tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post2141082520553371054..comments2024-03-18T07:07:53.346-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: Crime and Punishment in KoreaT.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-87740782810478533132009-09-01T21:11:08.360-04:002009-09-01T21:11:08.360-04:00that's what i thought too. i think there was s...that's what i thought too. i think there was something like that posited by a chosun ilbo article a while ago.dokebihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02772061504112738758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-85939297751870191492009-08-21T08:53:05.321-04:002009-08-21T08:53:05.321-04:00Well I think if Korean police actually enforced la...Well I think if Korean police actually enforced laws the crime rate would be much higher here, I'm not sure what they do, with a lack of major crimes one would think they should crack down on small infractions of the law, this is not the case. Prostitution illegal, haha, I live between many a places of ill-repute and a decent sized police station. <br /><br />With that being said, Korea is much safer country than the USA(when it comes to street crime), my neighborhood here in Incheon is sleazy but if it were a similar place in a large American city it would be sleazy and super dangerous.<br /><br />Though I believe people need to factor in how bad the drivers are here. People always say how safe it is in Korea but the country has highest rate of pedestrians being ran over and killed in the OECD I believe. It makes no difference if you were killed by a knife wielding crackhead or a bus driver who was driving way too fast, you are dead either way. If anything being killed by a car is almost worse because it is much more fixable problem, just enforce traffic laws.<br /><br />Crimes of passion or crimes caused due to wealth inequality take a lot more time to deal with.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225052866573139407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-45158209836801377072009-08-18T09:18:55.522-04:002009-08-18T09:18:55.522-04:00성매매특별법...
hmm. A special law banning prostitution...성매매특별법...<br />hmm. A special law banning prostitution was passed in 2004.<br /><br />In Korea, prostitution had been always illegal; however, police did not actively cracked it down before 2000. Punishment for prostitution was enhanced since 2000 with the famous figure Kim Gangja, a police staion chief who almost shut down a red-light district in Seoul. <br /><br />By the time when that law was passed in 2004, almost all red-light districts were gone. <br /><br />Prostition nevertheless remains in other various covert ways. I remember reading a news about police busting a prostituion office? in Seoul. The police searched all the records of those who went through that place. It turned out that so many many many men went throught there, and police was in trouble because punishing all of them will paralyze their daily duty.immereverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976153090017342787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-51905498383466329892009-08-15T15:23:38.569-04:002009-08-15T15:23:38.569-04:00I don't think it's the sex crimes per say ...I don't think it's the sex crimes per say that are increasing...I think it's more people coming out about them. In the past it was considered more taboo to report sex crimes because of shame...now police have more people reporting crimes...therefore catching more people.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353731785906725193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-50698231147813117002009-08-15T11:57:35.638-04:002009-08-15T11:57:35.638-04:00Also, the police have recently been cracking down ...Also, the police have recently been cracking down on more sex-related crimes, so it's not a matter of increasing crimes, but more an increase in people getting caught.Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981009283702811683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-72032462893586250162009-08-15T11:45:54.663-04:002009-08-15T11:45:54.663-04:00That chart would have been more informative if it ...That chart would have been more informative if it also showed per-capita rates, not just absolute counts. <br /><br />Korea is much safer to live in than the U.S. A man can walk around pretty much anywhere in Seoul at 3 AM without feeling scared, whereas in major U.S cities, there are places I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole even during the day and even if I were armed with an AK-47. <br /><br />It's a great relief that civilian use of guns is banned in Korea. Otherwise there would be mayhem.kdufoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588853539671213717noreply@blogger.com