"Danggeun Cleaning Job" ... Man in His 30s Enters Woman's Home With Weapon

Entered Woman's Home Posing as a Cleaning Worker
Fled When Victim Resisted... Apprehended After Six Hours

A man in his 30s was apprehended by police after entering a woman's home under the pretense of doing cleaning work, which he had arranged through the used goods trading platform Danggeun, and then threatening her with a weapon.

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On June 24, the Namyangju South Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced that they had detained and were questioning a man in his 30s, identified as Mr. A.

Mr. A is suspected of threatening a woman, identified as Ms. B, with a weapon inside her apartment in Namyangju City at around 12 p.m. on the same day.

According to the police investigation, Mr. A approached the victim by offering to do cleaning work through the Danggeun application and then entered her residence.

During the incident, Mr. A reportedly fled the scene when Ms. B resisted. He was arrested in Seoul approximately six hours after the police began their search.

The victim was confirmed to have not suffered significant injuries. There were also no reported losses of cash, valuables, or other property.

The police plan to investigate in detail whether Mr. A's actions were solely for intimidation, or if he had planned other violent crimes such as robbery or sexual assault.

Repeated Crimes on Used Goods Trading Platforms "Concerns Over Personal Information Exposure and Criminal Abuse"

There have been repeated cases of perpetrators approaching victims through used goods trading platforms and committing crimes.

In 2019, a murder occurred when a man killed a woman he had met on a used furniture trading site under the pretense of buying furniture, and in 2024, a man in his 70s was fined in a first trial for unlawfully entering the home of a trading counterpart because he could not reach them.

Concerns have been continuously raised that used goods trading platforms such as Danggeun may expose users' personal information, including their residence, which could be exploited for criminal purposes. According to Kim Byungki, a member of the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee in 2024, the number of investigative requests related to Danggeun increased nearly sevenfold in three years, from 687 cases in 2020 to 2,255 in 2021 and 4,711 in 2023.

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