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Thu, January 30, 2020 | 00:56

Prosecution raids presidential office in election-meddling probe

Prosecution raids presidential office in election-meddling probe

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said it launched a raid on a Cheong Wa Dae unit that covers policies on supporting provincial governments in relation to election-meddling allegations in the industrial city 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The raid apparently aimed at securing evidence on whether presidential officials conspired to help Ulsan Mayor Song Cheol-h...

2020-01-10 14:21

W10 million: Korean court orders Japan's Mitsubishi to compensate forced labor victim

W10 million: Korean court orders Japan's Mitsubishi to compensate forced labor victim

The Seoul Central District Court ordered Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay 10 million won ($8,610) to a South Korean man surnamed Kim to compensate for his forced labor during Japan's brutal colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

2020-01-09 14:55

Judge under fire for running in general election

Judge under fire for running in general election

Lee Soo-jin, a former district court judge, resigned from her post Monday to run in the upcoming general election, a move that has drawn criticism for “damaging the integrity” of judges.

Kim Se-jeong | 2020-01-06 17:15

Prosecutors raid Ulsan gov't office amid election-meddling scandal

Prosecutors raided the Ulsan government office on Saturday amid rising allegations that the city's vice mayor colluded with the presidential office to help the president's close friend in the 2018 mayoral election.

2020-01-04 14:41

Controversy rises over Cho Kuk's help in son's exam

Controversy rises over Cho Kuk's help in son's exam

Criticism is rising over former Justice Minister Cho Kuk's alleged helping of his son in online school exams at a U.S. university. The row has intensified after Rhyu Si-min, head of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation and a liberal pundit, defended Cho by saying it was pathetic for the prosecution to indict Cho for “just letting the son know what he didn't know” in the “open-book tes...

Kim Jae-heun | 2020-01-02 17:13

Wanted: Police reveal list of 20 high-risk fugitives

Wanted: Police reveal list of 20 high-risk fugitives

A wanted list including alleged murderers, rapists and robbers in Korea has been revealed. On the first day of 2020, Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency issued a list of 20 high-risk fugitives, including Cho Kyu-seok, 60, a murder suspect.

Jung Min-ho | 2020-01-02 13:47

Online sex crimes still thriving despite gov't efforts

Online sex crimes still thriving despite gov't efforts

Government efforts to fight sex crimes on the internet have fallen way short of expectations. Voyeur videos are rampant, and the perpetrators are often close acquaintances of the victims, such as boyfriends or girlfriends.

Kim Jae-heun | 2020-01-01 19:43

Korean tourists attacked in Seattle: reports

Korean tourists attacked in Seattle: reports

A man was charged with a hate crime after allegedly attacking Korean tourists in Seattle last week, according to local media Wednesday (KST). Citing court documents, KOMO News reported that the suspect, 30, yelled, “I hate Chinese,” at a group of Korean men before assaulting two of them near the AMC movie theater at Pacific Place on Christmas Day.

Jung Min-ho | 2020-01-01 14:25

Two men steal anonymous charity donation in Jeonju

Two men steal anonymous charity donation in Jeonju

Two men in their 30s were detained for stealing a 60 million won ($51,880) charity donation left at a local community center in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, police said, Monday. The news shocked the public as the money was given by an anonymous donor whom local residents call “an angel without a face.”

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-12-31 15:44

Too young to prosecute? A fifth grader will not face trial after stabbing peer to death

Too young to prosecute? A fifth grader will not face trial after stabbing peer to death

How young is too young to be prosecuted? In Korea, that legal threshold is 14 years old. But after a series of horrendous crimes committed by minors in recent years, there have been growing calls for change. The latest controversy erupted last week when a fifth grader was found to have stabbed a peer to death at her grandparents' home in revenge for “badmouthing” her and her ...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-12-31 14:26

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