SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Crimes targeting unmanned stores, which have increased in number during the pandemic, are on the rise. According to a report from the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice, 1,640 cases of crimes were committed against unmanned stores in Seoul over a 17-month period, starting in September 2020, averaging 96 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of unmanned stores including selfie shops, and specialized stores like taphouses dramatically increased last year, a credit card issuer said Thursday. KB Kookmin Card Corp., a unit of South Korea’s banking giant KB Financial Group Inc., analyzed credit and debit card transaction data from its cardholders, which [...]
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, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart 24, the convenience store arm of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae, said Thursday that it will increase the number of ‘hybrid’ semi-unmanned stores that operate without workers late at night using a digital payment kiosk system. During the daytime, however, the stores are operated by employees. The initiative [...]
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 [...]