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Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency

Type: Organization

Name: Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

Prosecution raids Seoul police agency over spy agency scandal

Prosecution investigators raided the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Monday as part of an inquiry into its alleged cover-up last year of a probe into intelligence agents’ illegal interference in the presidential election.More than 25 officials from the ... [Published Korea Herald - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Seoul, Police, Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, Won Sei-hoon

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Viagra

Nine nabbed for smuggling fake Viagra from China

SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- Nine South Koreans have been booked on charges of smuggling fake erectile dysfunction drugs, including Viagra, from China and circulating them on the local market, police here said Wednesday.The nine, led by a 58-year-old ringleader ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 14 2013]

Entities: Viagra, Smuggling, Fake

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Police Officers To Be Summoned Over Spy Agency Scandal

A number of police officers will soon be summoned to face questioning by prosecution over their alleged attempt to cover up a widening spy agency scandal.Suspicions have been raised that the NIS meddled in the presidential election by using its agents ... [Published Tbs eFM - May 09 2013]

Entities: Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, Police, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Prosecutors Investigating Top Police Officials' Alleged Undue Influence Wielding

Prosecutors are questioning working-level police officials for suspicions that they were pressured by top police officials when looking into the National Intelligence Service’s alleged political activities during last year’s presidential election campaign ... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 09 2013]

Entities: Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Police, Bulgarian National Intelligence Service, Seoul, Interference

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Police officers to face summons over attempt to cover-up spy agency scandal

SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- A number of police officers will soon be summoned to face questioning by prosecution over their alleged attempt to cover up a widening spy agency scandal, officials close to the investigation said Thursday.The scandal centers ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 09 2013]

Entities: Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Police, Bulgarian National Intelligence Service, computer files

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Int'l school employee nabbed for alleged job-for-bribe scheme

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- A faculty member at a foreigners-only school has been arrested on charges of receiving bribes from five bus drivers in exchange for employment opportunities and benefits, police said Tuesday.The 52-year-old employee at the international ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 07 2013]

Entities: Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Seoul, Bribery

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Eighteen under probe over marijuana use

SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Two people have been arrested on charges of selling and smoking marijuana, police said Monday.The two, including a 34-year-old member of a local indie band surnamed Shin, are suspected of collecting marijuana from a mountain in ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 06 2013]

Entities: Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Smoking, Seoul

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Man on the run was English teacher

An American who has been teaching English in Korea for eight years was wanted by the FBI for alleged statutory rape and arrested in North Jeolla.The International Crime Investigation Team of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said yesterday they arrested ... [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 03 2013]

Entities: Criminal, Rape, Ministry of Justice, Kwon Sang-soo

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

US pedophile worked as teacher

An American who was on the run after raping a girl in the U.S. state of Kentucky four times between August and October 2003 was arrested here Friday, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA).The SMPA said it apprehended the man, 44, who ... [Published Korea Times - May 03 2013]

Entities: Paedophilia, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Deportation, Thailand, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

S Korea to extradite US paedophile suspect

South Korea will extradite an American man arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing children in the United States, after an eight-year international manhunt, police said Friday.SEOUL: South Korea will extradite an American man arrested on suspicion of ... [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 03 2013]

Entities: Extradition, South Korea, Paedophilia

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 3 reports

Pressure cooker bomb threat sent to U.S. Embassy

A threatening letter along with a picture of a pressure cooker bomb similar to the ones used in the recent Boston Marathon explosions were sent to the U.S. Embassy in Jongno District, central Seoul, police said yesterday.The Seoul Metropolitan Police ... [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 02 2013]

Entities: US Embassy, Bomb, Threat, South Korea

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

(Report) May Day Rallies To Take Place Across Korea

Over 80 countries around the world will be celebrating International Workers' Day today, also known as May Day.International Workers' Day commemorates the 1886 Chicago Haymarket affair when four demonstrators were killed by police fire, as a result of ... [Published Tbs eFM - May 01 2013]

Entities: Seoul, Haymarket Affair, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

Quotes

경찰 관계자는 "정품 비아그라는 외부 포장 상자에 있는 제조사 화이자 로고의 색상이 각도에 따라 색이 변하도록 홀로그램 처리가 돼 있다'며 '홀로그램 처리가 안 돼 있거나 플라스틱 통으로 포장해 파는 비아그라는 전부 가짜'라고 주의를 당부했다."

Nine nabbed for smuggling fake Viagra from China [Published Korea Times - May 15 2013]

"(I) felt clearly pressured while conducting the investigation and that is why (I) officially raised a question" Kwon told reporters before leaving the office around 1:30 a.m

Police officers to face summons over attempt to cover-up spy agency scandal [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 09 2013]

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said the letter warned that, "American citizens living on the territory of South Korea will be subject to attack if they continue with the war games."

US Embassy in Seoul Gets Boston Marathon Bomb-Like Threat [Published International Business Times UK - May 03 2013]

서울지방경찰청 국제범죄수사대는 지난달 29일 오전 10시께 서울 종로구 주한미대사관에 "한국에 있는 미국인들을 공격하겠다'는 내용의 편지가 도착해 수사에 착수했다고 1일 밝혔다."

Threatening letter sent to US Embassy [Published Korea Times - May 02 2013]

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Prosecutors Investigating Top Police Officials'... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 09 2013]
Police officers to face summons over attempt to... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 09 2013]
Two celebrities get in hot water with marijuana [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 07 2013]
Int'l school employee nabbed for alleged job-fo... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 07 2013]
Eighteen under probe over marijuana use [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 06 2013]
Man on the run was English teacher [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 03 2013]
US Embassy in Seoul Gets Boston Marathon Bomb-L... [Published International Business Times UK - May 03 2013]
US pedophile worked as teacher [Published Korea Times - May 03 2013]
S Korea to extradite US paedophile suspect [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 03 2013]
US Pedophile Suspect Arrest In S. Korea After 8... [Published Tbs eFM - May 03 2013]
US pedophile suspect arrested in S. Korea after... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 03 2013]
Pressure cooker bomb threat sent to U.S. Embassy [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 02 2013]
Threatening letter sent to US Embassy [Published Korea Times - May 02 2013]
Threatening letter sent to U.S. Embassy in Seou... [Published Korea Times - May 02 2013]
Seoul Police Investigate Threatening Package Se... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 02 2013]
Threatening letter sent to U.S. Embassy in Seou... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 02 2013]
(Report) May Day Rallies To Take Place Across K... [Published Tbs eFM - May 01 2013]
May Day Rally In Central Seoul Today [Published Tbs eFM - May 01 2013]
Ex-NIS head questioned in probe by prosecutors [Published Korea Joongang Daily - Apr 29 2013]
Prosecutor’s brother focus of conflict [Published Korea Joongang Daily - Apr 28 2013]
Cop blows whistle, stirs up NIS campaign case [Published Korea Joongang Daily - Apr 22 2013]
Police whistleblower claims whitewash in electi... [Published Korea Herald - Apr 20 2013]
DUP calls for thorough investigation of NIS case [Published Korea Times - Apr 19 2013]

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Samsung’s offices searched by Seoul police over... [Published SlashGear - Apr 10 2013] It’s no secret that Samsung and LG have been less than enthused with each other in recent months, with Samsung having sought an injunction against the latter company last year. The competitors aren’t calling a truce any time soon, and it seems ...
Samsung Display HQ searched by police in probe ... [Published Engadget - Apr 10 2013] We had hoped that the dispute between Samsung and LG over their OLED tech would be resolved soon but recent developments suggest that may not be the case. Bloomberg reports Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency investigators entered the Samsung ...