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DizzyDoo | 2 years ago

About the trash police - is there anything stopping a neighbour planting plastic in the garbage and then calling the authorities? Or just saying that the plastic isn't theirs, and perhaps the neighbour planted it? It just seems hard to prove either way.

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laborcontract|2 years ago

Not really. Korea is still a high-trust society with hints of distrust and snitchy-ness.

It's really ironic. Most windows of low-rise Korean homes/"villas" have iron bars over them. Most homes have spiked fences. Trash police have many terrified of neighbors. There are cameras (Police cameras + always-on dash cameras) literally everywhere. None of these are hallmarks of high trust. And yet, I could leave a wallet in a mcdonalds and it'd still be there after 8 hours.

petre|2 years ago

Yes, video surveillance on your garbage. I'm not joking. CCTVs, dash cams are everywhere in Korea. Even public toilet mounted hidden cameras (by pervs or blackmailers) are a thing.