

of Sexual Crimes,” it is stated that “a person who takes photographs or videos of another person’s body, which may cause any sexual stimulus or shame against the will of the person who was shot, by using a camera or other mechanism which has functions similar thereto, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than seven years or by a fine not exceeding 50 million won ,” according to a copy of the law posted on the Korean Law Information Center website. Under Section 14 of South Korea’s law “Act On Special Cases Concerning The Punishment, Etc. I will work diligently to learn from this mistake so that I may never repeat it going forward.” Jin Ha wrote, “Thank you again for granting me this chance to rectify this blunder of a blog and for bringing it to my attention when it should have been clear to me from the beginning. My lack of judgement in 2011 has been pointed out by readers wiser than I have proved to be and for that I am grateful,” he said. I apologize, as well, to the viewers whom I offended with this Tumblr account.

“I sincerely apologize to the senior women whom I photographed. Jin Ha’s Tumblr blog was no longer accessible as of March 26. ‘Korean Flowers in Bloom’ is no longer online,” he added. We requested Tumblr to delete this account immediately- which they have done. I was negligent in allowing these photos and captions of people I did not know personally to stay online. “I was wrong to take these photos 11 years ago, and was wrong to post them online. It was a breach of privacy for the elder women featured, and many of my captions were inappropriate. My ‘Korean Flowers in Bloom’ Tumblr account from 2011 should not have been made at all. Thank you for this opportunity to address a failing in my past that was long overdue,” Jin Ha wrote.

9, 2010 showed a Korean woman wearing a blouse with large floral prints with Jin Ha writing, “Now we have an excuse to stare directly at her right nipple.” The face was blurred to protect the woman’s privacy (Screenshot from Tumblr)Īnother post dated Aug.
