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Former professional baseball player sent to prison over phishing scam

The Incheon District Court on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old former baseball player to two years and six months in prison for violating the Act on the Prevention of Loss Caused by Telecommunications-based Financial Fraud and fraud charges.

2025-06-12

Police come to aid of woman lured into prosecutor-impersonating phishing scam

Police came to the aid of a woman in her 20s who had locked herself in a motel room under the coercion of voice phishing scammers and allowed them to remotely access her phone.

2025-06-11

Woman acquitted in phishing scam over intellectual disability

A court has acquitted an intellectually disabled woman who was charged with receiving money on behalf of a voice phishing ring.

2025-05-07

Taxi-driving couple helps cops catch voice phishing criminal

A taxi-driving couple in Hwaseong helped police arrest a voice phishing suspect attempting to steal 380 million won ($266,630).

2025-04-15

South Korea using loudspeakers to spread news of North Korean troops captured by Ukraine

South Korean military authorities have used loudspeakers along the demilitarized zone to broadcast news of the capture of two North Korean soldiers by Ukrainian forces to the North Korean public.

2025-01-16

Voice of America radio broadcast first to announce Japan's 1945 surrender, historians find

Historians have found that a broadcast from U.S.-based Voice of America (VOA) was the first to inform the Korean public of Japan’s surrender to the Allies at the end of World War II, according to People Power Party Rep. Bae Hyun-jin on Wednesday.

2024-09-19

Voice phishing kingpins arrested while entering Korea from China

The heads of two criminal organizations that carry out voice phishing scams against Koreans were recently arrested upon their entry into the country, according to the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Wednesday.

2024-07-31

Police catch 27 members of voice phishing, drug trafficking crime ring

Police said Wednesday they caught 27 members of a voice phishing crime ring who are also accused of involvement in drug trafficking scams.

2024-05-29

Woori casts safety net for phishing victims with free insurance

Woori Bank has introduced the country's first insurance for financial damage incurred from phishing scams, along with support measures for victims.

2024-05-02

Prosecutors to develop AI technology to identify fake voices

Prosecutors are beginning to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technology to identify fake voices.

2024-03-25