SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new online map will enable users to check which subway stations have a higher risk of digital sex crimes associated with the use of illegal hidden cameras, police said Thursday. The National Police Agency had developed a new system in collaboration with KT Corp., a major South Korean [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Women & Juvenile Affairs Division of the Seongbuk Police Station in Seoul’s Seongbuk Ward held demonstration on Friday to detect illegal cameras hidden in a shower booth at Kookmin University’s Welfare Center by using a simple check card and a mobile phone. Hidden camera lenses can be detected [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government announced an ambitious plan Sunday to carry out daily inspections of all public restrooms in the city for hidden cameras that are used for crimes against women. The move comes amid growing public anger toward sexual violence and hidden camera crimes. Currently, the city employs [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Regular inspections and crackdowns on hidden cameras at public transportation facilities such as subway stations, bus terminals, airports, and rest areas will become mandatory so that women can use such facilities at ease. Subway operators that do not comply with such mandatory checks will fined up to 50 million [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Moving forward, South Korean law enforcement agencies will be treating hidden camera crimes as cyber terrorism. This new designation applies not only to those who capture the illicit footage, but also those who distribute such materials. The National Police Agency said that it was adding 159 police investigators currently [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — With spy cameras hidden in public restrooms becoming a serious concern to many in South Korea, the government has announced it will be spending 5 billion won to regularly check for hidden cameras installed in the over 50,000 public washrooms. The announcement was made today by three government agencies: [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul is ramping up efforts in a turf war against peeping toms by expanding the scope of its site inspections for hidden cameras to include universities, performance halls, shopping malls and other locations frequented by large groups of people. The South Korean metropolis first formed an all-female hidden recording [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Student unions from a number of universities in Seoul are ramping up efforts to tackle the growing problem of voyeurism that is plaguing university campuses around the country. In the wake of the failure of universities and law enforcement to address the growing threat of voyeurism facing female students, student [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As the summer is approaching rapidly, the risk of voyeurism is on the rise, particularly at beaches and swimming pools. Warnings of secret cameras were issued earlier this month with the opening of Haeundae Beach in Busan, which became the first of 272 beaches in South Korea to open [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – As violations by hidden cameras have become a recent social issue, products that protect privacy such as protection film or hidden camera detectors are in high demand. According to GMarket, an online shopping site, sales of hidden camera detectors during the recent month (July 25 to August 24) jumped 250 [...]