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A |     Most missing adults are found quickly, but gaps in the system can have deadly consequences                   Police search for Jang Mi-ran, a 37-year-old reported missing in May, at a palm farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju Island. Jang was found dead Monday. (Yonhap)The death of Jang Mi-ran after her missing-person case was allegedly closed on false grounds has renewed scrutiny of South Korea’s system for finding missing adults.South Korea tracks missing-person reports involving adults, but ordinary adult cases are not covered by the same legal framework that allows nationwide alerts, certain forms of location tracking and DNA testing for children, people with specified disabilities and people with dementia.More than 70,000 adults were reported missing each year between 2022 and 2025. Most cases were resolved quickly, with 89.4 percent closed within a day last year and 99 percent within a month, according to National Police Agency data.Of the 70,591 adult missing-person cases closed in 2025, 931 involved people who were found dead.Jang’s case has drawn attention to what can happen when a case is closed before a missing person’s safety has been confirmed.A Jeju police officer surnamed Bu is accused of falsely telling Jang’s boyfriend and family that she was safe but did not want to be found. Police have said they found no records showing that Bu contacted her.Bu is accused of making a similar false claim in another missing-person case involving a man in his 60s, who was also later found dead.The cases have revived a long-running debate over whether police need stronger legal authority to search for missing adults, and how far those powers should extend without infringing on privacy.Gaps in adult casesJang’s cousin reportedly went to Seoul’s Nowon Police Station on July 19 to request another search for her, about two months after Bu allegedly told the family that Jang had been contacted and was safe.Nowon officials reportedly questioned whether Jang, as an adult, might simply have left voluntarily.The high rate of quick case closures has raised concern that some adult cases are treated as routine disappearances. Bu handled and closed 298 missing-person cases during roughly 17 months on a missing-person team.Meanwhile, the number of cases ending in death is not insignificant. Between 2016 and 2025, 13,639 missing adults were eventually found dead, an average of about 1,364 a year. Thousands of long-term cases also remain unsolved.                   Police search for Jang Mi-ran, a 37-year-old reported missing in May, at a harbor in Jeju Island. Jang was found dead on Monday. (Yonhap)Police have fewer tools in ordinary adult cases.Nationwide missing-person alerts are generally sent out only for minors, people with certain disabilities and people with dementia. Of the 3,126 people found last year under that system, 696, or 22.3 percent, were located after reports from members of the public who had seen an alert.Police searches and investigations accounted for 39.2 percent of discoveries, according to a report jointly submitted by the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Health and Welfare.Ordinary missing adults generally do not qualify for such alerts.Police have used DNA testing since 2004 to identify missing children and other eligible groups. Ordinary adult cases are not covered by the same DNA collection and comparison framework.The scale of adult disappearances is also larger. About 70,800 adult missing-person reports were filed in 2025, more than twice the roughly 29,600 involving children.Legislative pushSouth Korea enacted the Act on the Protection and Support of Missing Children and Others in 2005, establishing the legal basis for many of the search tools used today. There is no equivalent comprehensive law for ordinary missing adults.Lawmakers have made repeated attempts to fill that gap.A bill proposed in 2024 by Rep. Lim Ho-seon of the Democratic Party of Korea would establish a separate information system for missing adults and give police clearer authority to obtain location and travel information.The proposal remains pending at the National Assembly alongside similar bills.Supporters argue that broader powers could help police act more quickly when an adult is in danger. Opponents warn that the same powers could be used to track people who have deliberately chosen to leave home or cut off contact.Adults generally have the right to decide where they live and whom they remain in contact with, making the issue more complicated than cases involving children or vulnerable people.Police can already obtain location information in some cases involving signs of imminent danger. The unresolved question is whether that authority should be expanded for missing adults more broadly.。    10月29日，省人大常委会党组副书记、副主任，省总工会党组书记、主席陈绿平来抚就工会工作开展调研。市委书记高键陪同调研。         　　在抚顺伊科思新材料有限公司陈绿平认真听取企业简介、生产经营情况、工会工作情况汇报，抚顺伊科思新材料有限公司工会委员会成立于2012年，现有会员220人，曾先后获得“全国工人先锋号”、“全国职工书屋”、“全国安康杯优胜单位”、“全国模范职工小家”等荣誉称号。随后，陈绿平走进企业职工书屋、职工创新工作室、女职工关爱室，详细了解职工生产生活和企业工会工作情况，与基层工会干部面对面交流。他指出，要深入学习贯彻习近平总书记关于工人阶级和工会工作的重要论述、立足工会职责定位，加强思想政治引领，做好关爱职工工作，培养更多适应新质生产力发展需要的高技能人才，为抚顺振兴发展贡献力量。         　　在抚顺石化公司烯烃厂，陈绿平参观职工之家、观摩企业产品展示，观看“不忘初心，产业报国”宣传片。他强调，更好发挥工会组织党联系职工群众的桥梁纽带作用，进一步推进产业工人队伍建设走深走实，坚持以职工为中心，强化职工权益保护，将关心关爱职工落到实处。         　　在市工人文化宫，陈绿平实地查看了新改造的市工人文化宫，详细了解各类职工文化活动开展情况。他要求，要以服务职工为导向，把握工人文化宫“公益性、服务性”属性，积极引进社会力量参与后期运营满足职工群众多元化、个性化需求。各级工会组织要全面深入贯彻落实党的二十届三中全会精神，坚定信心、鼓足干劲、狠抓落实，持续开创基层工会工作新局面。         　　高键表示，抚顺市委将坚持党对工会工作的全面领导，加强思想政治引领，支持工会组织发挥职能作用，深化产业工人队伍建设改革，维护好、发展好、实现好劳动者合法权益，把各行各业劳动群众的劳动热情和创新创造活力激发出来，引导激励广大职工在抚顺全面振兴新突破三年行动中再创佳绩、再立新功。         　　市委副书记、组织部部长呼延广玮，市人大常委会副主任，市总工会党组书记、主席王玉霜，东洲区主要负责人陪同调研。                   责任编辑：刘春阳。

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