Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Drug Safety Ministry bans imports of cannabis-substitute candies

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Monday banned imports of the cannabis-like compound HHC-O-acetate in the form of candies and jelly over public health concerns.

2024-03-26

Korean nationals busted trying to leave Cambodia with meth, ketamine

Two Korean nationals were arrested by the Cambodian customs authority on drug-carrying charges at Phnom Penh International Airport on Sunday, according to Cambodian daily newspaper, Khmer Times.

2024-03-05

Police nab Singaporean, others for shipping drugs to Southeast Asia

Police on Thursday announced that they have apprehended several foreigners residing in Korea on suspicion of distributing and selling drugs to Southeast Asian countries.

2023-12-14

Yoo Ah-in coerced a non-user to smoke cannabis to conceal drug abuse, report says

Yoo is accused of deliberately pushing the YouTuber to smoke weed, making him a co-conspirator to keep his own drug habits hidden from the public. He also illegally obtained prescription drugs using other people's IDs including his father’s.

2023-11-02

Prescription for psychoactive drugs help offenders evade arrest, police say

Carrying prescriptions for psychoactive medication has become a phenomenon among drug offenders in Korea, as they can be used to evade police arrest even after testing positive for illicit drugs on a rapid test, police officers say.

2023-10-23

Drug crime hits record high, top offenders include young people and foreigners

Local authorities busted more than 18,000 drug offenders last year, the highest number to date and a nearly 50-percent increase from 2018.

2023-07-05

60 percent of foreign drug offenders in Korea illegally

Nearly six out of 10 foreign drug offenders nabbed by the police this year were staying in the country illegally.

2023-06-22

Government unveils new strategy to deal with illegal drug use

The government on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging strategy to combat illegal drug use and distribution and strengthen anti-drug education as President Yoon Suk Yeol called reports of illicit drugs being distributed to teenagers "most shocking."

2023-04-18

Yoon, PPP declare war on drugs

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration and the People Power Party (PPP) declared a war on drugs, saying they would eradicate a "cancer" on Korean society.

2022-10-26

Korea to declare war on drugs, administration sources say

The Yoon Suk-yeol administration is assembling a task force to fight the drug trade and the use of drugs, according to a number of administration sources who spoke off the record.

2022-10-03