Police widen probe into Hong Myung-bo appointment Investigators are questioning KFA committee and board members over whether Hong Myung-bo’s hiring as national team coach broke procedures and involved obstruction. 2026.7.10
Seoul police agency launches international council with forces of six other capitals The affiliation with five Asian cities and one European one aims to deepen cooperation on fugitives and other transnational crimes. 2026.6.28
Election protesters' blockade keeps sports officials out of Olympic Park offices Officials say they can't even pay national team athletes due to protester interference, while police complain of insults and provocations. 2026.6.10
SNU grads arrested for fake pornography of women on campus Two graduates of the Seoul National University (SNU) were arrested on charges of creating and distributing sexually explicit content involving dozens of younger female students and alums, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday. 2024.5.21
Police expand English, Chinese interpretation for 112 hotline Police said on Monday that it expanded the English and Chinese interpretation services for the 112 emergency hotline into 24 hour coverage to promptly respond to reports from foreigners. 2024.3.18
Presidential office denies town halls are electioneering The presidential office on Thursday rebuffed criticism that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s town hall meetings with the public to discuss livelihood issues are intended to garner support for the People Power Party ahead of the April 10 general election. 2024.3.7
Police slap travel ban on leaders of largest doctors' association The travel ban announcement came just before thousands rallied in Yeouido, western Seoul, to protest the government’s plan to increase the medical school admissions quota by 2,000 spots next year. 2024.3.3
Seoul police chief indicted for manslaughter in 2022 Itaewon crowd crush The announcement came as political controversy heated up between the conservative People Power Party (PPP) and liberal Democratic Party (DP) over a bill proposed by the latter to create a special commission to investigate the tragedy. 2024.1.19
Police say teacher spoke with students' parents before suicide Police on Monday said an elementary school teacher who recently took her own life at a school in southern Seoul talked over the phone several times with students' parents suspected of harassing her. 2023.7.31
Shields up Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s tactical unit trains to take on illegal assemblies and demonstrations at the Seoul Public Security Force Command lot in Jung District, Seoul on Thursday. 2023.5.25
![Protesters hold signs in 2020 demanding heavy punishment for Cho Ju-bin, who is now imprisoned on various charges of child sex abuse and the distribution and sale of illegal pornographic material in connection to the Nth Room scandal. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10333690.jpg?imageId=10333690&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Police station in an undated file photo. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10191545.jpg?imageId=10191545&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Rep. Jeon Yong-gi of the liberal Democratic Party speaks to reporters before submitting his party's criminal complaint against President Yoon Suk Yeol to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11103450.jpg?imageId=11103450&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Participants at a rally opposed to the government's plan to expand the country's medical school admissions quota by 2,000 spots next year crowd a street near Yeouido Park in western Seoul on Sunday afternoon. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12293684.jpg?imageId=12293684&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Kim Kwang-ho, chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, speaks during an event held at Seoul City Hall in September. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12403017.jpg?imageId=12403017&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A person on Friday visits a memorial altar for a 23-year-old teacher who took her own life, located at Seoul Gangnam Seocho District Office of Education in southern Seoul. The teacher was found dead in a classroom at Seoul Seo 2 Elementary School in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on July 18. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10135857.jpg?imageId=10135857&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s tactical unit trains to take on illegal assemblies and demonstrations at the Seoul Public Security Force Command lot in Jung District, Seoul on Thursday. This is the first training session against illegal demonstrations in six years. Some 12,000 officers participated in the training. The Yoon Suk Yeol government warned against such demonstrations after the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions occupied downtown Seoul while holding an overnight rally on May 16. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11856143.jpg?imageId=11856143&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)