A man in his 30s was arrested by the police on charges of hitting his girlfriend's head with a bottle of soju for no reason.
The Gangdong Police Station in Seoul is investigating a 31-year-old man A without detention on charges of special assault.
A is accused of hitting his girlfriend B with a bottle of soju at a villa in Seongnae-dong around 9:30 pm on the 23rd.
In front of the house, Mr. B reported to the police, saying, "I was assaulted on a date."
Police arrived and arrested A.
However, during the police investigation, Mr. A denied the allegations.
A police official said, "The statements of the two people are different and we are conducting further investigations."
A police official said, "In the case of dating violence that occurs when two people are together, it is common that the statements are different."
When SBS conducted a survey of 1,000 men and women over the age of 18, 9% answered that they had experienced dating violence.
As for the type of dating violence, physical violence such as beatings was 34.4%, emotional violence such as gaslighting was 21.5%, and verbal violence such as threats was 18.4%.
However, 8 out of 10 victims responded that they did not report even though they were harmed.
As for the reason for not reporting, 29.7% answered that they did not think they would be punished, followed by 'promise to prevent recurrence' (21.5%) and 'because of fear of retaliation' (17.6%).
75.6% of respondents said that the current level of punishment for dating violence is low.
According to the police, over 81,000 reports of dating violence have been received across the country in the past five years.
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