CHANGWON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jewelry store owners in South Korea’s Changwon region are on high alert following a recent theft of millions of won worth of precious metals, amid record-high gold prices. According to the Korea Precious Metals Retailers Association on February 11, jewelry store owners in South Gyeongsang Province are sharing descriptions of [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers in the southern port city of Busan decided to help out the suspect in a series of thefts after learning of the person’s unfortunate circumstances. According to the Busanjin Police Station, a person stole from an unmanned store in Busanjin District 16 times over seven days earlier [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Cases of theft at unmanned stores jumped last year with the crimes committed primarily by teenagers. S-1 Corp., a security subsidiary of Samsung Group, analyzed big data from unmanned stores between January 2020 to June 2022, which showed that the number of thefts at these stores jumped by 85.7 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Employee theft is becoming a major issue at e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. A former Coupang employee surnamed Jang was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison on charges of theft and fraud, and is preparing an appeal, legal sources said Monday. Jang was accused of stealing goods [...]
INCHEON, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of crimes involving the theft of graphics cards that jumped in price following the cryptocurrency boom have been reported to Korean police. Early this month, two men suspected to be in their teens or 20s removed the graphics cards from two computers set up at a [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The increasing number of unmanned stores and kiosks following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is leading to security problems. The police recently arrested a couple in their teens who had stolen approximately 18 million won (US$16,000) worth of goods by breaking into ice cream stores and other unmanned [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An admired police officer in Daejeon who had received praise from the chief of police and media coverage for catching wanted criminals has been caught stealing motor oil. The disgraced sergeant, whose name is being withheld, now faces prosecution after being caught stealing 320 liters of fuel from five concrete [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Daejeon police are considering arresting two men in their 20s, because they are too good at claw machines. It was early morning on February 6 when “A” (undisclosed) showed up at his claw machine arcade in Daejeon, only to find that all five machines were empty, and 210 dolls, [...]
DAEGU, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Oil theft in Korea is becoming more elaborate and highly organized. Two Korean males, referred to only as Lee (50) and Kim (57), were sentenced to four and three years in prison, respectively, for robbery and violation of the oil pipeline maintenance law. Song (56), who also took part [...]