SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Police caught over 10,000 drug offenders during an intensive crackdown on drug-related crimes this year, with figures showing a sharp increase in the number of teenage suspects, the police agency said Monday. Of the 10,316 people caught during the five-month crackdown from March to July, 1,543 people were formally [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of apprehended drug offenders surged to a record high of 18,395 last year, driven by crimes among young people and foreigners, a prosecution report showed Wednesday. According to the 2022 white paper on drug crimes published by the Supreme Prosecutors Office, the figure marks an upsurge of [...]
INCHEON, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Incheon District Prosecutors Office said Tuesday it will initiate a customized treatment program specifically designed for teenage drug offenders. In collaboration with the Incheon Probation Office and the Incheon Chamsarang Hospital, the program will be the nation’s first of its kind, offering treatment for a duration of up [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Drug offenders in South Korea are rapidly increasing their presence on social media and other online platforms, data showed Monday. Approximately 25 percent (3,092) of the 12,387 individuals caught in illegal drug cases last year sold drugs on the internet, according to the National Police Agency data submitted to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A quarter of drug offenders used online platforms, including social media and mobile messengers, to trade illegal narcotics over the past five years, police data showed Friday. According to the National Police Agency data submitted to Rep. Kang Sun-woo of the opposition Democratic Party, a total of 49,850 people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Student drug offenders jumped nearly 2.5-fold over the past three years, marking a sharp increase compared with a 1.3-fold rise in overall drug offenders seen during the period, a report showed Thursday. According to the police report submitted to Democratic Party Rep. Kang Deuk-gu, the number of elementary to [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw the annual number of drug offenders shoot up to a record high level last year, driven in part by an increase in juvenile and foreign drug criminals, a judicial report showed Thursday. According to the 2020 juridical yearbook, published recently by the Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO), [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of drug offenders in South Korea has been on a gradual increase, with more teenagers committing the illegal act, data showed Monday. According to the data obtained from the National Police Agency by Rep. Kim Young-ho for a parliamentary inspection, a total of 40,182 people were arrested [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese nationals accounted for over 40 percent of foreign drug offenders arrested in South Korea last year, police data showed Wednesday. The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said a total of 1,174 Chinese nationals were arrested in South Korea for drug offenses from 2014 to 2018 — 130 in [...]