New Trial Begins for South Korean Woman Who Severed Her Attacker’s Tongue in Self-Defense
A South Korean court has recently revived a decades-old case, sparked by the momentum of the #MeToo movement, as a woman seeks to overturn her conviction for self-defense against sexual violence from 61 years prior.
Choi Mal-ja, just 19 at the time, experienced a traumatic incident in 1964 when she was attacked by a 21-year-old man in the southern city of Gimhae. Court documents reveal that he forcibly pinned her down and attempted to assault her. In an act of self-defense, Choi managed to escape by biting off…