SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The parliamentary passage in late November of a new bill aimed at toughening the punishment for drunk driving appears to have had little effect in discouraging driving under the influence (DUI) among South Koreans. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said Friday that 91 drivers were arrested and 2,511 others indicted [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A bill to amend the Road Traffic Act, also known as the Yoon Chang-ho Bill, was passed at the National Assembly last Friday to change DUI standards for the first time in 57 years. Previously, drivers found to have a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) of more than 0.05 percent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly on Thursday passed a proposal aimed at toughening the punishment for drunk driving at its plenary session. Parliamentary committees separately passed two revised proposals designed to increase punishments in the case of driving under the influence (DUI) a day earlier. The so-called Yoon Chang-ho acts consist [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Assembly is displaying rare bipartisanship in a push to toughen the punishment for drunk driving. Parliamentary panels this week passed two revision bills related to driving under the influence (DUI) for possible votes in a plenary meeting set for Friday. Under the amendment, in the case [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — At 85 percent, the vast majority of South Koreans believe that DUI killings should be punished by more than 10 years in prison. The Citizen’s Coalition for Safety conducted a study on 249 participants over the age of 20 last month and delivered the results on Tuesday, revealing that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1,900 teachers have been disciplined for drunk driving over the past four years, with 16 of them getting fired, education ministry data showed Thursday. A total of 1,883 teachers have been punished with disciplinary measures for driving drunk between 2014 and June this year, according to the ministry [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of drivers caught for drunk driving fell by about a quarter last year from 2013, but those formally arrested and indicted for the offense increased sharply in an indication of toughening punishment, government data showed Thursday. Those caught for drunk driving totaled 181,708 last year, down 23.3 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An intoxicated truck driver who slammed his vehicle into a police cruiser was taken down by SWAT team after five hours of rage on Geoga Bridge. Busan Metropolitan Police Agency said it all started with a 119 call at 11:30 p.m. on September 10 from a drunk-sounding driver requesting help. [...]
SUWON, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – After three years of declining deaths caused by drunk driving accidents, 2017 is teetering precariously towards breaking that streak. From 2014 through 2016, 97, 75 and 59 individuals were victimized in drunk driving accidents. From January through June of this year, 45 died, a 55.2 percent increase over the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of public servants disciplined for drunk driving nearly doubled to 1,175 last year from a year earlier, according to government data obtained by a ruling party lawmaker. The Ministry of Personnel Management data showed that a total of 3,544 public servants received disciplinary punishment for drunk driving [...]