PM calls for tighter crackdowns on illegal drugs

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok called Friday for tightening crackdowns on illegal drugs, saying criminal activities involving their smuggling and abuse are threatening people's safety and everyday lives. Kim issued the call during a government meeting on responding to drug offenses, citing statistics that 62 percent of the 23,000 drug offenders arrested last year were people in their 30s or younger. In some cases, he said, young people ended up as criminals after they took part in drug smuggling th

By The Korea Herald