SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — About 120 people have been apprehended nationwide for posting murder threats on various online sites following the recent back-to-back fatal stabbing attacks in the Seoul metropolitan area, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said Friday. The KNPA said it has detected 315 online murder threats and nabbed 119 suspects [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will establish new legal provisions to seek stern punishment for people caught writing online murder threats or carrying weapons in public places, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday, amid a recent surge in social media posts threatening random stabbing attacks. The ministry said it will push to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Minors accounted for more than half of the suspects apprehended for posting online threats of copycat crimes in the wake of recent back-to-back deadly stabbing rampages, police said Monday. Since July 21, when a 33-year-old man wielding a knife killed one person and injured three others near a subway [...]