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Crime-misused phone numbers to be blocked within 24 hours in system overhaul

South Korea\'s Central Radio Management Service will cut the time needed to suspend phone numbers used in crimes to within 24 hours from the current 2 to 3 days. It said it will fully overhaul the illegal-use phone number suspension system and begin full operations from Aug. 31. The agency built a system to identify carriers in real time and linked an API with the police task force system to streamline requests.