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20-Year-Old Who Posted 'Shinsegae Department Store Bombing' Threat Ordered to Pay 10 Million Won in Damages for Waste of Police Resources

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Chae-rin = A man in his 20s who caused a waste of police resources by posting online that he would "bomb Shinsegae Department Store" has caused approximately 12.56 million won in public security administrative costs...

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A man in his 20s who posted a threat to "bomb Shinsegae Department Store" has been ordered to pay the full 12.56 million won in costs incurred due to the waste of police resources. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on the 2nd, the 18th Civil Division of the Seoul Central District Court ruled on the 28th of last month in a damages lawsuit filed by the agency against Mr. G, a man in his 20s who posted the threatening message, regar…

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Chae-rin = A man in his 20s who caused a waste of police resources by posting online that he would "bomb Shinsegae Department Store" has caused approximately 12.56 million won in public security administrative costs...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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A man in his 20s who caused a large-scale police deployment by posting a false message online threatening to bomb Shinsegae Department Store has been ordered to pay approximately 12.56 million won in public security administrative costs. This marks the first case in which liability for full compensation for public security expenses incurred due to threatening online posts has been recognized. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced on th…

A man in his 20s who caused police to be deployed by posting a false threat to bomb a department store has been ordered to pay approximately 12 million won in damages.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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