SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Two South Koreans have been arrested on charges of arranging sex between an affluent South Korean businessman in the United States and four women, one of whom is a well-known actress, Seoul police said Friday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said it has arrested the two men, surnamed [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Law enforcement agencies are being criticized for focusing more on publicity and performance records rather than investigating and fighting crime. Even the police themselves acknowledge that taking pictures to upload on their SNS accounts during urgent missions has become an issue, and sometimes the contents are exaggerated in the [...]
BUSAN, Feb.26 (Korea Bizwire) – Many cases which the police caught suspects using SNS are being reported. Now, SNS plays an important role in distributing ‘Wanted ads’, since the information spreads rapidly. A suspect who sexually harassed two little girls and was on the lam for the past seven months was finally captured thanks to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A human rights group staged a hologram rally, called a “ghost rally,” in central Seoul on Wednesday night, chanting slogans and waving banners on a giant screen. The rally was the first of its kind in South Korea and the second internationally following one in Spain last April. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - An association of 118 civic groups will hold a street demonstration in central Seoul this weekend, police said Friday, following a court ruling that overturned the police ban on the rally. It is the second rally after one in mid-November, which brought tens of thousands of demonstrators to the streets [...]
SEOUL, Nov.2 (Korea Bizwire) – Some of the ridiculous 112 emergency calls that were reported to the police on the day before ’112 day’ on November 2 have been revealed to the public. “There’s a bug in the doorway and I can’t catch it.” “One of the soy milk packets I bought from the home [...]
Seoul, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – “This is the Gangseo patrol. We are making rounds to protect the safety of local residents. Gangseo police are always nearby.” Four patrol cars made their rounds in an alley in the Gangseo district. They were making announcements as they patrolled the streets. The cars were affiliated with the [...]
GUNSAN, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Body-worn video systems have been introduced to Korean police officers for the first time, as four of the cameras were put into use by the Gunsan Police Station on May 7. The body cams will work as personal black boxes providing footage of evidence for crimes or documenting excessive [...]
DAEJEON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Two sexual offenders currently ordered by courts to wear an electronic monitoring anklet, were arrested by the Daejeon police for having destroyed and discarded their anklets. According to statements from the Daejeon District Court and the police on May 19, a man in his fifties, ordered to wear an [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An ingenious effort by a police officer rescued a woman in her 20s from violence by her boyfriend, who suspected her of cheating. According to Suseo Police Station in Seoul, the 112 emergency call center of the Seoul Police received a phone call at 7:19 am on May 8. [...]