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Gov't to develop technology to help find missing people

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By Jung Min-ho
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Technology will be developed and harnessed in the search for missing people in Korea. Yonhap

By Jung Min-ho

The government will invest 32 billion won ($28 million) for the next five years in developing technology to help find missing people.

The National Police Agency (NPA) and science and industry ministries will collaborate to develop technology that can help locate missing people, such as children or patients with dementia, based on their moving patterns and other information.

Noted scholars from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Yonsei University will take part in the project.

According to the NPA, 20,000 children and 19,000 patients with dementia and other mental illnesses went missing in 2017.