A middle school student accused of posting a bomb threat at a College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) site reported the threat to the police himself — and was quickly caught.
A man was arrested earlier this month after swinging a knife near a subway station in western Seoul, telling police he did it because he “likes dangerous and provocative pranks.”
A Cheonan, South Chungcheong, police officer is under investigation for prank calling a witness multiple times, leading to disciplinary actions and administrative leave.
A man in his 20s has come under police investigation for allegedly tampering with signage in an elevator at a public bathhouse, causing a woman to mistakenly enter the men’s section where she was exposed to male bathers.
A woman in her 60s has been booked for making 32,000 prank calls to the police over the past year.
A man in his 50s who made a prank call claiming someone had been murdered was handed over to prosecutors without detention, according to police in Asan, South Chungcheong, on Monday.
The 32 year-old woman used a cab-hailing app to request a taxi every 5 to 10 minutes for two hours between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
The "rearview camera prank," in which social media users pop their faces into car cameras to startle drivers, has caused controversy in Korea, prompting Instagram to hide the hashtag.
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