CrimeAsia News Network

Addiction rise in once drug-free South Korea

Experts say authorities are too focused on crackdowns in tackling Korea's drug problem and failing to adopt a comprehensive approach.

She was the only child in the nursery to have escaped unscathed after former police officer Panya Khamrap killed more than 30 people.

The Malaysian embassies in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar are working with authorities to rescue victims of a job scam that lured them abroad.

Police described the pitch invasion as a riot and said two officers were killed, but survivors accused them of overreacting.

The police also handed over three other suspects in the murder case and six others charged with obstruction of justice.

Police said the 34 year old man shot and stabbed teachers and children at the centre in the town of Uthai Sawan, 500km north-east of Bangkok.

He had admitted to having abused “yaa baa” for a long time and sometimes had “hundreds of pills” in his possession.

The alleged acts were made around National Day on Oct 1, where flags were hung to mark the 73rd anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

Besides offering illegal dentistry services, operators were also believed to have been providing various illegal dentistry courses.

Despite the strengthening of measures, critics say that the court is still far too lenient on perpetrators.