Sex Scandal

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The investigations, revolving around two Gangnam clubs, Burning Sun and Arena, began late last year when 29-year-old film art director Kim Sang-kyo says he tried to stop an incident of sexual harassment and was attacked by Burning Sun staff, and then abused by police who instead arrested him. (Photo: Club Burning Sun | Facebook)

'Gangnam style' sex crime: K-pop scandals uncover dark side of Seoul

More than 500 people have been investigated for drug use and sexual assault and more than 200 arrested in nationwide roundup since Feb 25.

15 Apr 2019 9:01 AM

Mullah Rasool, a traditional healer who wrote amulets for clients in a village in the northwestern province of Faryab, is accused of sexually exploiting and raping several women who had gone to him for help. (Representational Image)

Afghan mullah faces death by stoning in sex scandal

Self-proclaimed mullah, who allegedly filmed himself having sex with women, is on the run after the videos went viral on social media.

26 Sep 2018 10:46 AM

Francis referred directly to the crisis convulsing his papacy on the fourth and final day of his Baltic pilgrimage, which coincided with the release of a devastating new report into decades of sex abuse and cover-up in Germany. (Photo: File)

Pope acknowledges abuse scandals driving people from church

Francis told gathering of young people in Estonia that he knew many young people felt church had nothing to offer them.

25 Sep 2018 4:34 PM

Rahul Anand (Centre) returned to his residence early on Sunday morning after several hours of questioning by CBI.(Photo: PTI)

Rahul Anand, son of Brajesh Thakur released from CBI interrogation

Rahul Anand was picked up from his residence on Saturday night by CBI team, which had spent close to 12 hrs conducting raids on shelter.

12 Aug 2018 6:17 PM

Ashutosh faces FIR for remarks on Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru

The magistrate said that journalist-turned-politician Ashutosh was trying to gain public attention by demeaning the image of Mahatma Gandhi.

08 May 2018 6:03 AM

It will be the first time since wartime 1943 that the prestigious award is not handed out. (Photo: AP)

Nobel Prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal

Decision was made on grounds academy is in no shape to pick winner after sex abuse allegations, financial crimes scandals.

04 May 2018 1:20 PM

Turnbull denounced the affair at a press conference in Canberra after a week in which the scandal threw his centre-right government into turmoil. (Photo: File)

After deputy’s ‘shocking’ affair, Aus PM bans sex between ministers

Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce, married for 24 years, is expecting a child with his former staffer in April.

15 Feb 2018 4:09 PM

Theresa May's spokesman told reporters that international aid minister Penny Mordaunt was meeting Oxfam representatives on Monday to consider what further steps needed to be taken over a sexual misconduct scandal in Haiti. (Photo: File)

‘Zero tolerance’ on Oxfam sex scandal: UK Prime Minister's Office

The Department for International Development have taken action to enforce a zero tolerance approach.

12 Feb 2018 8:38 PM

Law stepped down, having become a central figure in the worst crisis to hit the Roman Catholic Church in America — the alleged cover-up by church officials of sexual abuse of children by priests. (Photo: AP)

Cardinal Law, forced to step down over sex-scandal, passes away

Law promoted Shanley, who had admitted to sodomizing boys and vocally advocated sex between adults and children.

20 Dec 2017 7:00 PM

‘In the last fifty years I was sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females,’ the Democratic candidate and justice on the Midwestern state's highest court said. (Photo: Facebook)

Ohio candidate boasts about having sex with ’50 very attractive women’

Bill O'Neill said in a Facebook post that his admission was ‘on behalf of all heterosexual males.’

18 Nov 2017 12:27 PM

The mother of a victim of a sex-trafficking ring greeting a high-ranking police official. (Photo: AFP)

Girls referred as dessert: Thailand sex scandal puts spotlight on grim tradition

Until recently the most sinister part of that tradition, the procurement of underage girls, was well-known but rarely discussed.

25 Jun 2017 12:57 PM

Meghalaya minister faces heat over guest house link in sex racket

According to police report, the 14-year-old victim also said, she was taken to the guest house multiple times to

16 Jan 2017 9:27 AM

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