All posts tagged "police"

  • LGBT pride parade in South Korea on June 7, 2014. (Courtesy of Cezzie901 via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    S. Korean police deny permission for LGBT parade

    By Kim Se-jeong Police have denied permission for a street parade highlighting the rights of sexual minorities scheduled for later this month in central Seoul, upsetting the event’s organizers. According to the festival organizer Monday, the Seoul...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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  • sk traffic
    Reckless drivers in S. Korea to face up to year in jail

      By Kim Rahn Dangerous drivers will face up to a year in jail under revised traffic laws, according to the National Police Agency on Sunday. The toughened regulations, which the National Assembly is likely to pass...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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  • Body Cam
    Body cam deployed for S. Korean police for 1st time

    A police station has given four body cameras to some of its officers, becoming the first South Korean police station to use the latest technology that could give a clear picture of crime scenes. Bae Sang-jin, an...

    • Posted May 26, 2015
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    Record-setting number of Korean Americans graduate from police academy

    By Brian Han Virginia’s Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy had 60 graduates in February, four of whom are Korean American. Shane Oh, John Hong, Arthur Cho and Seung Meang set a record for the most Korean Americans...

    • Posted March 19, 2015
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  • South Korea Ambassador Hurt
    Lippert’s attacker contacted convicted N. Korean spy beforehand: police

    SEOUL, March 13 (Yonhap) — The suspected attacker of the top U.S. envoy in Seoul contacted a South Korean man previously convicted of spying for North Korea before carrying out the attack, police said Friday. Kim Ki-jong...

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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  • People take part in a candlelight vigil Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Two police officers were shot early Thursday morning in front of the Ferguson Police Department during a protest following the resignation of the city's police chief in the wake of a U.S. Justice Department report. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    Calm prevails in Ferguson after shooting of police officers

    FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Protesters called for calm but vowed to keep pushing for change in Ferguson a day after the shooting of two officers in front of the city’s police department heightened tensions in the St....

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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  • Police shine a light on a helmet as they investigate the scene where two police officers were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    2 officers shot in ‘ambush’ outside Ferguson PD

    FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday while demonstrators were gathered across the street — an attack the county police chief described as “an ambush” that could...

    • Posted March 12, 2015
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