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Two lawmakers indicted for soliciting job favors

Reps. Kweon Seong-dong and Yeom Dong-yeol of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party have been indicted without physical detention on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of business, the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office said.

Investigations | 2018-07-16 16:40

Lonely after wife dies, man, 80, jumps to his death

A “lonely” man, 80, has jumped to his death from an eighth-floor apartment in Seongbuk, northeastern Seoul, Jongam police said. A guard found the body. No suicide note was found at his home.

Investigations | 2018-07-14 10:17

Demolition derby: Joyriding 9, 10-year olds injure one, wreck 15 cars

A girl, 10, crashed her mom's car into 10 other cars in Daejeon, Wednesday, after driving around a parking lot for seven kilometers, according to Daejeon police.

Investigations | 2018-07-14 10:13

Heatstroke kills woman in her 80s

The woman, 85, was found near her house in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday afternoon. A woman living next door found her and called police.

Investigations | 2018-07-13 14:48

Regulator concludes 'intentional' accounting breach by Samsung BioLogics

The financial regulator said Thursday it has concluded that a 2015 accounting breach by Samsung BioLogics Co. was intentional and the biopharmaceutical company clearly violated accounting rules.

Investigations | 2018-07-12 16:58

'Top court maneuvers were in play against liberal lawyers'

The Supreme Court under former chief justice Yang Sung-tae had a detailed plan on how to get an association of liberal lawyers into changing their opposition to the establishment of a de facto Second Supreme Court, members of the group said Thursday.

Investigations | 2018-07-12 16:52

Ex-aides to Park Geun-hye receives prison term

A district court convicted three key aides to former President Park Geun-hye of negligence in managing state coffers, Thursday, in the latest in a slew of corruption trials that followed her removal from office. They were cleared, however, of involvement in delivering “special activity funds” from the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to Park.

Investigations | 2018-07-12 16:51

Korean Air chief's family faces growing accusations

The government is rolling up its sleeves to punish Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and his family in response to the growing outcry not only by the public but also by the airliner's employees.

Investigations | 2018-07-12 16:27

3cm beetle larva found in Haagen-Dazs ice cream

A customer has found a three-centimeter beetle larva in a Haagen-Dazs ice cream. The man took the insect to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) for examination, which concluded it was a beetle larva.

Investigations | 2018-07-12 13:48

Charger sparks fire in Seoul dorm, 449 students flee

Nearly 500 students escaped after fire broke out at a Korea National Sport University dormitory in southern Seoul early Wednesday. According to firefighters, the battery charger of an electric scooter parked in the dorm hallway started the blaze at 1:36 a.m. while 449 students were asleep.

Investigations | 2018-07-12 09:57

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