another perpetrator's. dad who is willing to talk and he just.

told everyone that his son is reflecting. on his actions and the reporter said, "From what we know, this is not the. first crime that your son has. committed." "Yeah, he's committed a few. crimes. The police said it was like 21. crimes. I can't handle him, okay? I just can't deal. Anyway, all I can say. is I'm sorry." After hearing from the. parents, the reporters went back to the. two girls, the two perpetrators and. asked, "After all that's been said and. done, is there anything else that you. want to say to the bereaved family?".

"We're really sorry, but we didn't do it. deliberately. It really was a mistake. The person who passed, they don't have. any fault in this.". "Yeah, we know." She continues, "It's. because we ran a red light and we think. the only thing we can say is. sorry.". I Okay, this is like a pet peeve of. mine. This is an absolute pet peeve, but. perpetrators who go on the stand, like. even in the US, when killers go to court.

and they verbally say the victim had no. fault in it, it drives me nuts. It drives me nuts. There's so many layers to it. First of. all, even if they had fault in anything, you don't get to kill someone. Second of. all, we know. You are the problem. Like. are you What are you saying? Why are you. suddenly trying to be like an activist. for the victim? Like don't blame them. Nobody was blaming them. Nobody. So, who. do you guys think should hold the blame? The minors who committed the crime, the. parents or maybe the problem is the. existence of the law itself. So, after.

this case goes viral, a lot of netizens. were enraged. They are questioning why. this law was even put into effect. A. researcher from the Korea Institute of. Criminology and Justice said, "After the. Korean War in 1953, you know, 1950s was. a different time. Kids were not as. educated as they are today. Most kids. weren't getting a strong education and. they were a little bit delayed mentally, physically, emotionally. So, we put this. law into effect that minors and every.

every age is classified. So, minors. under the age of 10 that commit a crime. are called law-violating children. Nothing happens to them. Those between. the ages of 10 and 14 are classified as. law-breaching minors. Nothing happens to. them. Then those between the ages of 14. and 19 are called the criminal youth and. something happens to them, but they're. not treated like adults. They're still. not treated as killers even if they. literally kill or assault someone. They still have their own little system. that they go through, which is not as.

harsh as adult trials. But the biggest. problem in Korea are not even the. children that are between the ages of 14. and 19 because they still face some. consequences to a degree. It seems the. biggest problem are between the ages of. 10 and 13 because they face no. consequences. This law hasn't really been updated, reviewed or changed since the '50s, but. this researcher is saying kids are no. longer the same. They're not the same as. they were in the '50s. First of all, 14. 13-year-olds back in the '50s, they had.

no idea this law existed. They didn't. have social media to know about this. law. They didn't really have news to. know about other kids that were. committing crimes and got away because. of this law. They probably thought that. they would be punished if they ever. committed a crime. They probably thought. that they would be charged as an adult. if they committed a crime. The. researcher also stated that minors in. the '50s, their growth mentally and. physically was a bit behind from minors. now because you don't have access to the. foods that they have now. You don't have. access to the education, the mental. development, but also social media. I.

even see in the US like this. conversation and I don't know where I. stand and I don't really have an opinion. about this, but people were saying. 13-year-olds don't look like. 13-year-olds from 20 years ago. Like. even the way 13-year-olds are dressing, talking and wearing makeup is very. different from 13-year-olds even when I. was growing up. So, they're saying, you. know, times are changing and it's not to. say it's for the better or for the. worse. Laws need to be updated. According to the National Police Agency. statistics, between 2015 and 2018, there.

were 28,000 cases of minors committing. crimes. Among the 28,000 cases in South Korea, and this is just between the ages of 10. and 14. 10 and 13, yeah. 77% of these crimes were felonies. Theft, violence, assault, robbery, murder. This is not pickpocketing. You say 77%. of those cases, 28,000 cases. That's like 20,000 cases. Yeah. A police officer even said, "These.

teenagers know that they're not going to. be severely punished by law. Even if. they commit a serious crime, I mean, there are times that these kids just. outright tell me, 'I know I'm not going. to be punished.'". There are some quote kids that went. viral for having quote criminal records. There was one and I say quote criminal. records because it's not a criminal. record. Like it's there until they turn. 14 and then it basically gets wiped. They're going to grow up to be adults. and no one will know. There was one kid who had over 77. crimes. Not a Not a single punishment. Just straight up told the cop, "It was.

not like you can punish me anyway." An. officer said, "Young offenders know that. the police will let them go home after. the investigation is over. They don't. even worry about getting caught by the. police anymore. Their biggest concern is. to commit the crime before they get. caught. So, if they're stealing money, their biggest priority is to spend all. that money before they're caught, so we. can't confiscate it. It's not about. getting caught.". "Even if we contact their parents, their. parents don't care. Even if they're in. school and we contact the. administrators, these types of kids are. already considered too far gone. Nobody.

wants to help them. So, even though. politicians are staying firm on this law. and side note, there are a lot of. politicians who promised to lower the. age of criminal responsibility, meaning. minors younger than 14 should be. punished. That one of them is including. President Yoon, the current president of. South Korea. One of his campaign points. before he was elected into office was to. lower that age to 13. I don't know how. it's going. He's saying that he has a whole team. together to make effect of this law, but.

it seems like most politicians for years. they use this as their little talking. point and once they're in that position. of power, it is silent. It is crickets. A lot of people don't like it. Why are. they not changing? Some people think. that. You know what what it is? Honestly, I. think it's like what happens in the US. Sometimes there is a good thing that. could be good for everyone, but people. don't like it because they just want to. talk politics. So, instead of being. like, "Hey, we should lower the age of. criminal responsibility." these two. political sides, the conservatives and.

the Democrats, are like, "Well, let's. talk about why these kids are committing. crimes. It's because the education. system." And then they're like, "Well, you were the one that blah blah blah. blah blah." And then they're like, "Well, we think the education system. should be blah blah blah blah." And it's. like, I feel like both parties just want. the same thing, just lower the age. And. then I mean, I do see some points where. it's like, "Yes, it does seem to be a. deeper issue than just the law." But I. think there are easy ways to fix it. And. the argument is that there are a lot of. other countries that have their own. problems, don't get me wrong, but Japan.

and South Korea are constantly under. fire. They are the two countries that. have this set at 13 years old. But. again, one of the voices is, "Fine, we. lower the age to 13 like the president. wants, but what if more 12-year-olds. start committing crimes? Do we lower it. again? And then again? And then again?". Some people are saying that we need to. just focus on why children are. committing these crimes, and it's just. become a whole political debate instead. of people just trying to protect others.

The public is getting fed up though. They're like, "These politicians, like. we don't feel safe.". Gun's mom said, "I hope this country. lets our children know that if they. commit a crime, they will be punished. for it. Someone has to let them know. this simple concept.". I think that's the only way you can even. protect innocent children who are alive. right now without any harm or hurt from. the law-breaching minors. The public. agrees. It was revealed that seven of. the eight kids went back home with. basically no consequences, no parole,

nothing. The driver of the car, because. it was pretty severe, was sent to a. youth detention center. But again, it. doesn't even compare to juvie. I don't even think a minor would be sent. to juvie for a crime like this in the. US. It really doesn't seem like that bad. of a place. Like it's no prison, that's for sure. Netizens were outraged. They were. commenting things like, "The thought. that these people can ever change or be. fixed is insane to me. Just abolish the. law protecting minors.". It's clear what's going to happen. We've.

seen this so many times. The great. honorable judge presiding over this case. will look at these monsters with pity. The judge will say this and that and. excuse their behavior for so young, oh. they're so immature. Then the great. judge will go home, eat a steak dinner. while patting himself on the back. "I. made the right call today. I'm a good. judge.". Another netizen commented, "Times have. changed. Minors have changed. Why is the. law stuck in the past? These days you. can even buy a knife on the internet.".

"If we forgive them because of their. age, they will never learn that they. should never do this. Instead, they will. learn, 'If we commit a crime, we will be. forgiven cuz we're young.'". "As adults, we have to teach them how to. take responsibility for their mistakes.". So, we covered the bullying cases where. most of the bullies after burning their. victims with hot irons, beating them. with pipes, beating them to the point of. their face being swollen, they never got. punished because they were under 14. years old. There are a few other viral cases. July. 2018, a middle school girl.

she took her own life after she was. R-worded by two middle school boys. Nothing happened to the boys. They weren't even suspended from school. because they were minors. They were 13. So, she took her own life. In July 2021, there was a video of a. bunch of 13-year-olds harassing random. senior citizens for fun. Just complete. strangers saying things like, "Hit me, you. Oh, you can't." They were not punished.

either. Can I just say something? Okay. I saw a. lot of We were recently in South Korea. and we saw a lot of teenagers in school. uniforms. I think I saw them in school. uniforms. Well, we saw a lot of young. teens. And most of them, they looked. like teens you would see anywhere. But. there was this one incident where I was. in Artbox with a Korean friend of ours, and there was like four teenage kids. All boys. I have never been that scared. of teenagers before. They were standing. in the middle of the Artbox, and the way.

that they were talking was so. like filthy. I ran around the store. avoiding them just so I didn't have to. pass them. It was the way that they were. talking in the middle of the store so. loudly and the curse words they were. using, like I'm telling you, they're. throwing out. C-bombs, like just non-stop. Some of the. worst curse words you could say in. Korea. And they would call each other. that as like jokes. They'd be like, "Oh, you my like just. non-stop.

And even my friend was like, "Yeah, like. we stay away from kids like this.". And we're like both in our 20s, full-grown adults, and we're like, "Okay, yeah, we should avoid them." Like. we were scared. It is such a hot topic. in South Korea that there's even a whole. K-drama talking about juvenile crime. like even like they're scary, but then. even knowing these stories, that makes. it even more scary cuz they probably. know this, too. Oh, yeah. That even. confirms their belief that they're. untouchable. It's Yeah, they walk around.

like they're untouchable. It was. bizarre. And the fact that my Korean. friend who was born and raised in Korea. was like, "Yeah, we just stay away from. them." I'm like, "Okay, that's weird.". There is a K-drama called Juvenile. Justice, and it's literally based off of. juvenile crimes because it's getting. that bad. The netizens came together to. post a petition to the Blue House, aka. the White House, and it read, "Please. severely punish the teenagers who caused. a deadly accident with a stolen car.". More than 1 million people have signed. the petition, which means the Blue House. had to at least respond, but they.

disappointed most of the public because. they stated that they will be looking. into revising the law or like, "Let's. think about it." They're just avoiding. that conversation, but instead they're. saying, "Okay, fine. We're going to. change the fee to driving without a. license." So, side note, a lot of rental. car companies were under a lot of fire. during this case because they were known. to rent out cars to minors. This kept coming up. So, the Blue House. said instead, instead of fixing the law. or do anything like the president. promised during his whole campaign,

during his whole election campaign, "We're going to start finding rental car. agencies more money." So, we used to. find them $80 every time they were found. to rent a car to a minor, but now we're. going to start finding them $800. Still, that doesn't change anything for the. kids. Yeah, and it doesn't change. anything for anyone. Okay, this random. rental car shop owner pays $800, but. someone else dies. Like I don't think. that matters. The $800. Does that matter? The public was not. satisfied. They wrote, "A country that.

guarantees the murderer's human rights. more than the victims." So, the whole. concern is that these kids are making. mistakes, and when they grow up, they. shouldn't have a criminal record. "In this world, there are people who. don't change even though they get an. education. So, please abolish this law. A country that is beneficial for. perpetrators is nonsense. I feel so bad. for the guy who passed away. But maybe. maybe we're just all idiots, okay? Maybe. the public are idiots and the. politicians and lawmakers, they're just.

educated and smart, and they know stuff. that we don't know. Maybe these kids. have changed. Maybe they're going to be. the next superstar activist of our. generation. Maybe they use this incident. to learn, grow, and become better, and. they make sure that nobody else does. what they did." A year or two after the. crime, so very recently, reporters found. out what the perpetrators were up to. now. At least three of them were back to. committing crimes. Three of them. assaulted younger middle school students. and stole their money. Let's call one of.

the students student A. He said he was. 13 when he was forced to hand over his. allowance to them. He didn't realize how. serious it was about to get because, you. know, it kind of started like a joke. They were just smacking him around. saying, "Hey, give me your money.". Like a joke. But soon they started hitting him for. real. Punching him like they were in a. deadly boxing match for their lives. They shot him with BB guns. They forced. him to bring whatever gold he could find. in the house. Student A said that he listened to them, and. he did it because they're kind of famous.

in the nation for being killers, basically. So, he was so scared. to say no to them. You're kidding me. Yeah. They stole nearly a thousand. dollars, and one day student A said, "I. don't have anything else. My family. doesn't have anything more to give.". They tied him up and beat him for 5. hours straight and burnt his wrist with. a lighter. He still has the scars to. prove it. Student A was unconscious near the end, and when they basically left him for. dead, he realized he couldn't feel his.

legs. There was something severely. wrong. He panicked. He couldn't even. move properly. He told his parents what. happened. He was rushed to the hospital. The family alerted the police who, quote, opened an investigation. You know how they did it? They called. the perpetrators and said, "Hey, we. heard that you're beating up people. Can. you come down at the office to give a. statement?" They didn't show up, and the. police were like, "Uh, not my problem.". Guess why the perpetrators didn't show. up? They're too busy waterboarding. another student. Student B said that he.

was dragged into a sauna and assaulted. by this group. They He said that they. jumped him, waterboarded him, splashed. cold water all over him. They wrestled. him, punched him in the face repeatedly. They were saying things like, "God, I. just want to punch you. You just look so. punchable.". Two of student B's teeth were knocked. out. His hair was cut by the. perpetrators, and he said they kept. taunting him that his hair was dirty, so. they had to shave it off. It was just. for humiliation. Student B said that he. was crying while they were cutting his.

hair, and they said to him, "Why are you. crying? Do you need to be hit more?". I don't know. Do you guys feel like the. politicians are right? Because I don't. feel like they changed. I don't think. their time of reflection helped them. grow into law-abiding citizens. And I. cannot imagine a world where they are. going to become positive contributing. members to society. In fact, I feel like. they'd be dangerous to be around, especially if you don't know who these. people are. They're adults. They could. be your co-worker. They could be the guy. living next to you. How would I know? They could be the.

handyman. They could be daycare workers, doctors, teachers, nurses. How would we. know? But it's not just this story. There are statistics. According to the. Ministry of Justice in Korea, 12% of. underage offenders become repeat. criminals. They keep committing crimes. Meanwhile, adults that commit crimes and. go to jail and are punished, only 4.5%. of them reoffend. And again, I'm sure there's. discrepancies in getting caught. Maybe. adults just don't get caught again. But.

still, it's not really a great statistic. to look at when you're arguing, "No, no, no, this is to help the kids.". I don't think so. Do you guys remember. Kun telling his colleague that he was. going to go eat something yummy with his. friend after his last delivery? She. blamed herself for all of this. Which is crazy, because. you know what I'm going to say. Like. when you feel guilt, even though it. logically doesn't make sense, there's no. reason for her to ever feel guilt for. this. The eight killers don't even feel. guilt, but she feels so much guilt, and.

it's heartbreaking. She said that around 12:07 a.m., the. accident happened at 12:08. 12:07 a.m., Kun called her and was like, "Hey, it's my last delivery. Should. probably take less than 20 minutes. Do. you want to grab something yummy to. eat?" She agreed. They hung up. His accident happened 1 minute after she. hung up. And she said, "If I had just spoken a few more words, or if maybe I had talked a little. slower, or maybe I had just kept him on.

the phone a little bit longer, maybe he. could have survived. I should have just talked to him for. even just one more second. I just feel so much regret.".

She wrote an open letter online hoping. for a change. She said that Kun was so excited. He had. gotten into college, and he was just so. excited to start his life. And then he gets into this accident. Because of COVID, the start of. university was delayed, and he told her. he wants to be the man in his family. He. got a job. He was delivering food every. day, and he worked so hard. And she was. always worried about him, cuz you know, he drives a motorcycle, and he's working. all day. And he always reassured her,

"I'll always wear a helmet. Nothing's. going to happen to me, okay? I'm. careful. I never speed. I never break. the law. You don't have to worry.". And because of those few seconds, she's. never going to see him for the rest of. his life. She said the perpetrators' car didn't. even look back at my friend who died on. the spot. But because they're under the. age of 14, they all went home. Only one. was sent to the youth detention center. I understand the law of breaching minor. law, but. they're being protected for their. mistakes, so they can live in the future.

without any criminal records. But how. can people who murder a man and run away. be treated like immature minors who made. a {quote} mistake? After what they did, they're still. laughing and acting confident without. any feelings of guilt or remorse. I. doubt that they're more immature than an. adult. People who are reading this, just. know, this could be you. This could be. your children, your acquaintance, your. close friend could be a victim of them. How can the law of breaching minors be. applied even when a man dies like that?

Please help my friend, so he doesn't. feel injustice even in death. Please. help me to prevent this from happening. to someone else. But so far, that was in 2020, and. nothing has changed. What are your thoughts on this case? Please leave it in the comments. What. are your thoughts? I mean, do you think. the law should be changed? Do you think. it should be a case-by-case basis? And. please stay safe. I'll see you guys on. Sunday for the mini sod.