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Victims of digital sex crimes in South Korea are being failed by police and the courts, according to a newly published report.

The survey of several hundred victims found that many struggled to get the authorities to take the crime seriously.

The BBC's Laura Bicker has more.

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Human Rights Watch has described digital sex crimes as an urgent issue for women and girls in South Korea.

Advances in technology, so-called spy cameras, are tiny, often the size of a button and can be placed in changing rooms, hotel bedrooms or even public bathrooms to secretly film a victim.

The footage is downloaded on the country's high-speed internet and shared online, sometimes for a price.

The organization is calling on the government to set up a commission to examine the sentencing guidelines and the support available to victims.