The commanding general of South Korea’s elite military academy has offered to retire to take responsibility for a recent sexual assault case on campus, Army officials said Thursday.
Army Lt. Gen. Park Nam-soo, head of the Korea Military Academy located in Seoul, said he will leave the military to hold himself accountable for the sexual assault allegation surrounding a senior male cadet, Army officials said. The military police have arrested the cadet, who is being accused of sexually assaulting a female junior cadet under the influence of alcohol during a campus festival last week.
The Army has expressed strong regret over the incident, the first of its kind since women began to be admitted to the Korea Military Academy in 1998. A special joint military team is thoroughly investigating the case, according to the Army.
An Army official said punishment for those implicated in the allegations as well as measures to prevent a recurrence in the future will be announced early next week. (Yonhap News)
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