A war against crime 범죄와의 전쟁

 

'A war against crime' movie, 2011

 

 

 

 

Korea has become one of the world's most advanced countries in half a century since the Korean War.

 

 

Koreans tend to be criticized for having a quicker personality than other countries.

 

Is it because Koreans themselves are impatient compared to other countries?

No other country has risen from the poorest to the most advanced in the world in half a century.

 

 

A scene from the movie'War on Crime', he is handing over a bribe.

 

There are side effects to this rapid growth: corruption.

 

 

 

 

A scene from the movie'War on Crime'. This is a scene where gangsters have a conversation for a bigger business.

 

Korea was also not a completely clean country once.

 

 

 

President Park Jeong-hee. He captured the regime through a military coup.

 

After the Korean War, a chaotic society eventually led to military dictatorship, which led to all kinds of irregularities.

 

 

1975 The case of the Savoy Hotel in Korea - This is a case of war between Gagster to increase the size of the organization.

 

Also, there is always a criminal organization in this chaotic society.

 

 

 

 

If military dictatorship was eliminated by the people, the criminal organization in Korea was eliminated by the state.

 

 

 

Roh Tae-woo (1932 ~) 13th President of the Republic of Korea The first president of civilian government after military politics. He is also famous as a president who declared war on crime.

 

Personally, one of the biggest issues in Korea's modern and contemporary is President Roh Tae-woo's war on crime.

 

 

1988 Olympic

 

Korea's rapid growth can be attributed to the 1988 Olympics.

 

 

 

'A war against crime' movie, 2011

 

At this time, corruption was serious in Korea, there were drugs, prostitution, violence, and gambling by criminal organizations.

 

 

 

President Roh Tae-woo declares war on crime

 

The war on crime was declared on television on October 13 by President Roh Tae-woo in 1990 to restore public security.

 

 

 

The war against crime was to wipe out all criminal organizations in South Korea, and at that time, prosecutors and police arrested them unconditionally. As of 1992, about 16,000 police officers were added, and decadence and pervert operations were specially cracked down.

 

 

 

 

Thanks to these policies, Korea is now considered the safest country in the world.

 

 

Left is Triad(三合会) in china, Right is Yakuza in Japan

 

There is a triad(三合会) in China, there is a Yakuza in Japan,

 

 

 

Korean gangsters. Many are arrested now and it is hard to find.

 

but there is no large criminal organization in Korea.

 

 

 

Of course, gangster isn't completely absent, but Korea has a personal crime now, but no organized crime.

 

 

 

 

 

When you come to Korea, you don't have to be scared of at least gangsters.