SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant step towards combating high-risk crimes like stalking and domestic violence, South Korea’s National Police Agency has reported five instances where private security intervention prevented further harm to victims. This success comes from a pilot program run from June to December last year in regions including Seoul, Incheon, [...]
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Police are investigating a stalking complaint filed by Olympic fencing medalist Nam Hyun-hee against a person who identified herself as the mother of the fencer’s ex-fiance, officials said Tuesday. Nam, the silver medalist in women’s foil at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, broke up with her 15-year-younger fiance [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Wednesday launched the first municipal body exclusively dedicated to supporting stalking victims as the country is grappling with a rise in stalking crimes. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon signed an agreement with Kim Gwang-ho, chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA), to establish a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report revealed that more than 7,000 cases of police protection for victims of stalking crimes were recorded last year. According to National Police Agency data presented by National Assembly member Jeon Bong-min, a total of 7,091 safety measures were taken for stalking victims in the past year. On [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Police carried out a total of 7,091 protection measures for victims of stalking last year, National Police Agency (NPA) data showed Monday. This equals to an average of 19.4 protection measures per day, according to the report submitted to Rep. Jeon Bong-min of the People Power Party. The number [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The top court has ruled that repeatedly calling a mobile phone and leaving a record of “unanswered calls” should be punished as an act of stalking. The Supreme Court recently overturned a lower court’s ruling that acquitted a man of charges related to the violation of the Stalking Crime [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 12 months into the implementation of the anti-stalking act, relevant criminal activities are taking on a more devious approach to evading punishment. The Korea Women’s Hot Line, a non-profit women’s rights activist group, reported a case in which a stalker continuously harassed a victim’s friend after finding [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid controversy over a court ruling that an individual making persistent phone calls cannot be punished by anti-stalking law if the calls are not answered, a recent court decision found the defendant guilty in a similar case. Incheon District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 42-year-old man charged with violating [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court has issued the controversial ruling that the anti-stalking law do not apply to individuals making persistent phone calls that are not answered. Incheon District Court recently ruled that a 54-year-old man accused of violating the Act of Punishment of Stalking Crimes was not guilty. The man [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three arrest warrants requested by police in connection with stalking crimes are rejected by the court, data showed Tuesday. According to statistics from the National Police Agency, police filed for a total of 377 arrest warrants for stalking from last October, when a new act on [...]