On the 22nd of last month, a press conference was held in front of the Gwangju District Court in Dong-gu, Gwangju, calling for severe punishment for Jang Yoon-ki, who murdered high school girl Lee Chae-won. Yonhap News On December 30 last year, the National Assembly passed a criminal law amendment abolishing the ‘relative mourning ceremony’ provisions. Relative mourning ceremony is a special provision in the criminal law that exempts punishment for property crimes between direct blood relatives, spouses, or cohabiting relatives. Disputes within a family should be resolved independently rather than through government intervention...