Kim Ah-joong: "Strict Punishment Needed to Prevent Recurrence of Crimes Like 'Nth Room'"

Actor Kim Ah-joong joined the campaign against child sexual exploitation through the international relief and development NGO Save the Children. Photo by Save the Children website capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] Actress Kim Ah-jung has joined the campaign against child sexual exploitation titled "We Do Not Tolerate Child Sexual Exploitation."

The international relief and development NGO Save the Children has been conducting a public petition since the 13th to support the protection of child victims of sexual exploitation, punishment of perpetrators, and improvement of social protection systems for children and adolescents. The petition raises issues regarding the "Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse" (the Child and Juvenile Sexual Protection Act) and calls for its amendment in cooperation with the Joint Countermeasure Committee for the Amendment of the Act.

After recently learning about the so-called "Nth Room case," Kim Ah-jung stepped forward as a promotional ambassador for the campaign to prevent such incidents from recurring.

Through the campaign video, Kim Ah-jung urged the protection of child victims of sexual exploitation, punishment of perpetrators, and improvement of social protection systems for children and adolescents.

Notably, this campaign was initiated after Kim Ah-jung herself expressed her willingness to participate in Save the Children.

In the campaign video, Kim Ah-jung appealed for support signatures and the amendment of the Child and Juvenile Sexual Protection Act to strengthen the protection of child victims of sexual exploitation, enhance punishment of perpetrators, and improve social protection systems for children and adolescents.

Kim Ah-jung has been actively involved in activities such as supporting single-parent families, providing surgery funds for children with disabilities, donating books for children, volunteering at facilities for unmarried mothers, and participating as a promotional ambassador for women's film festivals.

Kim Ah-jung said, "As an actress, by observing and portraying female characters, I became interested in women and children who are in difficult situations. In particular, I learned that many girls are in blind spots where protective hands do not reach, and I wanted to help in any way I could."

She also stated, "Stricter punishments must be enforced to prevent these crimes from continuing. Cases like the 'Nth Room' should not end with the punishment of a few criminals; we all need to take child and adolescent sexual crimes and digital sex crimes more seriously and seek better solutions together."

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