Police interpretation gaps leave foreigners lost in translation
Growing demand for police interpretation services in Korea is exposing gaps in multilingual support, from emergency calls to arrests and questioning. Foreign-language calls to the 112 emergency hotline reached 21,252 in 2025, more than double the 10,348 recorded in 2024, according to police data provided to Rep. Park Ju-min of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea. Another 21,012 calls were received in the first eight months of this year, nearly matching the total for all of 2025. The 112 centers
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same story about gaps in police interpretation services for foreigners in South Korea, and nothing in it contradicts Report 1.
1d agoAlso reported by straitstimes.com (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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