In recent years, child sexual assault has occurred frequently. The active media coverage of child sexual abuse has brought the issue of child sexual abuse into public view. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, the study analyzed reports of child sex crimes in leading media outlets in Korea and China to find out differences of reporting characteristics, frames between the two countries.

According to the research purposes, Chosun, Hani, and China News Agency have selected four cases of child sexual crimes in Korea and China over the past 10 years until 2020: Na-young event, Naju elementary school student sexual violence, Hainan principal sexual violence, and SEAZEN president indecency. A total of 485 reports directly related to selected cases were collected.

The research shows that both Korea and China prefer to report on child sexual crimes through 'straight report' which conveys objective information, and that they often use 'special project/ explanation' that help readers better understand the reports. Secondly, it is clear that both Korea and China tend to write medium-length stories and long stories about child sexual crimes. Thirdly, media outlets in South Korea and China, especially Hani and China News Agency, are restrained from using images in their coverage of child sexual crimes. Then, using quoted headlines is a distinctive feature of Korea in reporting child sexual crimes. Next, the 'victims-centered' case names are most frequently reported in Korea, while 'suspect and victim-centered' case names are most frequently reported in China. Besides, when Korea and China report on child sexual crimes, they often directly convey their core stories in headlines. After that, when South Korea and China are reporting on child sexual crimes, the contents of the reports are more focused on 'progress in cases', 'laws and institutions' and 'raising issues'. Afterwards, most of the reports on child sexual crimes in Korea and China are neutral. What's more, when South Korea and China report on child sexual crimes, most of the information comes from 'government/ government agencies/ judicial agencies'. In addition, most of the reports on child sexual crimes in Korea and China focus on the incident itself using an anecdotal-centered framework which is formal framework. Lastly, the most frequently used content framework in Korea and China is the "law and regulation framework," which deals with the interpretation of laws and regulations and the improvement of laws and regulations to prevent child sexual crimes.

The results of the previous research show that Korea and China share many similar characteristics in reporting child sexual crimes. In addition, the different news systems of South Korea and China, and the similar but different cases reported in both countries, make the report on child sexual crimes in both countries different in form and content.