SocietySouth Korea to re-examine 310,000 missing person cases after fake record scandal

South Korean police will review about 310,000 missing-person cases closed over the past three years after an officer was arrested on suspicion of falsifying records in two cases whose subjects were later found dead. President Lee Jae Myung ordered an investigation and demanded police reforms. The interior minister apologised, calling the scandal a structural flaw in the handling of missing adults.

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TThe Guardian★★★☆☆2026-08-28 03:06Original