Courtesy of the Marmot’s Hole, the Chosun Ilbo has yet another article on the supposed "rise of foreigner crime" in Korea:
Recently, foreigner crimes have been sharply rising, including the murder/dismemberment of a Korean woman by a Chinese in Ansan, the “French Freezer Baby” in Seoul’s Seorae Village, and the 2003 hit on a Russian mobster in Busan.
In Busan alone, foreign crime has skyrocketed 250% over the last three years. Law enforcement agencies say some 27 foreign criminal organizations are operating in the port city, including the Russian mafia, Japanese yakuza, Chinese triads, and Thai and Bengali gangs.
The Chosun says the first step in preventing foreigner crime is effective control and punishment of illegal migrant workers.
I wish before people write these articles they would actually do some research about what they are writing about. As I have pointed out before foreign crime is appearing to rise because more foreigners than ever are living in Korea. However, if you look at the actual statistics from the Korean National Police Agency serious crime by foreigners is actually less per capita than the average Korean population, yet the Chosun has a graphic of a young Korean girl fleeing evil foreigners. Once again just another example of the sensationalizing of foreign crime in Korea.
UPDATE: Speaking of foreigner crime I guess I could sensationalize this by proclaiming the "rising Korean crime in America".
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9:44 am on October 19th, 2007 1
Another addition to a large bookmarks folder labeled “Korean media file of shame.”
10:54 am on October 19th, 2007 2
250% of 0=0
I think they need to leave the 1% (half of this being chinese koreans who are actually koreans) of us alone and deal with the real criminals; hogwan owners.
1:59 pm on October 19th, 2007 3
[...] the full article in all its schlocky glory here (Korean text only it seems), or get the rundown at ROK Drop, who entreat people to actually do some [...]
11:57 pm on October 19th, 2007 4
[...] the full article in all its schlocky glory here (Korean text only it seems), or get the rundown at ROK Drop, who entreat people to actually do some [...]
4:51 am on October 20th, 2007 5
I think this article has definitely a lot of propraganda going against foreigners. The amount of people that go to Korea has drastically gone up over the past years. More people causes more crime in general. So of course more (foreign) people caused more (foreign) crime. It’s not necessarily true that foreign people cause more crime which is what the article is trying to get you to think.
6:41 am on October 20th, 2007 6
Foreigners do not cause on a per capita basis more crime according to the statistics I compiled before from the Korean National Police Agency:
http://rokdrop.com/2007/09/24/exposing-the-myth-of-foreigner-crime-in-korea/
8:35 pm on October 20th, 2007 7
I can understand why the Koreans think as they do…I mean you have people like Skippy …Pedo Man…. doing sick crap in korea then in other nations….Why wouldn’t the Koreans think the foreigners are causing most of the crime
9:01 pm on October 20th, 2007 8
Are you really that stupid? So I, skippy am the pedoman that is currently in custody in Thailand? They would just give this person the access to the internet to chat away on this forum and not spend time in a jail cell or anything.
I think you are more unstable than accused Niel’s cross dressing friend who abetted him.
I’m sorry drop members, stupid has a new and improved name; the mighty king kitty.
10:36 pm on October 20th, 2007 9
Bus shmus…you forgot the most obvious and very recent Virginia Tech massacre! 32 people dead because Korean foreigners are coming to the US to kill.
10:44 pm on October 20th, 2007 10
Oh…and I should add that’s about 30 times the number of average killings on campus per year. The Koreans have increased our murder rate 3000 percent!!!!
5:21 am on October 21st, 2007 11
your just disgusting Pedo Man…..Dont try picking up any young boys here Skippy,,,,Back to the Pusan web with people who understand people like you and then its back to your cell
9:44 am on October 21st, 2007 12
Are you really that stupid? So I, skippy am the pedoman that is currently in custody in Thailand? They would just give this person the access to the internet to chat away on this forum and not spend time in a jail cell or anything.
I think you are more unstable than accused Niel’s cross dressing friend who abetted him.
I’m sorry drop members, stupid has a new and improved name; the mighty king kitty.
2:02 pm on October 21st, 2007 13
Skip on loser boy
1:09 pm on October 22nd, 2007 14
KingKitty; Darwin award candidate and front runner.
8:47 am on November 3rd, 2007 15
[...] least they didn’t have a cartoon of a cute Korean girl running away from the evil foreigners. For those that haven’t aleady [...]
3:11 am on August 28th, 2008 16