Man jailed for crank call to authorities, just 2 weeks after serving time for another false report

A man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for filing a false report to rescue officials -- just two weeks after he was released from prison for another crank call to authorities. Changwon District Court in South Gyeongsang Province said on Sunday it had found the defendant in his 50s guilty of obstruction of performance of official duties by fraudulent means, under Article 137 of the Criminal Act. The defendant called rescue authorities on Oct. 11, 2025, reporting that "an old woman appear

By The Korea Herald