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Since y'day the S.K. (bourgeois) media is reporting about Seoul's plan to fingerprint foreign "suspects" from August (K. Times, 4.04) as a regulatory action to intensify 

the pre-G20(summit) state terror...

Here's what today's (reactionary) JoongAng Ilbo has to say:

Foreign travelers to be fingerprinted

 
Korea will install a fingerprint authentication system in major airports and seaports with the aim of keeping dangerous foreigners from entering the country, the Justice Ministry said yesterday.

The announcement comes as Seoul continues its preparations for the G-20 Summit.

“For a safe G-20 Summit, foreigners who are suspected to have criminal backgrounds will need to go through fingerprint identification,” said an official at the Justice Ministry.

The news also comes as the nation is on full alert over foreigner identification following reports last week that two Pakistani men suspected of being members of the Taliban snuck past the port authority in Gunsan, North Jeolla.

The Justice Ministry has submitted a bill to the National Assembly that will make it mandatory for all foreign adults coming into Korea to register their fingerprints with the government...

However, the ministry does not need the Assembly’s approval to install a fingerprint identification system, which links to a National Police Agency database that keeps records on foreigners who have committed crimes in or been deported from Korea...

If the system identifies a foreigner with a dangerous criminal past, he or she will be handed over to the police for further investigation.

The ministry said that the fingerprint authentication system must be installed at key places, including Incheon International Airport, by August in order to have it fully operational by the G-20 Summit in November.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2918769

Related:
☞ G20 security (Korea Herald, 4.05)