SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have rounded up 474 people connected to deepfake sex crimes so far this year, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Wednesday. Police received 921 reports related to deepfake sex crimes between January and Monday, and they have arrested 474 suspects during this period, according to the NPA. Over [...]
SUWON, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A week after an anonymous online post threatened a mass stabbing at a busy subway station in the Seoul suburb of Seongnam, local residents remain on edge as the author of the menacing message continues to elude authorities. The incident began on September 18, when an unidentified individual posted on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Police concluded Thursday that last month’s deadly car crash near Seoul City Hall was caused by driver mistakes, not by sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle as claimed by the elderly driver. Seoul Namdaemun Police Station Chief Ryu Jae-hyeok announced the finding after a monthlong investigation into the July [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Monday began providing English and Chinese interpretation services for the 112 emergency police number around the clock in order to help foreigners more speedily call for police help, officials said. Up until Monday, the interpretation services had been provided from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A leader of the country’s biggest doctors’ assocation appeared before police for questioning Wednesday in connection with the walkout by trainee doctors protesting the government’s decision to hike the medical school quota. The questioning of Joo Soo-ho, the chief spokesperson of the Korea Medical Association (KMA), came as thousands [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have passed strengthened regulations to lower noise from rallies and demonstrations and allow the use of drones to collect evidence of any illegal acts during such assemblies, officials said Wednesday. The revision to the enforcement decree of the Assembly and Demonstration Act was approved Monday as part of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting February 19, the Korean National Police Agency will implement a portable identity verification system across all local police stations and substations to swiftly confirm the identities of individuals with dementia or those under the influence of alcohol. Utilizing compact fingerprint scanners and the police’s operational smartphones stationed at every [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Late actor Lee Sun-kyun, known for his role in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” had requested that his last appearance for questioning not be open to the press, but police rejected the request, officials said Thursday. The 48-year-old Lee was found dead in his car near Waryong Park in central [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers will be granted greater authority during disasters reported to the police’s 112 emergency call center, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said Wednesday, as the legal basis for the hotline service has been established by parliamentary legislation. According to the KNPA, the National Assembly passed the law [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Police will establish a new task force on industrial espionage to better counter a growing leakage of sensitive technologies, officers said Monday. The counter-espionage economic security investigation team, which will combine an existing relevant task force and a foreign affairs team, will not only probe technology leaks but detect [...]