SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday became the 10th country outside of Europe to join the European Union (EU) law enforcement cooperation agency that fights terrorism and other international crimes, police said. The National Police Agency (NPA) joined Europol by signing a working-level agreement that was approved unanimously by the 27 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Police will take stalking suspects into custody in high-risk cases as part of efforts to bolster victim protection, officials said Wednesday, after facing criticism for failing to provide due protection to victims in two recent stalking murder cases. The measure was announced as part of the Seoul Metropolitan Police [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that the sooner the police intervene in stalking crimes, the less harm comes to victims, with risk of serious injury or death lowered. The doctorate thesis submitted in Dec. 2020 by Kim Sung-hee from the department of criminal psychology at Kyonggi University analyzed a total [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have again come under fire for their inadequate handling of a recent stalking case, which eventually led to one death and one serious injury in Seoul. A ranking official of the National Police Agency (NPA) on Monday admitted apparent misjudgment by a local police station, which failed on [...]
SUWON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency announced that ‘Mari’, a human scent sniffer dog, has retired after years of active duty. Detection dogs are specially trained to uncover perpetrators or evidence in a crime scene by following various scents. A Belgian Malinois, the 10-year-old dog began active duty in Aug. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Office of Investigation at the National Police Agency said Sunday that it will start using a new database system for investigation records on unsolved murder cases that was built last month. After the statute of limitations on murder cases was abolished thanks to the revision of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of South Koreans falling victim to voice phishing, Samsung Electronics Co. and the National Police Agency (NPA) have decided to join forces to develop more advanced phishing detection technology. Phishing scams continue to evolve in sophistication, and methods continue to grow bolder. Lately, more blatant [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Police will introduce a multiple-shot stun gun, a less lethal pistol and other new weapons to cope better with violence, officials said Thursday, amid heavy criticism over a bungled police response to a recent knife attack. The new stun gun allows three consecutive shots and logs records of time [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have come under fire for their inadequate responses to violent crimes, as seen in the recent death of a stalking victim under police protection and an alleged dereliction of duty by two Incheon officers accused of sidestepping a knife attack scene. A man in his 30s was arrested [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hoarders of urea water solution could face up to three years in prison or a fine of up to 100 million won (US$84,000), the government warned Monday, as it launched a special crackdown on illegal market activities amid a shortage of the material essential to diesel vehicles. The government [...]