``19 Koreans were murdered abroad this year''...Victims soar as overseas travel resumes = South Korea

It has been revealed that in the first half of this year (January to June), 19 Korean victims were murdered overseas, already exceeding the total number of victims last year (17).
Democratic Party (opposition) member Park Hong-geun, who is a member of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Unification Committee, submitted a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 24th.
According to the data, a total of 7,294 nationals living abroad suffered from loss of property, theft, traffic accidents, etc. overseas.
There were 44 victims in the same period compared to 5,050 victims in the first half of last year.
Increased by .4% (2244 people). The number of victims of incidents and accidents involving overseas nationals has increased from 13,235 in 2018 and 16,335 in 2019 to 9,113 in 2020 and 2021 after the coronavirus situation.
The number decreased significantly to 6,498 in 2019. after that. Last year, when overseas travel began again, there was a significant increase to 11,323 people. As domestic and international exchanges have gotten into full swing, the overall number of victims this year has increased.
It is expected that this will increase significantly from the previous year. Looking at the victims in the first half of this year by type, loss was the most common at 2,478. Theft (1220 people), fraud (446 people), traffic accidents (3 people)
(45 people), assault/injury (277 people), missing (207 people), and dangerous accidents (92 people). In the case of violent crimes, 64 people were robbed and 38 people were abducted and imprisoned.
Looking at the countries affected, Vietnam had the highest number of victims among the Asia-Pacific countries at 633, followed by China with 581 and the Philippines with 523.
In the Americas, there were 589 victims in the United States, 181 in Central and South America, and 143 in Canada. In Europe, a total of 2,414 people were reported to have been affected.
Rep. Park said, ``The number of overseas tourists is expected to increase sharply over the several-day Chuseok (mid-autumn celebration, Korean Obon holiday) holiday, and we need to be especially careful about public safety.We are working hard to ensure that no one suffers harm overseas. Department
The National Police Agency must hold discussions and further improve the professionalism of consular support."