A Seoul appellate court upheld a lower court's prison terms on Friday for three former medical students for sexually harassing an inebriated female schoolmate during a trip.
The Seoul High Court's ruling confirmed the previous court's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a 24-year-old man surnamed Park and one-and-a-half-year terms for two other former students.
The upheld ruling also includes an order that their identities and personal information be published and made available to the public for three years.
The three former students of the medical college at Korea University, one of the most prestigious schools in the country, repeatedly groped body parts of a long-time female friend from the same school while she was sleeping under the influence of liquor, court records said.
They also took pictures of the woman being molested during the trip to an outskirt town in May last year.
"Their crimes are very serious given that they took advantage of her inebriation for sexual abuse," Judge Hwang Han-sik said.
"The victim sustained a grave shock and is facing difficulties leading a normal life."
The judge told the young convicts, "Life is long. I hope both the convicts and the victim will overcome the current difficulties and use this trouble as a chance to improve."
In September 2011, the three male students were expelled from Korea University over the sexual abuse allegations, which drew heavy media and public attention.