CHANGWON, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are growing over a recent spike in the number of crimes committed by foreigners in South Gyeongsang Province. Last Tuesday, a Burmese national working at a farm in Gimhae, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, fatally stabbed a fellow national for not working hard. On Sunday, a Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Research has shown that just installing lighting facilities such as streetlights or communal front door locks can greatly reduce crime. The National Police Agency and the Architecture and Urban Research Institute analyzed the number of crimes committed before and after installing crime prevention facilities at the same unit around [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in South Korea have higher levels of resentment, depression and anger compared to men. The average “frustration” scale was 2.64 out of 4, according to a survey of 5,000 adult men and women in the country by the Korean Women’s Development Institute. Broken down by gender, the “frustration” [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 2,700 people were arrested for committing crimes against their parents and grandparents last year, police data showed Friday. According to the data obtained by Rep. So Byung-hoon from the National Police Agency for a parliamentary inspection, the number of people apprehended for crimes targeting their lineal ascendants [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that crimes with female victims in Seoul tended to differ depending on each district. The National Police Agency reported that in the last three years, the police stations in Seoul that dealt with most criminal cases related to domestic violence were Nowon Police Station [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40,000 South Koreans fell prey to crime overseas in the 2013-2017 period, and the number of such cases has been rising annually, a lawmaker said Tuesday, citing a National Police Agency report. The report, submitted to Rep. Kim Young-woo of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) - The average crime rate for foreign residents in South Korea is lower than Korean citizens, but the rates for murder and robbery are higher, a public entity under the justice ministry said Friday. The IOM Migration Research and Training Center (MRTC) recently released a report on its analysis of all [...]