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sojusucks
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 Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: Crime in Korea |
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sojusucks
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Source: http://www.police.go.kr/KNPA/statistics/st_safety_02.jsp
Number of police stations in Gyeonggi-do: 468
Number of police stations in Seoul: 645
The above website is easier to understand than http://www.police.go.kr/KNPA/statistics/st_safety_01.jsp.
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Year/Number of Crimes that Occurred in Korea (10c):
2001/33,289
2002/60,068
2003/68,445
2004/77,099
2005/88,731
2006/82,186
2007/88,847 |
Look at (2) for graphs.
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Year/Number of crimes committed by foreigners in Korea (10b):
2003/6,144
2004/9,103
2005/9,042
2006/12,657
2007/14,527 |
The CIA estimated a population of 48,379,392 people in July 2008 (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html).
The OECD stated that 198,000 (0.8% of the Korean population) foreigners work legally in Korea. (Source: http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/08/25/koreas-foreign-workforce-percentage-second-lowest-in-oecd/). There are undoubtedly far more foreigners working illegally in Korea as the Korean media has reminded us repeatedly.
Calculations (WARNING: Math Content)
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| PERCENTAGE OF FOREIGNER CRIMES TO TOTAL CRIMES IN KOREA |
Now, I will provide percentages, which will be the year/(number of crimes committed by foreigners divided by the number of crimes committed in Korea multiplied by 100):
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2003/8.9(7)%
2004/11.8(0)%
2005/10.1(9)%
2006/15.4(0)%
2007/16.3(5)% |
A doubling over five years. This may simple be due to additional reports whether truthful or erroneous. Check out this article: http://rokdrop.com/2008/09/23/fewer-usfk-servicemembers-booked-by-korean-police/.
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| CRIME INCREASE AMONG KOREANS |
Now, lets compare this with the percent increase in crime among Koreans from year to year (year total/previous year total):
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2002/2001 = 180.4(4)%
2003/2002 = 113.9(4)%
2004/2003 = 112.6(4)%
2005/2004 = 115.0( %
2006/2005 = 92.6(2)%
2007/2006 = 108.1(0)% |
Essentially a growth of 8%-15% consecutively (excluding 2005-2006 obviously) over the past 7 years.
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| CRIME INCREASE AMONG FOREIGNERS |
Now, lets compare this with the percent increase in crime among foreigners from year to year (year total/previous year total):
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2004/2003 = 148.1(6)%
2005/2004 = 99.3(2)%
2006/2005 = 139.9(%
2007/2006 = 114.7(7)% |
The numbers are somewhat erradic. The other numbers show fairly consistant numbers with some dips. This data varies too much to be a trend. If you don't believe me, run some statistical analyses of the data. I will provide possible reasons for this data in my next post.
NUMBER CRIMES (by foreigners/by Koreans) FOR:
Murder (M), Burglary (B), Rape (R), Theft (T), and Assult (A)
2003 - M: 32/998, B: 137/7,292, R: 49/6,531, T: 630/187,352, and A: 2,071/294,893
2004 - M: 60/1,084, B: 157/5,834, R: 52/6,959, T: 825/155,393, and A: 2,424/286,570
2005 - M: 42/1,061, B: 124/5,172, R: 62/7,323, T: 821/188,960, and A: 1,919/285,331
2006 - M: 72/1,074, B: 107/4,832, R: 68/8,759, T: 971/192,808, and A: 2,483/282,102
2007 - M: 54/1,104, B: 118/4,430, R: 114/8,732, T: 1,213/212,473, and A: 3,369/294,403
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PERCENT OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY FOREIGNERS (rounded number to nearest .1%):
2003 - M: 3.2%, B: 1.9%, R: >0.8%, T: 0.3%, and A: 0.7%
2004 - M: 5.5%, B: 2.7%, R: 0.7%, T: 0.5%, and A: 0.8%
2005 - M: 4.0%, B: 2.4%, R: 0.8%, T: 0.3%, and A: 0.4%
2006 - M: 6.7%, B: 2.2%, R: 0.8%, T: 0.5%, and A: 0.9%
2007 - M: 4.9%, B: 2.7%, R: 1.3%, T: 0.6%, and A: 1.1% |
The comparative data indicates that foreigner and Korean crime are increasing but foreign crime is increasing at a rate consistent with the population. In fact, many categories of crime are at a percentage less than the foreign population.
Another analysis was conducted for 2006: http://rokdrop.com/2007/09/24/exposing-the-myth-of-foreigner-crime-in-korea/.
Why does the media focus on foreign crime and not Korean crime given the situation?
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sojusucks
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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In Korea, rumors can be self-fulfilling prophecies. If everyone says that something is true, then it must be.
It was only after 1992 that crimes by American soldiers were publicized (http://mygreatamerica.blogspot.com/2006/11/crimes-commited-by-us-soldiers-in-south.html).
Perhaps that was because the ROK received more to police US soldiers in 2001 (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/south-korea-gets-more-power-to-police-us-soldiers-on-its-soil-703117.html).
http://rokdrop.com/2008/02/27/gi-myths-is-the-us-military-crime-rate-in-korea-out-of-control/:
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| In the past the Korean media may not have reported incidents of GI crime, but today the exact opposite has happened. Now the media reports the smallest incidents involving GIs. For example just last year a Korean newspaper ran an article about how an American GI brushed a Korean woman with the mirror of his car[v]. Would such an article have ever been published if the woman was brushed by the mirror of a vehicle driven by a Korean? Of course not, but the Korean media will report any incident involving a GI which further feeds the conventional wisdom of out of control GI crime. |
It has caused the following quote in a Korean paper:
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| The four went on the rampage in the subway station in May and beat Cho who tried to stop them, causing him injuries requiring three weeks of treatment, the prosecution claimed. They were indicted without physical detention on May 19. |
Yet, very few servicemembers are conviceted of crime.
Servicemembers in ROK courts (http://rokdrop.com/2008/09/23/fewer-usfk-servicemembers-booked-by-korean-police/):
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January 2008 - 3 servicemembers
February 2008 - 5 servicemembers
March 2008 - 4 servicemembers
April 2008 - 4 servicemembers
May 2008 - 6 servicemembers
June 2008 - 2 servicemembers
July 2008 - 5 servicemembers
August 2008 - 2 servicemembers |
It seems that the article in the OP is fueling the fire so to speak or is fulfilling the prophecy. Most of the categories of crime do not surpass the comparative percentage of the foreign population, even with inflated incidence reports. Yes, the foreign population and crime has risen but so has Korean crime.
I call upon newspapers and individuals to use objective reporting instead of obvious bias.
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RACETRAITOR
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Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| That's it, I'm done with this country. I'm moving to a country where crime is not blamed on foreigners. |
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sojusucks
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:43 am Post subject: |
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RACETRAITOR wrote:
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| That's it, I'm done with this country. I'm moving to a country where crime is not blamed on foreigners. |
Every country that I know of has at least a little crime committed by foreigners. However, most countries attribute crime to foreigners far more partially and unbiased than Korea.
If you seriously wish to consider living in another country, I would like to direct you to the quality of life index. There happens to be a wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-life_index. South Korea is ranked 30th. I am sure you can find a country that you would like living in. International Living also has an index, here is their 2006 index: http://www.il-ireland.com/il/qofl06/index.php.
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