South Koreans march to protest woman's stabbing death
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Koreans marched in one of Seoul's busiest leisure districts on Saturday to protest the stabbing death of a 23-year-old woman.
The latest statistics from the Supreme Prosecutors' Office show that in 2014, women accounted for around 85 percent of the country's 34,000 victims of "heinous" violent crimes, including murder, robbery and sex crimes.
Some experts see women as becoming more vulnerable to violence and threats in everyday life, often by economically struggling men who feel marginalized and are eager to vent their frustration on women, who compete against them for jobs and social status.