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corinna · Joined: 08 Jan 2008

Our apt was robbed last night as me, my husband and child were sleeping.It is very disturbing, is that district particularly targeted by burglars?

Korlingus · Joined: 01 Sep 2007

It's not uncommon. You live in area with a lot of military families, many of whome are on base during work hours. Sorry to hear of your loss.

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

How'd they get in? Saw the bars on your windows?

Are you on the ground floor?

What kind of key system do you have to your front door? It's a good idea to change locks when you move to a new place as you never know how many keys have been passed around.

burnt-toast · Joined: 03 Sep 2007

My apartment was broken into tuesday in haebanchon. They got in through the bathroom window and stole all my wife's jewelry and my wedding ring. Could of been much worse as there was lots of electronic stuff they decided to leave. Called the police, they came in, turned off all the lights, then proceeded to look around using a small torch, not an infrared one or one that detects blood or anything, just a normal torch. i would have thought using the main light would have been brighter, but what do I know. I think they had been watching CSI and got a little confused. Sorry for your loss, never had my house broekn into before, t sucks. Is it common, apparantly it happens a lot in haebanchon.

Donkey Beer · Joined: 20 Jul 2006

Sounds like a bad part of town. They must have been ninjas or you all sleep very heavily to rob the house without waking anybody.

lastat06513 · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

I lived on the ground floor for about 4 years in Itaewon, the proclaimed cesspool of Seoul.........I locked all my windows at night before I went to sleep and before I left the house and I padlocked the bars so there is no way of moving them or prying them open.

Also, if you have high-valued items like jewelry and such, it is always good to have some kind of box that could be locked with a key or something........

And if you are going to be away for a while, it is always good to leave your lights on and music or TV on, it gives the impression someone is home.

It also helps to have a wall that was about 2 meters high and about 1/4 meter thick with broken glass fused into the concrete on top................................. Wink

komtengi · Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

we were robbed about a month ago...
two cameras, a wallet and a gift voucher for lotte...
with one person asleep on the couch and me in my bedroom.

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Hence my question, were you guys on or just above the ground floor?

last goodbye · Joined: 13 Aug 2006

robbed there last year... 2 laptops, a camera, 1 million won...

set booby traps... i would if i lived there again... ever sen any vietnam war movies... that's the way to go.....

Neil · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: Tokyo

Came back home a few months ago to find the front door smashed in, this must have happened during the middle of the day. I assume they got disturbed as two laptops, an ipod and some cash lying around were all untouched.

Got a new front door with bars on it so it shouldn't happen again.

simone · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Now Mostly @ Home

Robbed in HBC July 2006, while at the mud festival.

Left behind all our electronics, various currencies.

Only took one african gold bracelet (pretty big 24K gold, too yellow for me to wear actually) that was a wedding present from my parents. It was probably melted down to make little baby rings.

Oh, and my underwear drawer was dumped out and rifled through. Shocked

How did he get in? He leapt from the other roof to ours, in a rainstorm. Seriously, there ARE ninjas around...

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

This is why I lock my windows when I go sleep and go out.

Is the haebangchon area a big target for theives, or is this Seoul in general? Korea in general? I'd be interested in seeing burglary statistics by neighborhood.

Imrahil · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject:

This is one reason why I don't want to live in Seoul The B and E rate there seems to be fairly high.

corinna · Joined: 08 Jan 2008

komtengi · Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

we are on the second floor behind seamaul bank...
was stoopid to leave the door unlocked as my gf hadn't come home yet..
but my mate who is 130kgs and 183cm was alseep on the couch, which should be enough for most people not to step in the house...

after the cops came, csi came and dusted for prints.
seems the culprit took their shoes off when coming in, and turned all the lights on in the house... how either of us, and my dog didn't wake up I dunno.
someone told me there is some spray that knocks people out that is used in these cases some times