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Police to be granted more leeway to use force against violent criminals

An armed special police squad patrols southern Seoul's Gangnam Station in response to a murder threat posted online, Monday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Lee Hae-rinAmid growing fears of random attacks and online murder threats forewarning of copycat crimes, Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon ordered the prosecution, Monday, to broadly endorse the use of force by police in the process of arresting violent offenders.The Korean National Police Agency announced measures for “special policing against serious crimes,” Friday, and urged front-line officers to use firearms and stun guns against culprits at the scenes of stabbing rampages. The minister's statement came amid criticism against an order discouraging police officials responding on site from actively arresting suspects of violent crimes for fear of allegations of police brutality.“The recent series of random violent crimes led some innocent civilians to die and heightened public concerns,” the minister said explaining the order's background in a released statement.Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon attend

Aug 7, 2023By Lee Hae-rin
Police to be granted more leeway to use force against violent criminals
  • Police reveal identity of fatal stabbing rampage suspect

Police search Jeju Int'l Airport after online bomb threat

A special police squad and a police tank patrol Jeju International Airport, Aug. 6. YonhapAn online post threatening to bomb Jeju International Airport has led police to search the airport and attempt to track the writer, officials said Monday. The post was uploaded at 9:07 p.m. on an internet community Sunday, threatening to "launch a terrorist bombing attack on Jeju International Airport at two o'clock on Monday," according to police officials. The writer said a bomb had already been installed at the airport and threatened to stab people coming out of the airport.After spotting the post, police conducted a search of Jeju International Airport for two hours, but no explosives were found.Officials said police plan to deploy police personnel and step up access controls at the airport Monday to prepare for any emergency situation. Police were also tracking the writer, pledging to sternly punish the suspect.The police on Monday also searched Gimhae International Airport in the southeastern port city of Busan and Daegu International Airport in the southeastern city of Daegu after online

Aug 7, 2023
Police search Jeju Int'l Airport after online bomb threat

Police probing 54 people in connection with murder threats posted online

Policemen patrol Seohyeon Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, as a man in his 20s randomly stabbed and wounded 14 people at a department store adjacent to the subway station the previous day, Aug. 4. YonhapPolice said Sunday they have tracked down 54 people in connection with online murder threat posts across the country amid concerns of copycat crimes following a recent stabbing rampage at a department store south of Seoul.Police said they are reviewing the circumstances and criminal charges against those identified to have posted such threats. According to authorities, a number of them were minors.The nationwide probe was launched after a man drove a car onto a sidewalk and attacked people with a knife at a department store in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Thursday, leaving one person dead and 13 people wounded.Since the incident, at least 54 threats warning of similar crimes had appeared on internet communities and social media sites as of 7 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Police Agency.According to officials, Seoul's Hyehwa Police Station has placed a 31-year-old indi

Aug 6, 2023
Police probing 54 people in connection with murder threats posted online

Victim dies after stabbing rampage in Bundang: police

Police lines are put around the car that a 22-year-old suspect drove onto a sidewalk before going on a stabbing rampage at a department store in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Aug. 3. YonhapA woman declared brain dead following a stabbing rampage last week at a department store in Bundang, south of Seoul, has died, police said Sunday. The woman in her 60s was pronounced dead at a hospital at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, according to a police team investigating the rampage at Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police. Last Thursday, the culprit, known by his family name Choi, rammed a vehicle into pedestrians outside of a department store and then attacked shoppers with a knife inside the store, which is connected to the nearby Seohyeon Station and draws many commuters and shoppers.The attack had left 14 people wounded, 12 of them seriously. Of the total, nine were wounded in the stabbing attack and five in the car crash. Police quickly apprehended the suspect, and a rapid drug test conducted on him was negative. On Saturday, the Suwon District Court granted the warrant to formally arrest the 22-yea

Aug 6, 2023
Victim dies after stabbing rampage in Bundang: police
  • Arrest warrant issued for stabbing rampage suspect

2nd son of Sewol ferry operator's late owner arrested

Yoo Hyuk-kee, center, the second son of Yoo Byung-eun, the late chairman of Semo Group, linked to the deadly Sewol ferry sinking in 2014, is extradited to Korea from the United States, Aug. 4. YonhapA local court issued a warrant Saturday to arrest the second son of Yoo Byung-eun, the late chairman of Semo Group, linked to the deadly Sewol ferry sinking in 2014, on charges of embezzlement.The Incheon District Court granted a warrant to formally arrest Yoo Hyuk-kee, 50, citing the risks of flight and destroying evidence.He was extradited to South Korea from the United States, Friday, nine years after the ferry sinking took place.Yoo is suspected of embezzling or inflicting losses that amounted to about 25 billion won ($19 million) during his alleged involvement in the management of Semo Group.The group owned the operator of the Sewol ferry that sank off the southwestern island of Jin on April 16, 2014, claiming 304 lives, mostly high school students on a school trip to Jeju Island, in one of the country's worst maritime disasters.Yoo, a U.S. resident, was arrested in New York in July

Aug 5, 2023
2nd son of Sewol ferry operator's late owner arrested

Arrest warrant issued for man suspected of stabbing teacher at high school

A man in his 20s suspected of stabbing a teacher at a high school appears at a district court in Daejeon, 139 kilometers south of Seoul, Aug. 5, for a hearing as the court reviewed whether to issue a warrant to formally arrest him. YonhapA local court issued a warrant Saturday to arrest a man suspected of stabbing a teacher at a high school multiple times.The Daejeon District Court granted a warrant to formally arrest the suspect in his late 20s on charges of attempted murder, citing the risk of flight.The man stabbed the teacher, including in the face and chest, at a high school in Daejeon, 139 kilometers south of Seoul, Friday. He was quoted as telling police that he was a student of the teacher in the past, but his claim has yet be verified.The teacher, 49, underwent urgent surgery after the stabbing, but remains in critical condition.Police said the suspect was diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression in recent years, but did not receive any treatment.The incident came just a day after a stabbing rampage occurred in Bundang, south of Seoul, leaving 14 people wounded. A 22-year

Aug 5, 2023
Arrest warrant issued for man suspected of stabbing teacher at high school

Arrest warrant issued for stabbing rampage suspect

The suspect in a stabbing rampage that occurred in Bundang, south of Seoul earlier this week, appears at a court in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul, for a hearing, Aug. 5, where the court reviewed whether to issue a warrant to arrest him. The incident left 14 people injured. YonhapA local court issued a warrant Saturday to arrest the suspect in a stabbing rampage earlier this week that wounded 14 people in Bundang, south of Seoul.The Suwon District Court granted the warrant to formally arrest the 22-year-old, surnamed Choi, on charges of attempted murder, citing the risk of flight.Choi rammed a vehicle into a pedestrian walkway outside a department store Thursday and randomly attacked shoppers with a knife inside the mall.The attack left 14 people injured, 12 of them seriously. Of the total, nine were wounded in the stabbing attack and five in the car crash.Police said he had dropped out of high school due to social phobia and was later diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder.The suspect was quoted as telling police that he visited the department store and the nearby Seohyeo

Aug 5, 2023
Arrest warrant issued for stabbing rampage suspect
  • Victim dies after stabbing rampage in Bundang: police

Police intensify investigation into surge of copycat crime threats following stabbing rampage

Police commandos conducting patrols near Gangnam Station in southern Seoul, Aug. 4. YonhapPolice intensified their investigation Saturday into a wave of online posts threatening copycat crimes following a recent stabbing rampage at a department store.On Thursday afternoon, a man drove a car onto a sidewalk and attacked people with a knife at a department store in Seongnam, south of Seoul, leaving 14 people wounded.Since the incident, at least 42 posts warning of similar crimes have appeared on internet communities and social media sites as of 7 a.m. Saturday, the National Police Agency said.By noon, police had apprehended 18 people responsible for such posts, including teenagers, and are tracing the writers of the remaining 24.On Friday, three people were detained in Seoul for making online threats of copycat crimes. Among them was an underage person who threatened to kill five people at a school entrance. In Hanam, east of the capital, a 14-year-old middle school student was held for posting a murder threat. On Saturday morning, a post predicting a knife attack at the Incheon Pentap

Aug 5, 2023
Police intensify investigation into surge of copycat crime threats following stabbing rampage
  • Fears grow over copycat crimes following series of stabbing rampages

Police to beef up patrols, stop and searches in wake of back-to-back stabbing rampages

Yoon Hee-keun, commissioner general of the National Police Agency, gives a public statement addressing two mass stabbings in the country, Aug. 4. YonhapPolice will beef up patrols and stop and search operations for suspicious people on the streets in the wake of back-to-back mass stabbings, the national police chief said Friday, declaring a "special policing" operation.Fourteen people were wounded Thursday, with two in critical condition, after a man drove a car onto a pedestrian walkway and went on a stabbing rampage at a department store in Seongnam. The crime came two weeks after another stabbing spree that left one person dead and three others wounded at Seoul's Sillim Station."I'm declaring a special police action to counter heinous crimes until the people's anxiety is relieved," said Yoon Hee-keun, commissioner general of the National Police Agency (NPA), in a statement to the nation."We will selectively stop and search those suspected of owning a weapon or people acting strangely according to the legal procedures," the police chief said. He also ordered the police to actively

Aug 4, 2023
Police to beef up patrols, stop and searches in wake of back-to-back stabbing rampages
  • Fears grow over copycat crimes following series of stabbing rampages

2nd son of Sewol ferry operator's late owner extradited from US

Yoo Hyuk-kee, center, the second son of Yoo Byung-eun, the late chairman of Semo Group, linked to the deadly Sewol ferry sinking in 2014, is escorted by prosecution officials upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Aug. 4. YonhapThe second son of Yoo Byung-eun, the late chairman of Semo Group, linked to the deadly Sewol ferry sinking in 2014, was extradited to South Korea from the United States on Friday, sources said. An escort team from the Incheon District Prosecutors Office took custody of Yoo Hyuk-kee, 50, from U.S. investigation authorities the previous day inside a Korean Air plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and formally arrested him, according to the legal sources. The airplane arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at 7:20 a.m. Friday following a two-hour delay.Yoo is suspected of embezzling or inflicting losses that amounted to about 55.9 billion won ($42.8 million) during his alleged involvement in the management of Semo Group. The group owned the operator of the Sewol ferry that sank off the southwester

Aug 4, 2023
2nd son of Sewol ferry operator's late owner extradited from US
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