Foreigners commit 8 percent of domestic murders

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Foreigners commit one in 10 murders, a rise in the number of serious crimes committed by non-Koreans, according to a report Wednesday.

In a recent case last month, a Korean-Chinese man kidnapped, raped and murdered a woman then chopped the victim’s body into 280 pieces, in Suwon. This incident horrified the nation and even led to incidents of xenophobia.

The number of foreign residents here rose to 1.39 million last year from 1.06 million in 2007.

There are several factors behind the growing numbers of foreign residents. One is the shortage of labor for dirty, difficult and dangers (3D) jobs that has lead to more people from developing nations in Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East, coming here to find work.

Numbers have also risen due to increased inter-racial marriages.

The percentage of serious crimes overall, such as murder, rape, arson and theft, committed by foreigners is 31 percent, with the figure for convicted Koreans at 21 percent. Out of the total number of murder cases in 2011, 1,298, foreigners accounted for 103 cases, or 8 percent.

The multi-cultural, multi-racial communities in which the immigrants live together tend to be exclusive in nature, becoming hideouts for illegal immigrants and criminals.

Guro-gu, Southwestern Seoul, an area heavily populated by foreigners, was been the number one district for crime from 2008 to 2010. Its yearly average is 782 cases, with an average of 2.14 daily cases in the district.

“We are contemplating measures to strengthen a crackdown on areas in which foreign residents are concentrated, such as the Itaewon or Guro,” said a police official.

Experts also stressed that preventative measures need to be taken.

Source: koreatimes

Comments

[ideservestars.livejournal.com]

this is riddled with racism.

[bauci.livejournal.com]

+1

[goldynchickie.livejournal.com]

+2

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

+1

[marisu-dono.livejournal.com]

I hear you!

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

A+

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

Wtf is this blatant racism?

becoming hideouts for illegal immigrants and criminals.

This sentence just takes the cake here. Nicely putting the word immigrant and criminal in the same bag. Nicely done journalists, nicely bloody done.

[pistolkrystle.livejournal.com]

but if you do something illegal isn't is a crime? so wouldn't being in a country illegally make you a criminal?

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

Technically yes, but the line/article is obviously playing it sneaky. Associating what people fear the most: foreigners and crimes. It's always the same story: be weary about who comes from outside our frontiers because they will snatch your wife, kids, job, bread etc. And ultimately they are evil.

I would be glad to say that this is specific to SK but sadly, it is not.

[bauci.livejournal.com]

Isn't it easier to report a foreigner tho? Less backslash from the community.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

wow, this article...

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

What about all the other crimes, the 90% murders, how about crack down there. Kthanxbye.

[yingmoon26.livejournal.com]

ikr

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

your logic is undeniable

[hitsujiga.livejournal.com]

be more accepting of foreigners and half of them don't feel the need to resort to crime.

[anatawawho.livejournal.com]

all the awards go to this comment, tbh.

[hisjulliet.livejournal.com]

How about you talk about the other 90% of criminals that don't get harsher sentences compared to foreigners because they're Korean, "journalist"

[ren-squared.livejournal.com]

ughhh yes I was wondering what it reminded me of.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

you mean daily fail.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

What did I just read?

[dilettantka.livejournal.com]

lol this reminds me of a little booklet I saw for sale at the convenience store in Japan a few years back which was titled something like "Why Do Foreigners Commit So Many Crimes???" (subtext: CLOSE THE GAAAATES!!!)

[sunshine2163.livejournal.com]

yes because we need to concentrate on that 8% and not worry about the other 92% cause those are our people? korea...i just can't with you 92% of the time....maybe it's cause i am a foreigner...smh

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

+1

[nujagurl.livejournal.com]

+1

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

I wonder how much Domestic crime goes unreported. Esp Rape.

[daladoir.livejournal.com]

Daily Mail, that you?

[genie17.livejournal.com]

90% looks bigger than 10%
do something about that will you?

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

There are soooooo many ways this is distorted, I can't even.

[xiahjunsubias.livejournal.com]

All I see in this article is...

1. No more foreign, migrant labor to do the "dirty" work the "locals" don't want to do. In other words, restrict or tighten immigration from developing countries. Reminds me of my state, Arizona and it's anti-immigrant rhetoric. They claim that undocumented immigrants are here to take all the jobs and that's why the unemployment is so low.

2. How dare Koreans marry outside their country...and race? The offsprings are clearly criminals in the making. Sarcasm/

3. The multicultural communities are a hotbed of criminal, illegal activities. Therefore, a case for segregation and/or anti-miscegenation laws must be made. "Preventative measures..." indeed!

[breathless31.livejournal.com]

I hate these kind of articles with misleading statistics. Take into account other factors like economy, treatment of foreigners and lifestyle and maybe then you could actually state something.

also, 280 pieces? that's terrifying :(

[swhyeon1991.livejournal.com]

also, 280 pieces? that's terrifying :(

i am surprised that they actually count it tbh. i'll stop counting after 10th piece

[haymitch.livejournal.com]

and the other 92%? why is this even an article..........

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

lol seriously

[falling-empress.livejournal.com]

...

Korean-Chinese man?

how is that foreign if he's Korean?

wtf is this article.

[elizajet.livejournal.com]

LOL EXACTLY. He's ethnically Korean, but his nationality is Chinese (albeit in China he'd have a different status)....he could totally fly under the radar and nobody would treat him differently.

[nujagurl.livejournal.com]

stop.

[yingmoon26.livejournal.com]

"This incident horrified the nation and even led to incidents of xenophobia."
-.- as if you guys didn't already have xenophobia?

why don't you take a look at the proportion to foreigners committing crimes VS all foreigners, and then koreans committing crimes VS all koreans? if you have 10 foreigners and 9 of them are committing murders, that is an issue that you would address.
and what the heck is the definition of foreigners? immigrated people are foreigners? people who aren't fully Korean? jeez U.S. and Canada have like 99% foreigners committing murders then.

i can't with korea sometimes. smh.

[mentality34.livejournal.com]

"This incident horrified the nation and even led to incidents of xenophobia."
-.- as if you guys didn't already have xenophobia?

Lol forreals. Not to mention this article reeks of it.

[mandyyy.livejournal.com]

That's interesting because in Korea all you have to do is gain the forgiveness of the one you victimized & there won't be charges pressed against you. Way to blame your ineptitude on others Korea. And the reason that girl was kidnapped, raped & murdered was because the police force & dispatchers are grossly under trained. How can you fail to mention that the woman said she was in a house? How ignorant can you be? Then you had the audacity to try to cover it up?!

[elizajet.livejournal.com]

These statistics are SO screwed up >:I

The biggest problem about a skewed statistics like this is that in Korea, many murders or things will not be reported to the police or if the are they will be settled outside the courts.

If you notice, this statistic mentioned isn't the number of murders reported to the police, but instead talks about cases.

Koreans generally might have the option of settling outside of court, and instead doing monetary compensation. Foreigners, for the most part, do not have that option. Therefore, statistically speaking, there are a lot of Korean cases that won't make it to the courts.

PLUS, did anyone else notice that the man who committed the Suwon incident was a KOREAN Chinese man? He was ethnically Korean, yet nationally Chinese. He'd be considered Korean until he opened his mouth, and even then, if he spoke Korean, he'd probably be considered more Korean than foreigner.

Oops, I forgot, with articles like this it's best to leave logic at the door.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

A+ pwnage.

[steelsigns.livejournal.com]

Didn't even read the article but WHAT THE FUCK SMFH
ugh it must suck to be a foreigner in Korea

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

These stats are BS: long term bilingual expats say it is nearly impossible to press charges against a Korean that assaults you in public, even when there are witnesses the cops will take the word of the Korean (usually drunk older male) over the victim and arrest the victim; I've also read numerous first hand accounts of female expats being sexually harassed, stalked, assaulted, raped and none of these stories ever make the news. There is no way in hell such a small non Korean population which is such a visible minority is committing that high a percentage of the crime. This type of article is extremely dangerous and could incite race riots.