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Mosquitoes Join Forensic Investigation Team

UIJEONGBU, South Korea, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a research paper entitled, ‘Analysis of Human DNA Recovered from Mosquitoes’ written by Kim Young-sam, a medical examiner from the Forensic Investigation Team at the Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Policy Agency, the use of mosquito blood to identify human DNA of possible criminals is being introduced as [...]

New Voice Database Developed for Criminal Investigations

SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In kidnapping cases, investigators are often left only with the suspect’s voice. With no clear leads to suggest a suspect’s age, gender, or other personal background, cases sometimes remain unresolved indefinitely. But now, prosecutors are developing a forensic technique that can help identify subjects by voice alone. A new [...]