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More Human Rights Abuses within S. Korean Army Disclosed
Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Human rights abuses have been frequently committed within the south Korean army since the outset of the year, according to the south Korean website News 1 on Jan. 24.

An officer of a unit in Yanggu, south Korean Kangwon Province assaulted soldiers.

At a unit in Hwachon, south Korean Kangwon Province a sergeant assaulted a staff sergeant several times and he sexually abused other soldiers by photographing scenes of taking bath.

A 22 year-old soldier of a unit, who went home on furlough, was found dead in his home in Nam District, Ulsan City on Jan. 22.

A 23 year-old soldier is under police investigation as he was accused of complicity in the death of a woman in her fifties due to the fire which broke out in Panghak-dong, Tobong District, Seoul.

A missing soldier of the 31st Division of the army was found dead on a shore in Mokpho, South Jolla Province, a week later.

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