Youth, driven by social anger, make up half of arrests for public threats in South Korea


The most common motive cited is anger or resentment towards society. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): A wave of bomb threats and mass violence hoaxes in South Korea is being driven not by extremists or organised groups, but by young adults acting out of frustration with society, according to data released on Sept 29.

Half of the suspects arrested under South Korea’s new public intimidation law in the past several months are in their 20s and 30s, according to police and justice ministry data obtained by Representative Song Seok-jun.

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