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[Real Reality]

According to a report disclosed by the National Police Agency yesterday, police arrested 2,724 foreign nationals in the first half of the year, up 15 percent over the same period last year. The report, submitted to the National Assembly's health and welfare committee, also showed the number of non-Korean crime suspects jumped by a disconcerting 20.6 percent to 5,221 last year from 4,328 in 2001.

The 2001 figure also marked a hefty expansion of 25.9 percent from 3,438 in 2000, the report revealed.

Assault was the offense most frequently committed by foreigners with 956 cases, or 35.1 percent of this year's half-year total, followed by 550 traffic violations (20.2 percent), 364 intellectual offenses (13.4 percent), 227 thefts (10.2 percent) and 16 murders.

By nationality, Chinese nationals topped the list, accounting for 42 percent of crimes by foreigners, followed by U.S. citizens at 17 percent, Russians at 5.1 percent, Pakistanis at 2.8 percent, Vietnamese at 2.4 percent and Japanese at 2.2 percent, the report said.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/09/15/200309150032.asp

[whatthefunk]

I always knew those shifty foreigners were behind all the crime in Korea...
What the hell is an intellectual offense?
Who are these crimes commited against? Other foreigners, Koreans or both? It seems like Koreans are more reluctant to call the cops then us waygooks.
Its kind of sad that they group parking tickets in the same 'waygook crime' category as murder.

[posco's trumpet]

[On the other hand]

[Tiger Beer]

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[matko]

What percentage of Koreans who assault foreigners get charged?
What percentage of foreigners who assault Koreans get charged?

That would be interesting to know if it were possible.

[Real Reality]

More Crimes Occur on Saturdays

According to a prosecution survey released yesterday, more crimes are committed on Saturday than on any other day of the week.
The "2002 Crime Analysis" published by the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office said there were 181,357 crimes on Saturdays, or 15.1 percent of the total 1,197,820 last year.

Fridays came in second at 14.6 percent, followed closely by Thursdays (14.4 percent), Wednesdays (14.2 percent), and Tuesdays (14.1 percent).
http://www.hankooki.com/kt_nation/200208/t2002081217155641110.htm

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Korea (2000)

Assaults: 14,925
Embezzlements: 19,186
Frauds: 136,206
Non-intentional homicide: 3,737
Murders: 955
Rapes: 6,139
Robberies: 4,524

http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/seventh_survey/7sc.pdf
The Seventh United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/crime_cicp_survey_seventh.html

Recent statistics for five major crimes -- murder, robbery, rape, burglary and assault -- show that even though the economic crisis is over, the crime rate is still high. The number of these horrible crimes was 330,000 in 1998 but increased to 470,000 last year.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200302/24/200302242228533679900090809081.html

[Moldy Rutabaga]

>According to a report disclosed by the National Police Agency yesterday, police arrested 2,724 foreign nationals in the first half of the year, up 15 percent over the same period last year.

Because there are more of us living here?

Ken:>

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

[Holyjoe]

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

I can tell you FIRST HAND from my ex-girlfriend's friend who is a cop.

He said that when Korean go out of their way to pick a fight with foreigners, the law sides with the Koreans.

That said, there has been a surge also in attacks against foreigners in Korea. So, of course the numbers look bad for foreigners, but in reality, if you REALLY look at it, it translates into more Koreans attacking foreigners and ultimately more charges for the non-Korean speaking foreigners.

Sorry for the run-on sentence, but it flows.

[jaderedux]

[whatthefunk]

[On the other hand]