SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) said Sunday it has developed technology that can detect both cocaine and alcohol properties simultaneously when cocaine is mixed in alcohol. The Forensic Genetics & Chemistry Division of the SPO’s Forensic Science Investigation Department plans to announce the newly-developed cocaine and alcohol metabolome simultaneous [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Prosecutors Office said Tuesday that impoverished, vulnerable groups facing difficulties paying fines due to financial hardships will now be able to choose community service over going to a prison workshop to carry out their sentences. The plan focuses on expanding the scope of people who are eligible [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office dismissed accusations on Wednesday that popular legal counseling application LawTalk and its operator Law & Company Co. violated the Attorney-at-law Act and the Privacy Act. The prosecutors’ office deemed it unreasonable to believe that LawTalk’s method of operation, in which it does not [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office announced that it will launch an attendance and return-home support service for the socially vulnerable starting from Monday. Under this service, those who have psychological or physical difficulty going to the prosecutor’s office for investigation or returning home after investigation can request support [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A 45-year-old man referred to as Jung (full name undisclosed) drove his excavator into the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office building in Seoul Tuesday, injuring a security guard and damaging the building’s entrance. The driver left Sunchang County, North Jeolla Province, early Tuesday morning in a truck carrying the excavator. He [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea has appointed its initial ‘first-degree master prosecutors’. The three prosecutors are being referred to as ‘black belt prosecutors’ for their exceptional expertise in criminal investigations. The policy to appoint authorized master prosecutors was first implemented in 2013 by the Prosecutor’s Office. Only the best prosecutors from 173 investigative [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) –A majority of Koreans doubt that the prosecutors’ office will be able to thoroughly investigate the bribe scandal of a late businessman. The People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy surveyed 1,000 adults on April 25 and 26 on the so-called “Sung Wan-jong List” scandal. Among the respondents, 53.5 percent said that [...]