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Police Joins Hands with Woori Bank for Missing Children Initiative

Police Joins Hands with Woori Bank for Missing Children Initiative

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said  Thursday that it signed an agreement with major lender Woori Bank for a new missing children initiative. Under terms of the agreement, the two parties will cooperate to promote the advance fingerprint registration system that is effective in the early detection and prevention [...]

Busan Beach Offers Smart Bracelets to Prevent ‘Missing Children’

Busan Beach Offers Smart Bracelets to Prevent ‘Missing Children’

BUSAN, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s most celebrated beach, Haeundae, is offering smart bracelets starting Friday to help parents keep track of their children. More than 26 million people visited the popular vacation spot in 2015, while 16 million visited during the summer holiday season (July – August) alone. With hundreds of thousands of people [...]

Missing Children to be Identified Using Smartphones

Missing Children to be Identified Using Smartphones

  SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – To help solve missing children cases, a technology in which one can register a child’s fingerprint with a smartphone, and also check the identity of a child that has been found through a smartphone will be developed. The National Police Agency announced that it will be embarking on [...]