YouTuber acquitted of murder over death of baby delivered at 36 weeks

A South Korean appeals court on Thursday acquitted a woman who had been convicted of murder after undergoing a late-term abortion, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove she knew the baby would be born alive and then killed by medical staff.

The Seoul High Court overturned a lower court ruling that had sentenced the woman to three years in prison, suspended for five years, over the 2024 procedure performed when she was about 36 weeks pregnant.

The court upheld the murder convictions of the hosp ...