Korean Criminal Act, Article 319 (Intrusion upon Habitation, Refusal to Leave)
(1) A person who intrudes upon a one’s residence, guarded building, structure or ship or occupied room, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than three years or by a fine not exceeding five million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995>
(2) The preceding paragraph shall apply to a person who refuses to leave such a place upon demand as specified in the preceding paragraph.
Say that you are having the most relaxing weekend night alone in your house, where you do not need to think of how others see you or even judge you. And, out of sudden, there is a unpleasant noise from one of your windows, and you get to approach to it in stress.
It was a homeless cat trying to get into your house for a quick meal!! or it was a creepy man looking right into your house from outside of your window!!
It happens a lot, and according to recent news report, a man was arrested in Daejeon area in Kora for peeping into windows of ground-level dwellings(There are lots of these types of housing in Korea, see ‘PARASITE’!!).
The accused/convicted may say and defend him/herself that he/she was just trying to see what’s going on inside of the house with no intention of committing crimes.
The reason why ‘peeping Tom’ is punishable by law in Korea, is because it often acts as a ‘hors d’oeuvre’of the main crime, or it definitely breaks the ‘stability and tranquility of the private life of the resident’.
A physical body parts does not necessarily breaks into the premises, as long as it breaches the ‘stability and tranquility of the private life of the resident’.
When someone knock on your door or window for no good reason, be calm and collect the evidence by recording the whole situation, and pick up the phone and dial 119.
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