About 75% South Koreans carry cell phones. This prompted the prosecutors to think that it was time to go for a change on how legal notices are being sent. So instead of sending them in paper, they have decided that the best way to send them would be in electronic form.



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. People will receive a text message of a legal notice only after they apply for the service
So as it stands now, Koreans may choose not to be surprised if an indictment against them comes via a text message in the mobile phone that he is carrying. But then do you really think someone who is expecting to get an indictment (a habitual felon for example) would choose to have the service? Maybe yes; that might just give him the opportunity to give the law a slip.



Anyway, with the new initiative prosecutors expect to save about $158,000 annually by shifting to the service and reducing the number of legal notices it sends through the snail mail. This service is slated to be fully implemented next year.



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