SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of measures aimed at preventing drunk driving, including the confiscation of vehicles from individuals who cause fatal accidents or engage in repeated drunk driving, will take effect next month, the Supreme Prosecutors Office said Wednesday. The list of cars eligible for confiscation includes instances of drunk driving [...]
JEJU, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — It was late at night on Saturday when the Emergency Operations Center received an emergency call from an automated voice. The voice stated that it had “detected a hard fall and dialed the emergency services.” The caller turned out to be an Apple Watch. The watch is equipped with [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport safety agency plans to introduce a drunk driving prevention system that prevents rental cars from being started if they detect that the driver is drunk. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority said Monday it will launch a trial operation of the rental cars mounted with a drunk [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1,500 people were caught while driving under the influence (DUI) in the first four days after the country lifted business hour restrictions and raised the cap on private gatherings under its “living with COVID-19″ scheme, police said Saturday. A total of 1,486 people were busted for DUIs between [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Wednesday upheld an eight-year prison sentence for a drunk driver who killed a Taiwanese student in a deadly car accident last year. The appellate division of the Seoul Central District Court handed down the prison term to the 52-year-old man, surnamed Kim, maintaining a lower [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of drunk driving accidents in Seoul sharply dropped two years into enforcing stronger DUI laws, police data showed Thursday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, 931 DUI accidents have been reported in the capital from December last year to June, down 41.2 percent from 1,583 from [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In efforts to clamp down on repetitive drunk driving, South Korean police are looking at introducing automatic lock systems in cars owned by people with drunk driving track records. “Police plan to launch a research project in cooperation with the traffic authority next month, focusing on the details and [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for causing a car accident under the influence that resulted in the death of a Taiwanese student studying here last year, a Seoul court said Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday handed down the prison term to [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Insurance payouts resulting from all accidents related to driving under the influence, unlicensed driving, or hit-and-runs will now be charged to the perpetrator for the full amount. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Sunday that it will come up with a revised car insurance policy as a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A government decision to reject a foreign national’s naturalization application citing a drunk driving conviction has been ruled lawful by a Seoul court, according to judicial sources Monday. According to the sources, the Seoul Administrative Court recently overturned a Nepali national’s request to rescind the justice ministry’s rejection of [...]