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一 |     近日，我省商洛市柞水县、镇安县、商州区遭遇持续强降雨引发的严重洪涝灾害 ，群众生产生活受到极大影响。    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.。陕西省体彩中心紧急部署救灾帮扶工作，8月11日至12日，体彩的物资捐赠车辆奔赴受灾一线，以实际行动践行公益初心，用实实在在的行动诠释国家公益彩票的使命与温度，为灾区群众送去温暖与力量。8月11日，陕西体彩捐赠队连夜赶赴灾情最为严重的柞水县杏坪镇和镇安县大坪镇，为灾区群众送去应急帐篷、棉被、铁锨、雨靴等应急保障用品，以及矿泉水、泡面、大米、面粉、桶装食用油等生活必需品。次日，队伍继续前往商州区受灾严重的杨斜镇郭湾村，完成最后一批赈灾物资的交接，确保爱心覆盖每一处亟需救助的角落。 捐赠现场，受灾群众和当地镇村干部无不感怀于心，纷纷为陕西体彩的快速响应和务实作风点赞。他们表示，这批物资不仅解了燃眉之急，更在艰难时刻传递了社会的温情与力量，为抗洪抢险和后续安置工作注入了坚实底气。

二 | 多年来，陕西体彩始终秉持“来之于民，用之于民”的发行宗旨，将公益触角延伸至急难险重的第一线。此次驰援商洛，既是一次应急救助的高效行动，更是体彩社会责任感的生动映照——从赛场到灾区，从助力全民健身到守护生命安康，陕西体彩始终与三秦儿女风雨同舟，以公益之光照亮困境，以担当之责温暖民心。未来，陕西体彩将继续筑牢责任基石，在服务民生、回馈社会的道路上笃行不怠，为谱写陕西高质量发展新篇章贡献更多体彩力量。

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