The Ministry of Justice said Thursday that it will push for legislation of a new law that prohibits sex offenders from living closely to schools and establish a unit to oversee overall immigration po...rom residing within 500 meters of education facilities that involves minors -- elementary, middle, and high schools, daycare centers and kindergartens – after they are released from prison. The revise...

...in told a press briefing that investigators have seized no more than 1 kilogram of cannabis powder and cannabis vape liquids combined so far. He did not disclose the value of the confiscated products,...s the use of other illegal substances. This is in line with the announcement by the Ministry of Justice Thursday to create special teams of drug crime investigators across the nation, teams dedicated...

Amid the fractious relationship between Seoul and Tokyo, a heartwarming event illuminated a path forward, paying homage to courageous individuals past and present. The occasion: presentation of an aw...grandson of Lee Hoe-yeong. “We regard Mr. Hatoyama as a respectable leader standing committed to justice and history regardless of popular opinion.” In August 2015, on the 60th anniversary of the end...

Personal information of convicts will be disclosed to the public regardless of the crime if their whereabouts are unknown after removing their GPS-equipped electronic monitoring anklets. On Thursday, the Ministry of Justice began implementing the rules for revealing information if criminal offenders’ locations are unknown, in a bid to prevent offenders from committing secondary offenses. Previo...

The potential gravity of Lee's crime is reigniting the long-standing debate over need to release the suspect's personal identity for public safety measures. While uncommon in Korea, police earlier h...ic after the arrest on Wednesday added fuel to the debate as he concealed his face by using a mask and his hood. Authoritative interpretations in 2019 by the Justice Ministry and Interior Ministry in...

...st both administrative orders within seven days of notice, which are reviewed by the Ministry of Justice. The appeal should include proper reasons for objection and supporting evidence. It is importa... a reentry ban. Also the duration of the entry restriction can vary depending on the gravity of a crime from a permanent one to a definite period such as one year. Q. Who gets a permanent entry ban? ...

Nonstop cable news presenters were agog and aghast. They warned us, last Wednesday, that we were about to witness an epic moment. Their news worlds were about to collide. Unprecedented and seemingly...oosting his troops’ morale. NEWS GUSH: For the first time ever, a House committee has urged the Justice Department to criminally prosecute a former US president for insurrection. The select House com...

The Korea Herald is running a series of feature stories and interviews on the evolution and rise of drug crimes, insufficient support systems and young addicts’ stories in South Korea. This is the th... The council brings together police, the prosecution service, the coast guard, the customs service and the ministries of justice, health and foreign affairs. In these coordinated efforts, the Drug Sa...

The Korea Herald is running a series of feature stories and interviews on the evolution and rise of drug crimes, insufficient support systems and young addicts’ stories in South Korea. This is the fi...f Korea. Currently, drug treatment under correctional supervision is handled by the Ministry of Justice, voluntary drug treatment by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and drug education by the Minis...

...time. It was the nation’s largest ever jeonse fraud through “gap investment” without any capital, and an organized crime ring is suspected to be behind it as all the suspected accomplices were using ...Suk-yeol has vowed to launch a task force jointly operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Justice that offers legal aid and temporary accommodation for the v...

...her penalties” as its basic state affairs as it has set the implementation of a society safe from crime and developed a protection support system for the victims of crime as part of the national agend...tance, after the stalking murder case at Sindang Station, we worked closely with the Ministry of Justice and the National Police Agency to swiftly reinforce measures such as removing the crime of stal...

President Yoon Suk-yeol vowed to make Korea a safe nation from sexual and drug crimes, touching on multiple economic, welfare and labor issues in a rare pangovernmental meeting broadcast live on Thur...mer colleague in September at Sindang Station, saying it was a "symbolic" case that evoked anxiety and inflicted mental damage to Korean women. Justice Minister Hang Dong-hoon said he is considering ...

... rating if the violence is “not constant or detailed.” Films in which “physical violence, torture and killing using body parts or tools are not constant or detailed;” where “bodily harm and bloodshed...ies is that the hero, despite being a law enforcement officer, is often as violent as the villain, and uses illegal means to achieve his goals in the name of justice, professor Ha said. "Research has...

.... It would also forgo any possibility for legal accountability for the crimes committed, an obligation that the US and other states took upon themselves by ratifying the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Only the Kremlin’s defeat will allow bringing Russian perpetrators to justice. If the international community is willing to sacrifice Ukrainian civilians in exchange for freezing the ...