SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Wednesday it will overhaul the current operating system of the police’s emergency hotline, responding to mounting criticism about their failure to properly respond to numerous calls warning of overcrowding in Seoul’s Itaewon district on the night of the tragic crowd crush. Park Jong-hyun, a ranking official [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A new safety monitoring app which is set to be released tomorrow will help vulnerable members of society such as women and youth get out of dangerous situations by shaking their phone, Daegu Metropolitan City announced yesterday. The new crime reporting app was invented by both the Daegu city government [...]
SEOUL, Nov.2 (Korea Bizwire) – Some of the ridiculous 112 emergency calls that were reported to the police on the day before ’112 day’ on November 2 have been revealed to the public. “There’s a bug in the doorway and I can’t catch it.” “One of the soy milk packets I bought from the home [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — As the U.S.A deals with controversy over abuse of force from police officers, South Korea is faced with a completely different problem. Korean police are dealing with citizens abusing their rights, obstructing police duties, and even committing crimes against the police. Last month, a man in his fifties drove [...]