How a dropped sexual assault case cost an aspiring South Korean police officer her life

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More than 80,000 people have signed a petition calling for a renewed investigation after a 19-year-old woman died by suicide in late February following a South Korean police decision to drop her sexual assault case.As of Thursday, the petition posted on the National Assembly site on April 16 has collected 80,900 signatures, surpassing the 50,000-signature threshold that requires the legislature to formally review it.The case centres on a woman who filed a criminal complaint in December 2025...