![]() ![]() “I really recommend buying a hidden camera detector,” Jennings warned. Thousands protested under the slogan “my life is not your porn”, and police toughened penalties for the peeping tom offence, increasing it to five years in jail or fines of up to 30 million won ($AU33,645). Credit: Seocho District Office via CNN Cameras found by South Korean police hidden inside a hotel wall outlet (left) and hair dryer stand (right).Ĭredit: South Korea National Police Agency Women’s safety sheriffs inspect a toilet, while patrolling restrooms for hidden cameras in Seocho, a district of Seoul in 2018. ![]() The same year, K-POP star Jung Joon-young was sentenced to six years in prison for distributing videos he secretly took while having sex with women. Two men were arrested by South Korean police in 2019 for live-streaming 1,600 motel guests using hidden cameras in 42 rooms around the country. In Seoul, “safety sheriffs” armed with hidden camera detectors were deployed in a months-long 2018 crackdown, instructed to perform daily checks of public bathrooms throughout the city, though it is unclear whether the strategy is still being used. The problem isn’t new, with illegal filming steadily rising in the country since 2011. “This issue extends beyond toilets as well, so we’re talking Airbnbs, hotel rooms - basically anywhere that is a private area, you run the risk of being exposed to hidden cameras.” TikTok creator Jazmyn Jennings has warned travellers about hidden cameras in South Korea, an ongoing problem in the country. “Women do this in South Korea to stop the possibility of a small hidden camera being able to film them, which in a lot of cases is usually broadcasted online for men to watch. “If you go into any single female bathroom - it might be the same for males, I don’t know - you will see every single crevice of that bathroom plugged up with wet toilet paper. ![]() “South Korea has a really huge problem with hidden cameras,” Jennings said. The travel warning has since been viewed on the platform more than 7.3 million times. Officials from Seongbuk Police Station said that the red cellophane paper is cheap but effective enough to detect most hidden cameras available in the market.Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >Īustralian TikTok creator Jazmyn Jennings’ issued the warning in March, discussing what she said was “a huge problem in South Korea that is not discussed enough by foreigners”. The price of the specially-designed red cellophane paper is about 2,000 won (US$1.65). Law enforcement officials said that the simple check cards work in the same way as the sensing of infrared rays. Starting from early this month, the police station launched a three month trial operation installing the simple check cards at about 150 public areas, including Korea University, Kookmin University, Sungshin Women’s University and Hansung University. The red cellophane paper enables the user to find if the flash light of a mobile phone is reflected by the lens of the hidden camera. The simple check card is made of a red cellophane paper measuring a width of 5.4 centimeters and a length of 8.6 centimeters. The Seongbuk Police Station plans to offer these simple check cards at public areas such as toilets, dressing rooms, and shower booths at universities, hospitals, subway stations, and shopping malls over a three-month trial period. ![]() Hidden camera lenses can be detected simply by attaching the simple check card made of red cellophane paper to the rear camera of a cellphone and shining the light in video or flashlight mode onto the areas where hidden cameras are suspected to be hidden. SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) - The Women & Juvenile Affairs Division of the Seongbuk Police Station in Seoul’s Seongbuk Ward held demonstration on Friday to detect illegal cameras hidden in a shower booth at Kookmin University’s Welfare Center by using a simple check card and a mobile phone. The police held demonstration on Jto detect illegal cameras hidden in a shower booth at Kookmin University’s Welfare Center by using a simple check card and a mobile phone. ![]()
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