S Korean police seek to equip GPS system to cell phone users

In a bid to combat the increasing incidence of kidnapping and other crimes against women and children, the South Korean government is pushing a bill to allow the South Korean police to require all new mobile phones to be equipped with GPS. However there are concerns the measure will infringe on the privacy of mobile users as well as raise the prices of mobile phones. In addition, GPS does not work well indoors, where satellite signals are blocked.

Only about 20% of mobile phones in S. Korea are currently equipped with GPS.

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