SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) plans to create a list of individuals and locations meaningful to understand its history, as part of a new education program for recruits. The National Police Agency said on Sunday that it has selected 80 individuals and 201 sites related to the history [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Dating violence is on the rise in South Korea, claiming around eight lives every month. More than 10,000 people were arrested for infractions related to dating violence last year, according to data from the National Police Agency. The figure has been increasing steadily since 2014, surpassing the 10,000 mark for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police forces have been advised by a reform committee to exercise less force and authority to control peaceful protests and do more to protect protestors. At a press conference held on Thursday with the commissioner general of the National Police Agency, the police reform committee urged South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A lawmaker has announced plans to propose a reform to South Korea’s current dating abuse law that when passed, will allow police to respond more quickly to victims. Under the proposal put forward on Sunday by Pyo Chang-won, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, if a victim reports [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of dating abuse cases are being reported to South Korean police, with around 46 fatalities reported each year, while the country grapples with the recent rise in crimes among couples. Thousands of dating abuse crimes occur each year in South Korea, with the figures growing steadily each [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said they raided the headquarters of South Korea’s top airline on Friday as part of a probe into alleged misappropriation of company funds for its chairman’s personal purpose. The National Police Agency sent investigators to the main office of Korean Air Lines Co. in western Seoul to confiscate [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Police will refrain from using excessive physical force at street rallies, a ranking officer at the National Police Agency (NPA) said Friday, in line with President Moon Jae-in’s calls for better protection of human rights. Lee Dae-hyung, an NPA officer in charge of human rights protection, said at a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As camping and water-related leisure activities increase, the South Korean government has decided to introduce a driver’s license category exclusively for vehicles suited to these types of activities. According to the National Police Agency, a revised bill for the Road Traffic Act, which includes the introduction of a driver’s [...]
Seoul, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Dobong Police Station in Seoul has cut the number of burglaries in the area by half, through the application of a special fluorescent substance to buildings in the district. The substance is a roller type chemical that is only visible under ultraviolet light. When a thief touches a window [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency has loosened restrictions on borrowing firearms from police stations, to reduce damages on farms caused by hazardous wild animals. The agency has introduced two time schedules to borrow and return firearms, during the day from 5 AM to 9 PM, and at night from 5 [...]