SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs agency said Tuesday it has captured a record amount of drugs in the first half of this year, enough to be used by more than 5 million people. The amount of illegal drugs seized at borders jumped 39 percent on-year to 329 kilograms during the January-June [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An average of more than 200 cases of crimes committed by those high on drugs have been reported annually over the past four years, a lawmaker said Monday. The number of such crimes totaled 221 in 2018, 236 in 2019, 182 in 2020 and 230 last year, showing a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A quarter of drug offenders used online platforms, including social media and mobile messengers, to trade illegal narcotics over the past five years, police data showed Friday. According to the National Police Agency data submitted to Rep. Kang Sun-woo of the opposition Democratic Party, a total of 49,850 people [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Methamphetamines and other illegal drug substances were found at all major sewage treatment plants in South Korea. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety conducted a series of regular checks at the 27 major sewage treatment facilities from April 2021 to April 2022, which found methamphetamines in all of [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of illegal narcotics confiscated in South Korea reached an all time high last year, with an increase of foreign and juvenile drug offenders, government data showed Friday. According to the data compiled by the Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO), a total of 1,295.7 kilograms of illegal drugs were [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people caught selling illegal drugs online jumped 1.6 times in the last year, data showed Friday. According to a report to the National Assembly, the Korea Communications Commission said 31.2 percent of all drug-related offenders used the Internet in the first five months of the year [...]