"Despite Saying She Didn't Want to Fight"... Woman in Her 20s Dies After Being Forced to Fight Two Teenagers Under "Yacha Rule"

Police Arrest Two Suspects on Coercion Charges
Two Teenagers Booked for Assault Resulting in Death

A woman in her twenties has died after being forced into a fight using the so-called 'Yacha Rule' method.

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According to Yonhap News Agency on September 8, Cheongju Sangdang Police Station arrested two people, including an individual referred to as A, on charges of joint coercion resulting in death after allegedly forcing a woman in her twenties to fight with two teenage girls.

A, who was in a romantic relationship with the other suspect, is accused of forcing the woman in her twenties, referred to as B, to fight consecutively with two teenage girls, including one identified as C, at a park in Yongam-dong, Cheongju, at around 12:20 a.m. on May 29.

During this incident, B was assaulted by C and the other teenager, and later transported to a hospital in cardiac arrest. She ultimately passed away.

At the time, A and the other suspect told police, "B fell while playing tag, and lost consciousness when her face was pinned under the hip of someone who was following her."

However, police identified discrepancies with their statements based on the results of B's autopsy and data recovered from a search of mobile phones. Authorities confirmed evidence that A and the others had coerced B, who did not wish to fight, as well as C and the other teenager, into a fight under the 'Yacha Rule' method.

The 'Yacha Rule' is a slang term meaning a fight without rules or protective gear.

Police have also charged the two teenagers, including C, who fought with B, without detaining them, on suspicion of inflicting bodily injury resulting in death.

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