SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul police rescued an 80-year-old man who went missing after alluding to a possible suicide using drones for the first time in the city. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s drone search team rescued an 80-year-old man, who had collapsed near a local reed field near the southern part of [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Monday they have started to regulate life-size sex doll “experience” shops, popping up around the country following court decisions to allow the import of the sex toys. The National Police Agency said the crackdown will continue for two months, jointly with the Ministry of Gender Equality and [...]
BUSAN, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Tuesday they have arrested a group of individuals who illegally made and sold guns by smuggling components from overseas. This case proves that it’s possible to make illegal guns anytime even in South Korea, where firearm regulations are strict. According to the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency’s Major [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency (NPA) is reviewing the idea of giving an allowance to police officers who are directly involved in investigating unnatural deaths. NPA officials said that the number of police officers who suffered trauma after handling unnatural death cases is increasing, adding that an atmosphere has been [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — On Thursday, when new safety regulations on personal mobility devices entered effect along with the revised Road Traffic Act, police officers were deployed around subways stations, where many electric scooter users are found. Under the revised law, people cannot use personal mobility devices, including e-scooters, without a helmet and [...]
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 [...]