Increasing Crimes in south Korea

Increasing Crimes in south Korea



Various crimes are drastically increasing in south Korea recently.

In south Korea October is called a “month of crime” for there have taken place more crimes including murder, violence and robbery in this month with most favorite weather in the year.

According to the data made public by the south Korean puppets on September 14, among the total of 1 836 496 crimes detected by the police in 2007 the portion of October was 9.6 %(176 112 cases) and it is 2 ~ 3% higher than that of the December-February winter period (6.6~7.8%).

In regard to the day of the week most crimes (15.2%) occur on Friday, and 15% on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday respectively and on Sunday it was comparatively lower as 12.1%.

In connection with cities and provinces, Gyeonggi Province assuming 374 596 cases (20.4%), is branded as a more dangerous crime area than Seoul (19.4%)



What merits serious attention is;



- Five main crimes such as murder, theft, violence, robbery and rape are continually augmented.

The five main crimes recorded 487 847 cases in 2005, 489 575 cases in 2006 and 522 084 cases in 2007.

In 2007 295 228 cases of violence occurred (1 case in every 2 minutes), theft 212 581 (1 case in every 3 minutes), rape 8 733 (1 case in every one hour), robbery 4 431 (12 cases a day) and murder 1 111 (3 cases a day).

The “Administration and Security Committee of the National Assembly” estimates that far more crimes than that of the statistic figure would take place, if taking into consideration the criminal cases that were not declared for such private accounts as retribution and disgrace.

Though the crimes are increasing drastically, the rate of arrest of criminals does not rise.

In particular, the number of the offenders of high crimes augmented from some 6 200 in 2005 to some 7 800 in 2007, but the rate of arrest decreases annually from 47.6% of 2005 to 35.7% of 2007.



- Drug smuggling and dealing are sharply increasing.

7 154 cases of drug smuggling were detected in 2005, 10 604 cases in 2007 and 8 690 cases as of August 2008, and the circulated money through the drug dealings increased from US$ 54.4 million in 2005 to US$ 52.8 million as of August 2008.

It is estimated that the drug addicts now in south Korea are 100 000 at least and one million at most.

In recent years drug abusers are rapidly increasing due to the drug circulation via internet.

Even in 2004 drug dealings via internet were next to naught but as of August 2008 advertisements of drug exported abroad are openly posted on 16 internet websites.

South Korea has a scarce source of drug manufacture, so the drug price is 10 times more than that of America and 100 times more than that of south East Asian countries, and foreign drugs are in much trade.



- Illegal import of weaponry is increasing.

Of late the ruling “Grand National Party” clarified that the number of exposed cases of illegal import of weaponry has augmented by 8 times in five years; 4 cases were exposed in 2004 but 32 cases as of August 2008.

The amount of weapons exposed was 5 pieces in 2004 and as of August last year 54 pieces, 1 927 live bullets were detected in 2004 and 7 461 in 2007, showing the tendency of steady increase.

Therefore, the puppets clamor that south Korea is reduced to a dangerous zone of terror.

The fact that the crimes are continuously increasing in south Korea is attributed to the fact that the citizens’ ethical consciousness is degenerated and materialism is rampant owing to the deteriorating living, and the international criminal bodies extend their tentacles deep into south Korea .