JEJU, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Apprehending criminals who secretly take illicit photographs on land is hard enough. Trying to prevent such crimes from happening in the sky is an even more difficult task. In the evening of August 4, a call was made to the Jeju Police Department reporting an unusual sight. Two drones were hovering [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than seven out of 10 teenage prostitutions were found to have been conducted through online chat services, a government survey showed Monday. In a recent survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on 173 teens who have experience selling sex in the past, 74.8 percent said [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A series of stories involving taxi drivers and convenience stores helping police in recent weeks is shedding light on how far collective efforts can go in improving community safety. Last Tuesday, a man from Daegu contacted the police an hour after his 82-year-old mother, who suffers from dementia, went [...]
SUWON, South Korea, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A fire that erupted near the Second Surisan Tunnel on the Suwon-Gwangmyeong Highway on March 16 was quickly extinguished thanks to a rapid response by a squad from the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Policy Agency, preventing what could have led to a major forest fire, said the agency [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting March 11, the Korean National Police Agency is deploying drones on South Korea’s key highways to curb traffic violations including DUI, reckless or revenge driving, and other “selfish” driving routines such as driving on the shoulder. The new initiative is a part of the agency’s special crackdown operation [...]
CHUNGCHEONG, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A 25-year-old man named Kim who was arrested last week on robbery charges in North Chungcheong Province told police that he intentionally committed a crime to go to jail after his business failed. Kim entered a local convenience store he frequents, located in Eumseong County, around 7 p.m. last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s police said Tuesday they will send more officers to the Philippines to cope with increasing crimes against Korean nationals in the Southeast Asian country. Deputy Commissioner General Kim Guy-chan visited Manila for talks with Philippine police chief Ronald Dela Rosa to discuss a recent murder case involving [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Undercover law enforcement vehicles, also called “Amhaeng patrol cars” after Amhaeng-eosa of the Joseon Dynasty, have proven useful in lowering the number of traffic violations on expressways. The cars, introduced in early 2016, look just like any other passenger vehicle on the road, although police logos are [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean National Police Agency introduced “Smart Patrol Vehicles” Tuesday, equipped with various information and communications technologies to assist with police operations. One of the key features of the new vehicles is a “smart multi-camera”, which is installed on the roof. It is comprised of a searchlight, infrared camera, [...]
Geneva, Paris, Brussels, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Mr. Nam-gi Baek, the farmer activist who was left in a coma after being pummelled by water cannons at a demonstration in Seoul on 14 November 2015, succumbed to his injuries and died of kidney failure on Sunday, 25 September 2016. FIDH, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), [...]