SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency (NPA) said Saturday it has expanded the use of a crime risk assessment system based on big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The system, which is designed to help police officers detect crime-prone areas and time frames in advance, was adopted by police stations [...]
SUWON, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Nigerian men have been apprehended for allegedly swindling South Korean victims, mostly women, of tens of thousands of dollars in romance scams, local police said Wednesday. According to the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency, just south of Seoul, the suspects defrauded four South Koreans — three women and one [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is stepping up to distribute uniforms recycled from plastic bottles to the military and the police. The Ministry of Environment hosted a ceremony in Seoul on Monday where the Ministry of Defense, the National Police Agency, and the Korea Federation of Textile Industries bought technical wear made [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Police Agency (NPA) has launched a one-month trial operation of pre-crime analysis system (Pre-CAS), an artificial intelligence (AI) system to analyze and predict the risk of crime, at three regional police agencies starting from Tuesday. Pre-CAS uses AI technology to predict the risk of crime after [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called ‘nose mask’ that allegedly protects the wearer from various germs and viruses is facing accusations of violating restrictions on medical equipment. Jeongeup Police Station in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Provincebegan investigations after a report was sent to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety accusing a local medical [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The issuance of private investigator licenses has been officially permitted in South Korea following a recent decision to allow individuals to register private detective businesses. The National Policy Agency announced on Monday that it permitted a group of registered private institutions to issue private detective licenses late last year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A special police unit handling digital sex crimes will wrap up its activities this week after apprehending over 3,500 suspects over the past nine months, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Wednesday. The special headquarters under the NPA was launched in late March amid public uproar over an online [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Taxi drivers across the country are being tasked with helping to track down criminal suspects and missing people. Kakao Mobility, the operator of South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app Kakao T, is scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding with the National Police Agency (NPA) early next year to cooperate [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Police is tracking down the location of all firearms owned by hunters to prevent shooting accidents. The National Police Agency announced on Monday that a newly developed tracking system will be tested on 1,180 hunters in Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces in possession of firearms for hunting. All of them [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The state human rights watchdog on Monday advised police to make interpretation services available when questioning foreign nationals involved in a criminal case. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) advised the National Police Agency chief to improve the system and remove language barriers in order to protect [...]