K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon have been sentenced to six and five years in prison for sexual crimes.
Jung was also charged with filming the assault and distributing the footage.
The two will also have to go for 80 hours of sexual violence education and will be banned for five years from working with any organisation that deals with children and teenagers.
Trump says Putin and Zelenskiy want peace
Donald Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him on Wednesday, and Trump ordered top U.S. officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Concern mounts over Gaza ceasefire as Israel calls up reservists
Israel's military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli hostages and a nearly month-old ceasefire breaks down.
Netanyahu sends Hamas Gaza ceasefire ultimatum
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian group did not release hostages by midday Saturday.
UN reports grave rights violations in Bangladesh protest response
Officials from Bangladesh's former government and security apparatus systematically committed serious human rights violations against protesters staging mass demonstrations last summer, the UN human rights chief said on Wednesday.
Kremlin says one Russian citizen freed from US jail in Fogel deal
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a Russian citizen was freed from a US prison in exchange for Moscow's release of jailed American schoolteacher Marc Fogel.
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