{
  "id": 4120017,
  "title": "Woman fined for repeatedly banging ceiling over upstairs noise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/woman-fined-for-repeatedly-banging-ceiling-over-upstairs-noise-4120017",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T06:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260829/woman-fined-for-repeatedly-banging-ceiling-over-upstairs-noise"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A woman in her fifties has been fined and ordered to undergo a treatment program for stalking after repeatedly banging her ceiling with a backscratcher and contacting her upstairs neighbor about noise. The 55-year-old, named only as A, was fined 2 million won ($1,400) and given 40 hours of treatment by the Chuncheon District Court. The court found that A's actions met the criteria for stalking under the Act on Punishment of Crimes of Stalking. The incident occurred over nine instances between March and May last year in an apartment complex in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. A's alleged behavior included striking the ceiling with a backscratcher and using the building's intercom to complain to her upstairs neighbor, identified as B, a woman in her forties. The issue of noise had been a concern since January, and despite A's repeated attempts to resolve it directly through the intercom, the problem persisted.",
  "summary": "A woman in her 50s has been fined for repeatedly banging on her ceiling with a backscratcher and contacting her upstairs neighbor over noise, with a court ruling that her actions amounted to stalking. The Chuncheon District Court fined the 55-year-old woman, identified only as A, 2 million won ($1,400) for violating the Act on Punishment of Crimes of Stalking, according to legal sources Saturday.…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Woman fined for repeatedly banging ceiling over upstairs noise",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/woman-fined-for-repeatedly-banging-ceiling-over-upstairs-noise",
        "published": "2026-08-29T06:02:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}