JEJU, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island will begin deploying artificial intelligence–powered police drones in local law enforcement operations next year, marking South Korea’s first application of AI drone technology in autonomous policing, officials said on Thursday. The Jeju Autonomous Police Committee held a public demonstration of the new “AI public safety drones” at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) on Wednesday sharply reiterated that it holds exclusive authority over civilian and military access to the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), citing the terms of the 1953 armistice. The unusually direct statement came as South Korea’s National Assembly advances legislation that would allow [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A surge of South Koreans are scrambling to determine whether their personal information is circulating on the dark web following Coupang’s massive data leak, newly released government data shows. According to figures submitted by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) to Rep. Lee Jeong-heon of the Democratic Party, users [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A proposal that would grant the South Korean government authority over civilian access to the Demilitarized Zone — long controlled by the United Nations Command — is facing resistance from key ministries in Seoul and from the U.S.-led command itself. Lawmakers from the governing Democratic Party introduced the bill [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog has launched a digital forensics center to professionally collect, analyze and manage electronic evidence from personal data breaches, amid a rapid increase in hacking-related incidents across the country. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) held an opening ceremony for the Digital Forensic Center at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — On a public bulletin board outside the Namdaemun police substation in central Seoul, posters show faces of missing children — not only as they once appeared decades ago, but as they likely look today. A 13-year-old boy missing since the late 1980s is pictured as a man in his 50s; [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea unveiled new measures on Sunday to strengthen security oversight of internet-connected cameras after police uncovered a sweeping hacking scheme in which more than 120,000 IP cameras installed in homes, hospitals, spas and massage clinics were compromised and used to produce sexually exploitative material. The scheme, uncovered by the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Both the United States and China have quietly omitted references to the “denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” from major national security documents released in recent weeks, raising speculation over whether the two most influential actors in nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang are recalibrating their approach. The omission in Washington was notable. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A sweeping shift in American national security priorities — from reasserting influence in the Western Hemisphere to elevating Taiwan’s defense and omitting North Korea’s denuclearization — is prompting fresh debate in Seoul over what the changes signal for South Korea’s security role in Asia. The White House on Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification minister publicly criticized the United Nations Command (UNC) on Wednesday, revealing that it had recently barred a senior presidential security aide from entering the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), reviving long-standing tensions over the scope of the UNC’s authority. Speaking at a National Assembly hearing on legislation to expand [...]