SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A multiyear nationwide study that analyzed sewage for traces of illicit drugs found that methamphetamine was detected at every wastewater treatment plant surveyed across South Korea, suggesting prevalent use, health authorities said May 29. The investigation provides one of the most comprehensive looks yet at narcotics consumption patterns in the [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police investigating a drug scam targeting students have concluded that each beverage given to teenagers contained three times as much methamphetamine as a usual dose, an amount that could result in serious bodily damage, officials said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) recently requested Interpol red notices to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs agency said Friday it will take strong measures against drug smuggling after it confiscated more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in 2019. South Korea seized 116.7 kg of methamphetamine, a common illegal substance, also known as Philopon, last year, according to the Korea Customs Service (KCS). [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A steady increase in online drug trafficking is plaguing South Korean society, as illegal substances can be easily ordered and delivered in parcels, law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The emergence of online channels as a major drug trafficking route has resulted in recent surges in local drug offenses and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of South Koreans have been arrested for selling drugs such as methamphetamine, marijuana and LSD on the Dark Web, where it is difficult to track IP address. While drug sales via SNS have increased, this is the first time for the prosecutors to apprehend operators of Dark [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean police said Monday they have busted the largest-ever operation to smuggle drugs into the country, a scheme they say involves Taiwanese and Japanese organized crime rings and Korean dealers. Six people were arrested in the attempted trafficking of 112 kilograms of methamphetamine, an amount that is enough to be [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of narcotics caught being smuggled into the country by travelers in the first half of this year was already three times more than the total detected for the whole of last year, data analysis by an opposition lawmaker showed Thursday. According to the report provided by the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent bust of Gyeonggi Province governor Nam Gyeong Pil’s oldest son for illegal narcotics use has reintroduced the subject of such substances into everyday conversation. The case involving Nam’s son is preceded by the arrest of Choi Seung Hyeon, who was convicted for smoking marijuana with a young [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of narcotics offenders in South Korea rose 19.3 percent in 2016 from a year earlier, due largely to the widespread use of the Internet as a channel to more easily trade the banned substances, a report showed Monday. The tally of drug offenders came to 14,214 at [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare trial in a drug offense case about the speed of hair growth is drawing attention in Korea. A man in his forties known by his surname Hong, was found guilty of injecting 0.1 grams of methamphetamine into his arm at his home in June 2013, and sentenced [...]