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South Korea adopted DNA database legislation in 2010.  The law requires the erasure of DNA identification information acquittal, exoneration, or dismissal of public prosecution and destruction of all biological samples once the relevant DNA profiles have been obtained.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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South Korea adopted DNA database legislation in 2010.  The law requires the erasure of DNA identification information acquittal, exoneration, or dismissal of public prosecution and destruction of all biological samples once the relevant DNA profiles have been obtained.  
As of July 2011, about 26,000 offender profiles had been accumulated.
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South Korea has maintained a DNA database of missing children since 2002.
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The legislation sets up two databases. The DIMS (run by the National Forensic Service, NFS) has 3 indexes (arrestee index, crime scene index, and elimination index) and the KODNAD (run by the Supreme Prosecutors Office, SPO) includes the convicted offender index and a crime scene index.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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As of July 2011, about 26,000 offender profiles had been accumulated. By 2014, there were 77,245 convicted offender profiles
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In DIS there were a total 119,310 DNA profiles in 2014: 77,819 from crime scenes, 77, 567 from arrested persons and 3,941 for elimination (3,647 police plus 277 DNA staff). About 1,000-1,500 crime scene profiles are collected a month and about 500-1,000 arrestees.
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According to Interpol, 23,683 missing person DNA profiles are held in South Korea in 2011.
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South Korea has also maintained a DNA database of missing children since 2002.
  
 
== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==
 
* External links
 
* External links
**[http://act.jinbo.net/drupal/node/7631 Joint statement: The authorities' conducts to take DNA samples from those Yongsan displaced persons and SSangyong workers and to establish and use a database containing said samples are constituted the serious violation of the constitutionally protected human rights (9th July 2013)]
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**[https://guidebook.com/guide/25839/poi/2259928/ Park et al. (2014)THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE KOREA FORENSIC DNA DATABASE. Presented at the World Forensic Fair, Seoul (abstract)]
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**[https://guidebook.com/guide/25839/poi/2259926/ THE STATUS AND MANAGEMENT FLOW OF KOREAN CONVICTED OFFENDER DNA DATABASE. Presented at the World Forensic Fair, Seoul (abstract)]
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**[http://act.jinbo.net/drupal/node/7631 Jinbonet Joint statement: The authorities' conducts to take DNA samples from those Yongsan displaced persons and SSangyong workers and to establish and use a database containing said samples are constituted the serious violation of the constitutionally protected human rights (9th July 2013)]
 
**[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23683293 Sim et al. (2013) High-throughput STR analysis for DNA database using direct PCR]
 
**[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23683293 Sim et al. (2013) High-throughput STR analysis for DNA database using direct PCR]
 
**[http://www.promega.com/~/media/files/resources/conference%20proceedings/ishi%2023/oral%20presentations/22-choung.pdf?la=en Choung et al.(2012) Introduction of the Korean DNA Identification in National Forensic Services]
 
**[http://www.promega.com/~/media/files/resources/conference%20proceedings/ishi%2023/oral%20presentations/22-choung.pdf?la=en Choung et al.(2012) Introduction of the Korean DNA Identification in National Forensic Services]
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**[https://www.privacyinternational.org/reports/south-korea/ii-surveillance-policy Privacy International Report: South Korea: Chapter: II. Surveillance policy]
 
**[https://www.privacyinternational.org/reports/south-korea/ii-surveillance-policy Privacy International Report: South Korea: Chapter: II. Surveillance policy]
 
**[http://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/Korea_law_2010.pdf Statutes of the Republic of Korea ACT ON USE AND PROTECTION OF DNA IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION Act No.9944,Jan.25,2010 Amended by Act No.10258,Apr.15,2010]
 
**[http://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/Korea_law_2010.pdf Statutes of the Republic of Korea ACT ON USE AND PROTECTION OF DNA IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION Act No.9944,Jan.25,2010 Amended by Act No.10258,Apr.15,2010]
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**[http://act.jinbo.net/drupal/node/5813 Jinbonet Statement: Government DNA Database Project Lacks Legal Guidelines: Human Rights Organizations Raise Concerns (20th April 2004)]
  
 
* Press articles
 
* Press articles
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**[http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korean-adoptees-turn-to-dna-tests-to-find-birth-kin The Straits Times: South Korea adoptees turn to DNA tests to find birth kin (29th August 2016)]
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**[http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lack-of-complete-dna-database-the-biggest-hurdle The Straits Times: Lack of complete DNA database the biggest hurdle (29th August 2016)]
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**[http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/08/116_212750.html The Korea Times: DNA database last hope for separated families of Korean War (25th August 2016)]
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**[http://www.koreatimesus.com/mixed-race-adoptees-seek-to-reunite-families-through-dna-bank/ The Korea Times: Mixed-race adoptees seek to reunite families through DNA bank (7th April 2016)]
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**[http://www.stripes.com/news/korean-red-cross-stepping-up-dna-testing-for-possible-family-reunions-1.356863 Stars and Stripes: Korean Red Cross stepping up DNA testing for possible family reunions (8th July 2015)]
 
**[http://www.stripes.com/news/south-korea-builds-dna-database-to-find-relatives-in-north-after-unification-1.306394 Stars and Stripes: South Korea builds DNA database to find relatives in North after unification (3rd October 2014)]
 
**[http://www.stripes.com/news/south-korea-builds-dna-database-to-find-relatives-in-north-after-unification-1.306394 Stars and Stripes: South Korea builds DNA database to find relatives in North after unification (3rd October 2014)]
 
** [http://www.forensictalk.ca/Community/showthread.php?10474-South-Korean-Prosecutors-Police-to-Share-Criminal-DNA-Database South Korean Prosecutors, Police to Share DNA Database (13th Sept 2012)]<br/>  
 
** [http://www.forensictalk.ca/Community/showthread.php?10474-South-Korean-Prosecutors-Police-to-Share-Criminal-DNA-Database South Korean Prosecutors, Police to Share DNA Database (13th Sept 2012)]<br/>  

Latest revision as of 13:05, 14 September 2016

South Korea adopted DNA database legislation in 2010. The law requires the erasure of DNA identification information acquittal, exoneration, or dismissal of public prosecution and destruction of all biological samples once the relevant DNA profiles have been obtained.

The legislation sets up two databases. The DIMS (run by the National Forensic Service, NFS) has 3 indexes (arrestee index, crime scene index, and elimination index) and the KODNAD (run by the Supreme Prosecutors Office, SPO) includes the convicted offender index and a crime scene index. As of July 2011, about 26,000 offender profiles had been accumulated. By 2014, there were 77,245 convicted offender profiles In DIS there were a total 119,310 DNA profiles in 2014: 77,819 from crime scenes, 77, 567 from arrested persons and 3,941 for elimination (3,647 police plus 277 DNA staff). About 1,000-1,500 crime scene profiles are collected a month and about 500-1,000 arrestees.

According to Interpol, 23,683 missing person DNA profiles are held in South Korea in 2011.

South Korea has also maintained a DNA database of missing children since 2002.

Resources

Detailed analysis

Act on the Use and Protection of DNA Identification Information, Act No. 9944 of Jan. 25, 2010; Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Use and Protection of DNA Identification Information, Presidential Decree No. 22341 of Aug. 13, 2010.