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Although South Korea has a lower crime rate than other industrialized countries, [1] the crime rate in 2007 was around 2.9 times higher than in 1978, with the total number of crimes committed rising from 513,165 to 1,965,577. [2]
Crime laws for Joseon generally followed China; however it also reflected Joseon and Neo-Confucianist ideologies. In 1912, the Governor-General of Korea declared the Chosun Criminal Order (조선형사령) and on April 4, the Penal Code of Japan and Criminal justice system of Japan came into force in Korea.
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However, Korea's rapid globalization has made it hard for law enforcement to completely stamp out organized crime, which continues to be a problem in the present day. Gang members have been linked to crimes ranging from sex trafficking to drug smuggling , burglary, kidnapping for ransom and extortion .
The Seocho-dong public restroom murder case [2] (Korean: 서초동 화장실 살인사건), commonly known as the Gangnam Station murder case or the Gangnam Station femicide occurred at the public restroom of a karaoke bar in Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea on 17 May 2016.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Korea. As of August 2023, there were 59 people on death row in South Korea. [1] The method of execution is hanging. However, there has been an informal moratorium on executions since President Kim Dae-jung took office in 1998. There have been no executions in the country since December 1997.
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