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Police to bolster security following US envoy residence break-in

By Yonhap

Published : Oct. 23, 2019 - 20:13

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South Korean police on Wednesday announced measures to step up security at foreign ambassador residences here following a break-in of the US ambassador's home.

The move by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency includes providing clubs and capsaicin sprays to officers guarding embassies and ambassador residences.

The police also affirmed that officers have been given orders to swiftly arrest people attempting to break into diplomatic compounds regardless of their sex.


Police officers guard the exterior of the U.S. ambassador`s residence in central Seoul on Sunday. (Yonhap) Police officers guard the exterior of the U.S. ambassador`s residence in central Seoul on Sunday. (Yonhap)

Regarding the US ambassador residence, the police said they plan to install additional security systems, like cameras, to prevent future incidents.

The move comes after seventeen members of a progressive college student group used ladders to climb over the walls to break into US Ambassador Harry Harris' residence in central Seoul.

Four of the students are in custody.

The students were protesting Washington's call for Seoul to sharply increase its share of the cost for keeping the 28,500-strong US troops in South Korea.

The residence was vacant when the students broke in, with the top diplomat and his wife attending a reception hosted by President Moon Jae-in at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap)

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