Delivery worker who found a wallet containing 6 million won rushes to the place, leaving everything else behind

Immediately Delivered Wallet to Police Station Upon Finding
Earlier, Hadang High School Girl's Story Also Became a Hot Topic Online

Last month in Hadong, Gyeongnam, a man who dropped a bundle of cash while riding a bicycle was able to safely recover the money thanks to a high school girl's report. Now, another story has gained attention about a delivery worker who returned a wallet containing 6 million won in cash to its owner. On the 8th, a wallet containing 6 million won in cash, nine bankbooks, and cards was reported to the Mapo Police Station in Seoul.

Delivery worker Lee Mo found a wallet containing a bundle of 50,000 won bills.
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On the 16th, JTBC reported on a man in his 30s, delivery worker Lee Mo, who returned the wallet with the cash intact to the police. On the night of the 7th, Lee found the wallet lying on the ground near Gongdeok Station in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the way over the Malli-dong hill. Lee was surprised when he looked inside the wallet because it contained bundles of 50,000 won bills. Although it was a situation where he could have been tempted, Lee stopped his delivery work and handed the wallet directly to the police station. The wallet was claimed by its owner just two hours after being registered as lost property. Lee said, "Whoever found it would have naturally returned it," and added, "I believe good things will come back to me later."

Netizens who heard the story responded with comments such as "This is Korea after all," "South Korea is still a country worth living in," "This is really rare to see overseas," and "Korea's public safety is truly amazing." Earlier last month, a man who dropped a bundle of cash while riding a bicycle in Hadong, Gyeongnam, was safely reunited with his money thanks to a high school girl's report, a story that later became a hot topic online.

In May last year, a Chinese female tourist lost a bag containing 5 million won in cash in Korea, but a citizen who found it brought the bag to the police, allowing her to recover it. In April last year, Russian tourists lost a wallet containing 3 million won but were able to retrieve it safely. In 2021, Laura Bicker, a BBC correspondent in Korea, announced on her Twitter that she had recovered her lost wallet, writing, "Because this is Korea," which also became a topic of interest.

Last Year’s Most Lost Item in Seoul Subway: 'Wallet'

The story of returning a wallet filled with cash has become a hot topic online, and it has been revealed that wallets were the most commonly lost items by citizens in the Seoul subway last year.
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As the story of returning a wallet containing a bundle of cash gains attention online, it has been revealed that the most lost item by citizens in the Seoul subway last year was the wallet. According to data released by Seoul Metro on February 10, last year, 127,387 lost items were reported in the subway, a 25% increase from 101,618 in 2021. Among the lost items, wallets were the most frequently lost in the subway last year, accounting for 31,228 cases, or 24.5% of all lost items. This was followed by mobile phones (16.5%), clothing (14.4%), and bags (14.2%).

Of the lost items last year, 63%, or 80,191 cases, were returned directly to their owners. 29,618 cases (23%) were transferred to the police, and 17,578 cases (14%) are still being held while waiting for their owners. The item with the highest return rate to owners was mobile phones at 94.1%. Bags (78.9%) and wallets (78.2%) also had high return rates. On the other hand, only about 10% of clothing items, 1,833 out of 18,333 cases, were reclaimed. If you lose something in the subway, it is most important to check the location and time of loss. Accurately identifying the train disembarkation time and direction, as well as the boarding and alighting locations before reporting the lost item, greatly helps in finding the lost property.