President Yoon Suk Yeol stressed the importance of restructuring the police to focus more on public safety in the face of a growing number of violent crimes, during the 78th National Police Day commemoration ceremony, Wednesday.
The suspect behind the deadly stabbing rampage in Bundang, south of Seoul, on Tuesday requested the court give him a psychological evaluation, claiming he had a mental illness at the time of the crime.
"Less-lethal" guns to be distributed to law enforcement. More security cameras to be installed in parks, streets and public spaces. More frequent police patrols. These are just some of the measures South Korea has recently announced, as it scrambles for solutions to respond to a spate of apparently unprovoked attacks on members of the public. “In order to deal with ‘don’t-ask-why crimes&rs.