SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A popular South Korean travel vlogger with over 2.3 million YouTube subscribers was the victim of a daring theft while filming in Ethiopia, losing cash worth around 400,000 won in a well-executed scam by a local man, according to footage from the incident. In a video posted on April 4 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of robberies and thefts tried in court rose by 2.4 percent last year after declining for three straight years, according to newly published court annals. The number of cases was 13,094, an increase of 312 from 2018. Fraud and blackmail rose 8.9 percent from 40,335 cases to [...]
GYEONGSAN, South Korea, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Police launched a manhunt for an unidentified armed man after he escaped with a sack full of tens of millions of won from a bank branch of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation in the southeastern city of Gyeongsan on Thursday, police said. Around 11:55 a.m., the burglar [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A 36-year-old man was arrested on June 18 for breaking into an apartment complex in Daejeon and murdering a female resident (60). The perpetrator was an ex-convict who was released from prison last November after serving 10 years for robbery and rape charges. What’s worse is that the perpetrator [...]
SEOUL, Jan.18 (Korea Bizwire) – With the advancement of technology, not only have methods to prevent and solve robberies evolved, but also the concept of stealing has changed drastically. Yonhap News, a Korean news agency, analyzed how theft has changed throughout the years by interviewing police officers with between 20 and 30 years of experience. Veteran [...]