SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Wednesday it will maintain the number of school zones on a trial run with a relaxed speed limit at night, in an about-face of its earlier announcement that it will apply the same rule across the country starting next month. The abrupt retraction came only a day [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The school zone speed limit will be eased to up to 50 kilometers per hour from the current 30 kph during the night and early morning hours beginning next month, police said Tuesday. Under the revision, which will go into force Friday, the speed limit around schools, namely school [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has ruled that a law mandating heavier punishment for car accidents within school zones conforms to the highest law, legal sources said Monday. The law, dubbed the “Min-sik Law,” requires tougher punishment of up to life imprisonment when an accident leads to the death of a [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision of the Road Traffic Act, intended to enhance children’s safety in school zones and strengthen punishments for traffic violators in such areas, will go into effect Wednesday, government officials said Tuesday. The revision bill calls for mandatory installation of speed cameras and traffic lights in all child [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A crackdown on illegally parked vehicles will be strengthened starting next year in 16,700 school zones spread across the country. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Wednesday that it will strengthen its crackdown on illegal parking and resident reports in child protection zones next year following its [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling Democratic Party agreed at a bilateral meeting Tuesday to significantly increase next year’s budget for children’s road safety. The government’s budget for the installation of speed cameras and traffic lights in school zones nationwide, for instance, will be increased by 100 billion won (US$85.2 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Current legislation is expected to be revised so that billiard halls will be permitted to open within 200 meters of middle and high schools in the near future. The Office for Government Policy Coordination on Thursday announced a number of regulatory innovations in the local economy and small- and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A worrying number of South Korean children are falling victim to car accidents, prompting road authorities and schools to take safety precautions. In Seoul alone, an average of 734 pedestrian accidents involving children have taken place each year over the last five years, prompting local police forces to ramp up [...]