South Korea is set to starting issuing notices of legal indictments via SMS in the new year. Prosecutors feel that issuing notices of indictment via SMS would be more effective than via mail given the 75% of country’s population uses a mobile phone.
Reuters reports that Lee Young-pyo, an administrative official said:
“Most people in South Korea have mobile phones and since the notices don’t reach them immediately by regular mail, this is a more definite way for the individuals to know they have received a legal notice.”
Ironically, the SMS notifications will only be sent to people who have first subscribed to the service and will be used to surprise the unwary.
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