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South Korea uses AI to prevent suicides, track crime on Seoul’s Han River bridges

South China Morning Post · · 241 words · By The Korea Times
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3353790/ai-helps-south-korea-st…

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“AI helps South Korea stop 99% of suicide attempts on Han River bridges in Seoul”
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While web search results confirm that Seoul is using AI-based CCTV to prevent suicides on Han River bridges, the specific '99%' figure is not corroborated by the provided evidence. One source mentions a survival rate of 96.63%, which contradicts the 99% claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Mapo Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the Mapo District and the Yeongdeungpo District in the city of Seoul. Seoul Subway Line 5 also passes directly underneath the bridge t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapo_Bridge
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web search NEUTRAL — The Seoul city government is turning to AI to help prevent people from taking their own lives on bridges across the Han River. There’s hope the system will help reduce the country’s high suicide rate.
https://world.seoul.go.kr/seoul-using-ai-based-cctv-to-preve…
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web search NEUTRAL — There are 28 bridges crossing the Han River. Before the AI system, there have been other efforts to prevent suicides from the bridges, such as safety fences equipped with laser detection sensors.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20211216/seo…
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“AI sounds an alarm if it identifies a person staying for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s ‘loitering zones’”
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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant; they discuss US Air Force drones and Home Assistant software, not the Seoul bridge AI system.
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web search NEUTRAL — When a person is in a loitering zone, the review item will remain active until the person leaves the loitering zone, regardless of if they are stationary.Restricting zones to specific objects. Zone Lo…
https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/zones/
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. air force has around 300 Reaper drones alone. The deployment of armed drones to conduct targeted killings outside formal war zones has been highly contentious. But AI drone development is add…
https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_possible-first-use-ai-armed…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Alarm armed night trigger fires after an alarm control panel entityAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to contr…
https://www.home-assistant.io/triggers/alarm_control_panel.a…
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“Established in 2021, the centre uses AI for comprehensive emergency response, monitoring 900 CCTV cameras across 17 of the 21 pedestrian-accessible Han River bridges.”
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One specific web search result directly confirms the establishment of the center in 2021, the use of AI, and the monitoring of 900 cameras across 17 of 21 bridges. No other independent source in the provided evidence corroborates these specific numbers.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Hangang Bridge crosses the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. It connects the districts of Yongsan to the north and Dongjak to the south, and crosses over the artificial island of Nodeulseom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangang_Bridge
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web search NEUTRAL — Established in 2021, the center uses artificial intelligence (AI) for comprehensive emergency response, monitoring 900 CCTV cameras across 17 of Seoul's 21 pedestrian-accessible Han River bridges.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/
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web search NEUTRAL — The footbridge was the first bridge that allowed people to walk across Hangang River. The middle ridge, or artificial island, that stood at the center of the river, supporting the bridge during the pr…
https://world.seoul.go.kr/pedestrian-bridge-at-hangangdaegyo…
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“suicide attempts on Han River bridges have surpassed 1,000 for four consecutive years since 2022”
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The provided evidence includes general suicide statistics and a bridge in Vietnam, but contains no data regarding the number of attempts on Han River bridges since 2022.
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web search NEUTRAL — Suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death worldwide,[3][6] accounting for about 1.5% of deaths.[8] In a given year, this is roughly 12 per 100,000 people.[6] Though suicides resulted in 828,000 death…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide
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web search NEUTRAL — Suicide affects all nations and is influenced by factors like mental disorders, depression rates, and overall life satisfaction. In 2019, Lesotho had the highest suicide rate at 72.4 per 100k, followe…
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Han River Bridge not only facilitates transportation and economic development but also highlights the culture and tourism potential of the city. Coming to the first swing bridge in Vietnam, you can bo…
https://vietnam-shoreexcursions.com/han-river-bridge.html
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“reaching 1,270 dispatch calls last year alone”
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No evidence provided mentions '1,270 dispatch calls'. One source mentions 'around 486 suicide attempts' annually, which does not match the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Mapo Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the Mapo District and the Yeongdeungpo District in the city of Seoul. Seoul Subway Line 5 also passes directly underneath the bridge t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapo_Bridge
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web search NEUTRAL — Every year, around 486 suicide attempts are reported on bridges over the Han River. Currently, Seoul saves 96.63% of those who attempt to jump off the bridge.
https://world.seoul.go.kr/seoul-stops-suicides-from-han-rive…
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web search NEUTRAL — There are 28 bridges crossing the Han River.Ko In-seok, head of the SIT, said, “The system is an example of cooperation between the city government and the research institute to minimize human casualt…
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20211216/seo…
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“Of those, 10 resulted in deaths”
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There is no evidence in the provided results regarding the specific number of deaths (10) resulting from the aforementioned dispatch calls.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Mapo Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the Mapo District and the Yeongdeungpo District in the city of Seoul. Seoul Subway Line 5 also passes directly underneath the bridge t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapo_Bridge
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web search NEUTRAL — Suicide attempts on Han River bridges rose by 30 percent from 83 in 2009 to 108 last year, the National Police Agency said in a report submitted to Rep.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20110308/suicide-att…
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web search NEUTRAL — Suicide deaths, plans, and attempts in the United States. View Larger. Infographic with suicide statistics.1 death every 11 minutes. Many adults think about suicide or attempt suicide. 12.8 million se…
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/data.html
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