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Fri, October 20, 2017 | 19:46

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Suspect admits to killing 14-year-old girl

A 35-year-old suspect, who allegedly strangled his daughter’s friend two weeks ago, confessed to killing the girl, police said Tuesday. According to Jungnang Police Station in Seoul, the man surnamed Lee admitted to killing the 14-year-old and burying her body on a hill in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province.

Investigations | 2017-10-10 17:07

Child-abusing judge under scrutiny

A Korean judge, who was fined for leaving her two children in a car while shopping in Guam last week, is now under scrutiny here. A Suwon District Court official said Tuesday the court is looking into the case to decide whether to punish the judge, who was arrested with her husband on Oct. 2 for leaving their six-year-old boy and one-year-old girl in a car while shopping.

Investigations | 2017-10-10 15:52

Military officials involved in smear campaigns exploit taxes

At least half of the 20 officials at the Cyber Command unit of the military, mobilized to carry out an online smear campaign in the lead-up to the 2012 presidential election and the upcoming general elections, were on state-funded scholarships at Korea University graduate school programs, a lawmaker said Monday.

Investigations | 2017-10-09 17:07

Extension of Park's detention to be decided this week

The Seoul Central District Court is expected to decide whether to extend the detention of ousted former President Park Geun-hye this week, as her current detention period is set to expire next Monday. Unless the court issues a new arrest warrant, which will extend her detention for another six months, Park will be released from custody and appear before the court only when hearings are held. The prosecution already filed for a new arrest warrant Sept. 26, and the court will hear the motion today. Prosecutors claim further investigation is needed concerning bribery charges involving SK Group ...

Investigations | 2017-10-09 17:06

Why did he kill daughter's friend?

Police on Sunday resumed questioning a man surnamed Lee who is suspected to have murdered his daughter’s friend and abandoned the body last month. The Seoul Jungnang-gu police arrested Lee, 35, in Seoul on Thursday but had to suspend the questioning because he took an excessive amount of sleeping pills, along with his daughter, in an alleged suicide attempt. On Sunday morning...

Investigations | 2017-10-08 16:45

Child-on-child sexual abuse soaring

The country's reported underage sex offenders in 2016 stood at 3,195, up from 2,980 in 2015 and 2,875 in 2014, according to a report from Democratic Party Rep. Baek Hae-ryun, citing the latest statistics from the Justice Ministry. The number is apparently increasing at an alarming rate this year, with already 1,763 reported during the January-July period.

Investigations | 2017-10-08 13:03

Up-and-coming fashion model dies in apparent suicide

“Lee, my only sibling, passed away on Oct. 6, 2017,” wrote Lee Eun-sun. “I thought he had lived well as a fashion model and DJ. He seems to have been in trouble and that’s why he opted for this regrettable choice”(a euphemistic reference to his suicide).

Investigations | 2017-10-08 12:52

284 foreign criminals caught in 100-day crackdown

Police caught nearly 300 foreign criminals in their 100-day intensive crackdown in the southern part of Gyeonggi Province. About 40 police officers took part in the campaign that continued from June 19 to Sept. 26 in the region’s major expat districts. The region is home to many factories that hire tens of thousands of foreign workers. As the foreign population increases, so ...

Investigations | 2017-10-06 14:06

Uzbek arrested for knife attack on Muslim at mosque

According to Ansan Danwon Police Station, the Uzbek came across the Muslim worshipper, an Indonesian, 39, on Friday at 5:20 a.m. Five worshippers, including the victim, stopped the man at the mosque’s entrance, which led to a scuffle. The Uzbek threatened them with a knife and the victim suffered a minor injury to his left hand.

Investigations | 2017-10-06 13:29

Korean consul jailed for selling visas to Chinese workers

Lee was accused of issuing working visas to 369 unqualified Chinese people between April and September last year in return for money from a leather company here. He was also accused of leaking confidential state information. The consul is believed to have tipped off the company about the immigration office moving to investigate the case and helped it destroy evidence.

Investigations | 2017-10-05 15:01

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