SOUTH KOREA

CRIME RATE IN SOUTH KOREA

Crime rates across South Korea are
considered low, and the United States
Department of State considers South
Korea “a very safe country.” Reported
crimes typically involve pickpocketing or
non-confrontational theft. While
protests and demonstrations
occasionally involve violence, violent
crime otherwise is very rare.
 LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOUTH KOREA

South Korea has a relatively unified and integrated

approach to law enforcement. For example, the
National Police Agency (NPA) provides all general
policing services throughout the country. Due to the
unitary system, local police organizations are directly
under the NPA.
 However, South Korea has several
independent agencies that only enforce a
specific law or laws—for example, the
Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Economy
and Finance have their own enforcement
organizations for either border control or
taxation, respectively.
THE KOREAN NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY

The Korean National Police Agency

Korean National Police Agency is composed of 1 deputy
commissioner general, 8 bureaus, 9 offices and 32 division
 Community Safety, Investigation Bureau, Traffic and
Foreign Affairs Bureaus are responsible for basic policing.
 PublicSecurity, Intelligence and National
Security Bureaus govern public order.
Spokesperson’s Office, Planning and
Coordination Office, Police Administration and
Human Resources Office, Audit and Inspection
Office, ICT and Equipment Policy Office,
Scientific Investigation Office, Police Situation
Control Center provide administrative
support.
 Affiliatedinstitutions include the Korean
National Police University, Police Training
Institute, Central Police Academy, Korean
Police Investigation Academy and the
National Police Hospital.
 Furthermore, the Korean National Police is
regionally divided over the 18 metropolitan
cities and provinces, placing 255 stations,
518 precincts and 1,433 police boxes under
metropolitan and provincial police
agencies.
RANK AND INSIGNIA
 RANK
 Chief Superintendent General
 Senior Superintendent General
 Superintendent General
 Senior Superintendent
 Superintendent
 Senior Inspector
 Inspector
 Assistant Inspector
 Senior Policeman
 Policeman
 Auxiliary Police
UNIFORMS

The working uniforms of the SMPA consist of

dark green or black trousers, light green or
blue shirt and a black or white officer’s cap
with emblems corresponding to the above
ranks. The dress uniform, which has remained
the same since 1945, consists of full black
dress uniform and cap for male officers, and
similar blue dress uniforms for female officers.
 Thegolden barnstar emblem of the SMPA
which originated with its creation in 1945
was gradually phased out in favor of a
smaller golden star by 1991, with similar
golden, and then silver stars.
 Organization

 TheSMPA is organized under a commissioner, who

works with the chiefs of a public relations division
and an inspections relations division, as well as a
deputy commissioner, to oversee the police force.
 The force is split into two sections, one
which contains all the police officer corps,
the Korean SWAT units, security guards and
air units, and the other which contains
intelligence, public affairs, security and
traffic departments which in turn manage
specialist police divisions of their own.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

 Korea is a centralized nation-state with a

tripartite system of government consisting
of administration, legislation and
judicature. There are no localized criminal
justice systems and thus the entire criminal
justice system, such as prosecution, courts
and prisons, is the responsibility of the
central government.
GROUP MEMBERS

 Jhonry Agum Bulahan

 Chad Barbanida Mugot
 Ana Lee Gulahab Lungay
 Parame Glynn
 Rubillar Roldan