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3 missing after fishing boat capsizes off Pohang

Three people are missing after a fishing boat capsized off South Korea's southeastern coast Saturday, according to the the Coast Guard said.

Investigations | 2019-01-12 14:19

Nurse's suicide note: 'Don't even offer me your condolences'

A Seoul Medical Center nurse committed suicide last Saturday at her home after allegedly being bullied at work. The cause of her death was a drug overdose.

Investigations | 2019-01-11 17:30

Ex-Supreme Court chief grilled over judiciary power abuse

For the first time in the nation's history, a former Supreme Court chief justice was summoned for questioning by prosecutors Friday, bringing the seven-month-long investigation into the massive judiciary power abuse scandal into its final stretch. Yang Sung-tae, 70, faces 40 different charges of abuse of power during his time as chief justice from 2011 to 2017.

Investigations | 2019-01-11 17:08

3 die, 2 missing after fishing boat capsizes

Three people died and two others are missing after a fishing boat capsized in waters off South Gyeongsang Province, following a collision with a cargo vessel on Friday morning, according to Tongyeong Coast Guard.

Investigations | 2019-01-11 16:59

Yecheon councilor questioned over tour guide assault

Police questioned Park Jong-cheol, a member of the Yecheon County Council in North Gyeongsang Province, Friday, over his alleged assault of a tour guide during the councilors' “business trip” to Canada last year.

Investigations | 2019-01-11 16:32

3 dead, 2 missing after fishing boat capsizes off southern coast

A fishing boat carrying 14 people overturned off the country's southern coast Friday, leaving one person dead, two missing and two others unconscious, authorities said.

Investigations | 2019-01-11 11:03

Ex-Supreme Court chief, a criminal suspect, apologizes over power abuse scandal

"I have but myself to blame for all of this. Responsibility rests with me," he told reporters. "I am also deeply sorry to the public for causing concern for the things that happened under my term." But he rejected the mounting claims that the judiciary was involved in the alleged interference of trials, stressing "the majority of court officials are devoted to serving the pub...

Investigations | 2019-01-11 09:57

Ex-Woori Bank CEO sentenced to 1.5 years over recruitment scandal

A Seoul court sentenced Lee Kwang-goo, former CEO of Woori Bank, to 18 months in jail for his involvement in a massive hiring scandal, Thursday. The Seoul Northern District Court found him guilty of helping 37 job applicants - children of the bank's VIP customers and high-ranking government officials - get a free pass through one or more stages in the bank's recruitment proce...

Investigations | 2019-01-10 15:16

Drunken students bash Russian-Koreans

Police booked three drunken high school students for allegedly bashing two Russian-Koreans in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, on Jan. 1, according to JTBC Tuesday.

Investigations | 2019-01-10 15:06

Cabbie in apparent self-immolation protest dies

A cabbie presumed to have set himself and his taxi on fire in another apparent suicide protest over a planned commercial ride-sharing service, died in hospital early Thursday, police said.

Investigations | 2019-01-10 14:06

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