SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Wednesday launched an investigation into a conservative education organization accused of online opinion manipulation in the final days of the June 3 presidential election campaign. Police said it banned Son Hyo-sook, head of the far-right group “Rhee Park School,” from leaving the country, and raided the group’s [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prosecutors have sparked controversy after it was revealed they sought food delivery app records as part of a recent search of former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s private residence, an investigative move that Yoon’s camp condemned as a political ploy to humiliate him and his wife. The detail, disclosed by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has taken a significant leap forward in modernizing its criminal justice process with the launch of an artificial intelligence-based information system. The next-generation Korean Information System of Criminal Justice Services (KICS) went live on September 19, promising to support more efficient investigations and improve transparency for individuals involved [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s bourse operator has launched a probe into two foreign brokerages on suspicions that they might have improperly affected stock prices through massive trading ahead of a global index rebalancing last year, market sources said Wednesday. The Korea Exchange (KRX) is looking into whether those firms — Morgan [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into an allegation that a Seoul branch of McDonald’s Korea used food products past their expiration dates. The Gangnam Police Station in southern Seoul has been investigating the CEO of McDonald’s Korea on charges of violating the Food Sanitation Act after [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — After stoking a series of controversies, including a fire at a logistics center and a poor working conditions, e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. is now facing a government investigation into alleged unfair practices. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) recently noted that Coupang might have violated the Fair Trade Law [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency is developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology that automatically sends information helpful for investigation to field investigators. Jang Kwang-ho, head of the smart police intelligence center at the Police Science Institute, introduced the project at a meeting held at the National Police Agency headquarters. Investigators at [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An airman is under investigation over allegations he took the annual state-administered college entrance exam on behalf of one of his superiors, military officials said Thursday. The service member, whose identity has been withheld, is suspected of taking the annual College Scholastic Aptitude Test in November on behalf of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Prior to the launch of police investigations into those suspected of committing a crime, victims have been making use of social media to bring attention to their own cases, posting photos of suspects on the Internet. A case in point is an assault that occurred in Changwon, South Gyeongsang [...]
SUWON, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of cases have arisen recently in which law enforcement agencies have asked social media websites headquartered overseas to assist with their investigations. The purpose of these types of requests is typically to uncover the identity of a social media user posting controversial materials online. As in this [...]