SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has ratcheted up its struggle against organized prostitution by developing technology that will clog up telephone lines used by brothels. Despite efforts to shut down businesses operating in the sex trade, the dispersal of lurid flyers with phone numbers printed on them has made it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Cases of maternal filicide (the killing of a child by their own parent) have raised shock, outrage, and concern across the nation. A large number of the “murders” are open-and-shut cases in that the mothers voluntarily called the police and 119 (emergency services) after causing the deaths of their children. What [...]
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, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Crime in South Korea is on the rise, while the number of volunteers is continuously falling, according to a new report by Statistics Korea published yesterday. The surprising findings revealed that only 10.4 percent of individuals younger than fifteen participated in any type of volunteer work over the past [...]
CHUNGCHEONG, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A 25-year-old man named Kim who was arrested last week on robbery charges in North Chungcheong Province told police that he intentionally committed a crime to go to jail after his business failed. Kim entered a local convenience store he frequents, located in Eumseong County, around 7 p.m. last [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The underground economy accounted for 8 percent of South Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015 amid the government’s efforts to reduce the black market, a state-run think tank said Friday. The Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF) said in its latest report that the shadow economy was estimated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The drunk passenger that went on a verbal and physical rampage on Korean Air flight in December turned out to be just one of hundreds of examples of illicit activities taking place on commercial flights to and from Korea. Official data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Saturday’s arrest of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn’s third son, Kim Dong-seon, has once again brought to attention the somber history of criminal convictions that the chaebol family has suffered over the years. The younger Kim was apprehended by the police on January 5 for assaulting two employees at [...]
JEJU, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to temper the rising crime rate on Jeju Island – one of Korea’s most popular holiday destinations – municipal officials from the two biggest cities on the island, Jeju and Seogwipo, have decided to equip public restrooms with smart alarms triggered by noises indicating a criminal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Monday it will step up efforts to close systemic loopholes in efforts to combat money laundering. The government plans to revise related legislation to cover lawyers, accountants, realtors and other professionals in non-finance sectors, according to the initiative by the authorities. Currently, only financial firms and [...]