World Scene: South Korea

Parents fined for son's crime

A court in South Korea has ordered the parents of a teen convicted of child rape to pay a fine of more than $60,000 for neglecting their duty to supervise their son, a report said yesterday.

Yonhap news agency said the Seoul court had fined the parents 83 million won ($60,300) for failing to take proper care of their 18-year-old son, who raped a seven-year-old girl from his neighborhood in 2006.