SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that a person can be criminally punished for possessing or transferring a package they believe contains illegal drugs, even if the package in fact contains no narcotics. The decision broadens the scope of liability under the country’s narcotics laws and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government announced plans to institutionalize undercover narcotics investigations and strengthen on-site enforcement authority in response to the evolving sophistication of drug trafficking networks. The measures, unveiled during a cabinet meeting on January 22, are part of the country’s first Basic Narcotics Control Plan for 2025–2029. The [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The customs agency said Tuesday it has seized nearly 1,500 kilograms of drugs before they entered South Korea over the past two years. A total of 1,417 kg of drugs were seized at the border between May 2022, when President Yoon Suk Yeol took office, and last month, according [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy has announced the advancement of three groundbreaking research projects into the main research phase under the ‘Alchemist Project,’ aimed at securing future technologies capable of transforming industrial landscapes over the next decade. The projects, which were selected after rigorous evaluations, include research [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of drugs seized before being smuggled into South Korea jumped 30 percent on-year during the first nine months of 2023, the customs agency said Tuesday. The number of smuggling attempts fell 11 percent to 501 cases during the cited period, but the average volume involved in each [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of drugs smuggled into South Korea through the country’s main gateway has increased since international travel resumed after the pandemic, an opposition lawmaker said Tuesday. The amount of narcotics smuggled into South Korea through Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, rose from 129,362 grams in 2020 to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the obesity treatment drugs prescribed in South Korea, Phentermine, known as a weight loss pill, has the highest number of reported side effects cases. A joint research team from Kyung Hee University’s College of Pharmacy and Ajou University’s College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy analyzed 13,766 cases [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid South Korea’s “War against Drugs,” which is infiltrating the country’s youth, the term “drugs” is being widely used in various sectors of society. The term “Mayak,” which literally means drugs in Korean, is used to emphasize the addictive taste of a food product or the level of comfort [...]
ULSAN, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Three people in their thirties were given probation for taking drugs and causing a commotion in broad daylight at a campground. A, who stood trial on Friday for violating the Narcotics Control Act, received a sentence of three years in prison and five years of probation. B and C, the other [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A 49-year-old woman has been arrested on charges of handing over drinks spiked with drugs to random high school students in Seoul after duping them into believing they were good for concentration, police said Wednesday. At least six reports were made of students exhibiting abnormal symptoms after drinking beverages [...]