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Now it’s the police versus the government

Despite repeated warnings by the leadership of the National Police Agency (NPA), heads of nearly two hundred police stations across the country gathered at an internal training center in Asan, South Chungcheong, over the weekend to oppose a...

2022.7.25

Now it’s the police versus the government

Yoon Hee-geun — current NPA deputy head and candidate to be the next police chief — must take responsibility for the lead-up to the group action and demonstrate his ability to command the law enforcement agency.

2022.7.24

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Ryu Sam-yeong, chief of the Ulsan Jungbu Police Precinct, responds to reporters' questions following a meeting of police officials at the Police Human Resources Training Institute in Asan, South Chungcheong. [NEWS1]

Powers that be come down hard on dissenting police chiefs

The National Police Agency said Saturday that it would punish people who participated in a weekend conference at which high-ranking police officers declared their opposition to the creation of a police oversight bureau under the Interior Ministry.

2022.7.24

Deputy Police Commissioner General Yoon Hee-geun, who is Interior Minister Lee Sang-min's nominee to fill the top post at the National Police Agency, is approached by reporters outside the agency's headquarters in Seodaemun District, central Seoul on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Interior minister makes his pick to head police agency

Interior Minister Lee Sang-min nominated Yoon Hee-geun, deputy commissioner general of the National Police Agency (NPA), to lead the agency on Tuesday.

2022.7.5

Tag: yoon hee-geun

yoon hee-geun

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Now it’s the police versus the government

Now it’s the police versus the government

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Powers that be come down hard on dissenting police chiefs

Interior minister makes his pick to head police agency