SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of progressive South Korean Catholic preiests has issued an apology after a former member was accused of atempted rape seven years ago in South Sudan. A priest at the Catholic Diocese of Suwon, who is only identified by his surname Han, is accused of attempting to rape a female volunteer worker multiple times during his stay in South [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Wednesday they began an investigation into a North Korean defector who now has returned home as she appeared in a Pyongyang-based propaganda piece lambasting the South. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said they are trying to find out how the woman, alias Lim Ji-hyun in the South, [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Thursday they have shut down a major server of South Korea’s largest pornographic website based in the Netherlands in collaboration with local authorities. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said they shut down one of the major servers of Soranet last Friday and booked 62 people suspected of violating [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A smartphone application designed exclusively for teenagers and their parents has been rolled out to offer special features to protect the teens’ smartphone addiction and provide online counseling services. On July 15, SK Telecom, largest mobile carrier in Korea, introduced the teenage protection app “T Teenager Safe Pack 2” [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced on May 21 that it had distributed free-of-charge “SClean,” an application which the agency developed would prevent instances smishing or SMS phishing. SClean is a compound word for “smishing” and “cleaner.” The application is designed to shut off the apps that have been [...]