Cultural Post #2

[Sarah Kwon]

When talking about crime, Korea is famous for its practice of "crime re-creation". Citizens who are suspected of crimes, like murder, are led to to the crime scene by police. They are handcuffed while they do this and are told to reenact the crime scene step by step. Crime scene reenactments are intended to get a clear record of what just took place during the crime but can often times make the suspect look even more guilty. To make things even more bizarre, journalists and media crews are invited to the reenactment to take pictures and report on what they saw to the public. This has caused some trouble in Korea in the past where citizens would get so enraged during the reenactment that they would cause a scene and try to hurt the suspect.