一 | Most missing adults are found quickly, but gaps in the system can have deadly consequences Police search for Jang Mi-ran, a 37-year-old reported missing in May, at a palm farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju Island. Jang was found dead Monday. (Yonhap)The death of Jang Mi-ran after her missing-person case was allegedly closed on false grounds has renewed scrutiny of South Korea’s system for finding missing adults.South Korea tracks missing-person reports involving adults, but ordinary adult cases are not covered by the same legal framework that allows nationwide alerts, certain forms of location tracking and DNA testing for children, people with specified disabilities and people with dementia.More than 70,000 adults were reported missing each year between 2022 and 2025. Most cases were resolved quickly, with 89.4 percent closed within a day last year and 99 percent within a month, according to National Police Agency data.Of the 70,591 adult missing-person cases closed in 2025, 931 involved people who were found dead.Jang’s case has drawn attention to what can happen when a case is closed before a missing person’s safety has been confirmed.A Jeju police officer surnamed Bu is accused of falsely telling Jang’s boyfriend and family that she was safe but did not want to be found. Police have said they found no records showing that Bu contacted her.Bu is accused of making a similar false claim in another missing-person case involving a man in his 60s, who was also later found dead.The cases have revived a long-running debate over whether police need stronger legal authority to search for missing adults, and how far those powers should extend without infringing on privacy.Gaps in adult casesJang’s cousin reportedly went to Seoul’s Nowon Police Station on July 19 to request another search for her, about two months after Bu allegedly told the family that Jang had been contacted and was safe.Nowon officials reportedly questioned whether Jang, as an adult, might simply have left voluntarily.The high rate of quick case closures has raised concern that some adult cases are treated as routine disappearances. Bu handled and closed 298 missing-person cases during roughly 17 months on a missing-person team.Meanwhile, the number of cases ending in death is not insignificant. Between 2016 and 2025, 13,639 missing adults were eventually found dead, an average of about 1,364 a year. Thousands of long-term cases also remain unsolved. Police search for Jang Mi-ran, a 37-year-old reported missing in May, at a harbor in Jeju Island. Jang was found dead on Monday. (Yonhap)Police have fewer tools in ordinary adult cases.Nationwide missing-person alerts are generally sent out only for minors, people with certain disabilities and people with dementia. Of the 3,126 people found last year under that system, 696, or 22.3 percent, were located after reports from members of the public who had seen an alert.Police searches and investigations accounted for 39.2 percent of discoveries, according to a report jointly submitted by the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Health and Welfare.Ordinary missing adults generally do not qualify for such alerts.Police have used DNA testing since 2004 to identify missing children and other eligible groups. Ordinary adult cases are not covered by the same DNA collection and comparison framework.The scale of adult disappearances is also larger. About 70,800 adult missing-person reports were filed in 2025, more than twice the roughly 29,600 involving children.Legislative pushSouth Korea enacted the Act on the Protection and Support of Missing Children and Others in 2005, establishing the legal basis for many of the search tools used today. There is no equivalent comprehensive law for ordinary missing adults.Lawmakers have made repeated attempts to fill that gap.A bill proposed in 2024 by Rep. Lim Ho-seon of the Democratic Party of Korea would establish a separate information system for missing adults and give police clearer authority to obtain location and travel information.The proposal remains pending at the National Assembly alongside similar bills.Supporters argue that broader powers could help police act more quickly when an adult is in danger. Opponents warn that the same powers could be used to track people who have deliberately chosen to leave home or cut off contact.Adults generally have the right to decide where they live and whom they remain in contact with, making the issue more complicated than cases involving children or vulnerable people.Police can already obtain location information in some cases involving signs of imminent danger. The unresolved question is whether that authority should be expanded for missing adults more broadly.。 8月26日讯 英格兰职业足球运动员协会（PFA）官方宣布，曼联中场B费当选2025-26赛季PFA年度最佳球员。B费接受了HaytersTV的采访。
二 | 记者：你能听出来球迷有多爱戴你，各大主流体育媒体也对你赞誉有加。
三 | 而同行球员投票把你选为年度最佳球员，这带给你怎样的感受？B费：这无疑是无比自豪的时刻。给你投票的，都是每周在球场上和你直接对抗的对手。要给自己场上的对手投票，其实并不容易。能拿到这类奖项，对所有获奖者而言都是值得骄傲的事。毕竟是每周末和你拼抢较量的同行，选择认可了你。对我来说这是非常美好的时刻。上赛季球队整体的表现堪称出色，至于个人层面，我相信还能做得更好。记者：希望如此。就像你所说，不光是个人，团队整体也完成了目标。我们的目标是重返欧冠。
四 | 当然我们很清楚这家俱乐部的追求远不止于此，但结合我们之前的处境来看，上赛季已经是非常成功的一个赛季。现在我们要继续进步，在积分榜上不断向上攀登。这份即将到手的奖项，有多少功劳要归于队友与教练组？B费：功劳可以说是对半分。如果我打的是网球，那所有成绩只取决于我自己和我的教练团队。但足球不一样，我需要所有人的帮助，才能让我展现出自己的能力。上赛季大家经常提起我的助攻数据，但如果队友无法把球送进球门，根本就不会有这些助攻记录。
五 | 所以这份荣誉很大一部分要归功于他们。
六 | 全队每个人都取得了很大进步，本赛季我们的目标就是继续提升。我也希望下一次站在这个领奖台上，能是队内其他队友收获这份认可。记者：那你本赛季会继续刷新自己的数据纪录吗？B费：希望可以。
七 | 刷新纪录就代表着球队、代表队友能收获更多进球，何乐而不为。同时我也希望自己的进球数有所上涨，上赛季我的进球数据，我本人并不满意。记者：你当年的助攻纪录正是在布莱顿一战创下。如今曼联已经正式签下卡洛斯・巴莱巴。外界对他讨论很多，你有多期待和他并肩作战？他能为球队带来什么？B费：他是一名活力十足、身体强壮的球员，可以持球推进，帮助球队向前压迫。他很年轻，潜力十足。俱乐部已经关注他差不多两年时间。无论是俱乐部还是我们球员，都很看好这笔引援，相信球迷会喜欢上他。前一场比赛的结果让人失望，但大家依然对新赛季满怀期待。就像我之前在采访里说的，我们和预期目标还差3分。周日我们将迎来主场关键战，这也是经历漫长夏歇之后，球迷翘首以盼的首个主场比赛。
八 | 我们希望扭转局面，拿下三分。
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