SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled against a law that calls for aggravated punishment for repeat drunk drivers because multiple violations are defined as repeat offences no matter how far apart in time they are. The court delivered the non-constitutional decision against the country’s revised Road Traffic Act, dubbed [...]
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, 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, 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 [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency expanded the use of so-called ‘untact’ detectors to track down drunk drivers nationwide after they were first introduced last Monday. The breathalyzers used in the pre-coronavirus era were removed in January, after which the police have been resorting to selective crackdowns on suspicious drivers for [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Monday that all 127 public bus companies in the city have introduced a driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) online management system. The system is responsible for recording if and when bus drivers were tested for a DUI, the results, and footage of [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court said Tuesday it has decided to recommend a maximum of 12 years of imprisonment for drunk driving offenses leading to deaths. The Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission announced a revised sentencing guideline for convicted DUI offenders after a tougher DUI law took effect in December 2018. [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency has begun a new system using ‘untact detectors’ to identify drivers under the influence without conducting breath tests. The new system replaces previous breathalyzers, aiming to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission. The new alcohol testing device can be used to measure the driver’s blood [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of traffic accidents and fatalities caused by drunk driving fell sharply nationwide for two months after a tougher anti-DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol) law took effect on June 25, police said Tuesday. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), there was a total of 1,975 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of drivers caught driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) decreased by about 11 percent nationwide in the month after a tougher anti-DUI law took effect on June 25, police said Friday. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), 296 DUI offenses were reported daily on average [...]