Here is an update of the case where a US soldier smashed a beer bottle over the head of a US contractor’s 18 year old daughter:

South Korea will not charge a soldier accused of smashing a broken bottle into a Seoul American High School student’s face in an off-base nightclub district, a Seoul prosecutor said Thursday.

Pfc. Christopher Myers, 20, still faces aggravated assault charges brought by U.S. Forces Korea in connection with an attack on Jasmyn Chambers, 18, outside an off-limits nightclub in the Hongdae District on Feb. 25.

He decided that USFK would exercise jurisdiction?over the case, said Kweon Jung-hun of the Seoul Sebu District Prosecutors Office.

Chambers father contends the decision to turn down the case may make it more difficult for his daughter to recover medical costs or any punitive damages.

What the father is referring to is that in the Korean system of justice “blood” money can be given to the victim in order to drop charges.  With the Koreans passing on the jurisdiction of this case to USFK that means this guy will get slammed to the maximum with UCMJ which will probably mean reduction to E1, loss of money, and possible imprisonment, but it does not necessarily mean that the victim will be compensated.  So this was definitely a turn for the worse for the victim’s family.