WHERE DO KOREANS ON THE RUN GO FOR COVER–CHINA, US AND THEN THE PHILLIPINES–AS CRIME AGAINST KOREAN RISE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC COUNTRY OF THE PHILLIPINES AS MORE KOREAN TOURIST COME TO VISIT 1.17 MILLION THUS FAR IN 2014–IT SEEMS KOREAN ON KOREAN CRIME HAS ALSO RISEN

The Foreign Ministry attributes the rise in the Philippines to more Koreans traveling to the country. Koreans accounted for the biggest group of tourists visiting the country since 2007. In 2011, 830,000 Koreans visited the Philippines, or 24 percent of all tourists. That compares to 560,000 Americans, 340,000 Japanese and 220,000 Chinese
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Until the end of August this year, 1.17 million Koreans had already visited the Philippines.
As of the end of 2013, there were around 100,000 Koreans living in the Philippines, including 30,000 students.
But the statistics do not mean that Koreans are being singled out. Per-capita murder statistics from 2009 to 2012 show that Koreans ranked third among foreign murder victims behind Americans and Japanese.
But plenty of crimes against Koreans in the Philippines are committed by other Koreans. One Korean expat said it seems many of the murders target Koreans with criminal records.

"Koreans can enter the Philippines without a visa and firearms are also readily available here with lots of places to hide,” the expat added.
According to the Justice Ministry, China is the most favored destinations for Korean criminals on the lam (707 criminals), followed by the U.S. (584) and the Philippines (283).

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