Women account for 37.8% of new police recruits in first quota-free hiring round

Women accounted for 37.8 percent of successful applicants in this year’s police recruitment exam, nearly doubling their share of around 20 percent under the previous gender quota system, the Korean National Police Agency said Tuesday.

Of 29,972 applicants, 2,941 passed the exam, including 1,829 men (62.2 percent) and 1,112 women (37.8 percent), according to the agency.

Police officials attributed the increase in female recruits to the removal of gender-specific hiring limits.

It was the first re ...