SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A channel devoted to Korean culture will be launched as part of an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service in China in December, run by the country’s state-run broadcaster, its operator said Monday. The Heilongjiang Newspaper, which is in charge of operating the Korean broadcast at China’s CCTV.COM, said it [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Thursday it will help drastically increase security cameras in the Philippines as part of its latest efforts to prevent crimes against South Koreans. The new security cameras will be set up in a Korean neighborhood in Manila and in areas where South Koreans run businesses, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — New day care centers are required to set up security cameras, the welfare ministry said Friday, as part of South Korea’s efforts to curb child abuse. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said security cameras should be installed in places where babies and kids spend most of their time, [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Law enforcement officials in Gijang County have caught a woman who stole a cell-phone from a CCTV camera blind spot, by checking footage recorded by the black-box in a car parked near the crime scene. On June 2, a woman in her twenties filed a police report for the [...]
BUSAN, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busanjin-gu District Office held a special exhibition featuring 40 photographs of illegally parked and stopped cars, at the South Gate of Busan Citizen Park on May 6. This exhibition of shame presented various prints of cars parked on sidewalks, crosswalks, near bus stops and under CCTV surveillance cameras. [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A thief in his twenties habitually stole money and goods in residential areas without CCTV. As he didn’t leave any trace of his burglaries, the police found themselves in a helpless situation. However, a smartphone photo taken at one of the crime scenes helped investigators to finally make an [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A thief who stole a pricy imported bicycle and carried the locked two-wheeler for 18km to avoid CCTV detection was eventually caught red-handed by police officers who tracked him using 68 different CCTV feeds over a period of eight days. According to the Gangseo Police Station in Seoul on [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – MBC, the producer of the famous real variety program “Infinite Challenge,” will create a Chinese version of the program in partnership with CCTV. MBC announced that it would hold a production press conference to announce the advancement of the program into China, and sign an MoU with CCTV to jointly [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s human rights watchdog said Wednesday it has confirmed that the former head of a professional baseball club here violated players’ human rights by keeping tabs on their private activities last year. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) said Choi Ha-jin, former president of the Lotte [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – On January 10, a man was walking home after purchasing some cream bread for his pregnant wife. Sadly, he never made it back to his family, as he was hit by an unknown driver, and died soon after. The driver responsible for the accident fled the scene, and is still [...]