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Mental patient's bomb-threat call leads to mall evacuation

Hundreds of customers and staff at a mall were evacuated after a mentally ill man made a call threatening to blow up the building, Gimpo police said Monday.

Investigations | 2018-08-22 16:25

Man fined W6 million over women's toilet spycam

A man in his 20s was fined 6 million won ($5,360) for secretly videotaping inside women's toilets in North Chungcheong Province in May.

Investigations | 2018-08-22 16:09

Unauthorized naked photo sharing goes unpunished

A man was cleared of sexual violence charges raised after he shared self-taken naked photos of his girlfriend with her. The Supreme Court made the ruling on Wednesday after confirming the naked photos that the man took against her will in 2016 were shared only between him and his girlfriend.

Investigations | 2018-08-22 14:56

'Victim angered me with threats to report illegal hostess service'

The suspect in the mutilation and murder of a middle-aged man has said he killed the victim out of rage after the man threatened to report him to police over an illegal hostess service at his karaoke bar, police said Wednesday. Police on Tuesday arrested a 34-year-old karaoke bar owner, identified only by his family name Byun, in Anyang, about 20 km south of Seoul, on charges...

Investigations | 2018-08-22 10:19

Suspect in brutal murder caught

Police hunting for Chinese meth cooks

Police are looking for two Chinese men, who have fled Korea after allegedly trying to make a massive amount of methamphetamine here. Busan police said Monday that they had arrested a Korean man, surnamed Park, for playing a leading role in conspiring and attempting to make 10 kilograms of the illicit drug, which would be worth about 30 billion won ($27 million).

Investigations | 2018-08-22 09:07

Suspect in brutal murder caught

A 34-year-old man sought in the brutal murder of a 51-year-old man has been apprehended, police said Tuesday.

Investigations | 2018-08-21 17:57

'Supreme Court had info on Park's impeachment ruling'

The Supreme Court, under former Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae, is found to have obtained secret documents of the Constitutional Court including one regarding the impeachment trial of former President Park Geun-hye. According to the prosecution, Tuesday, a judge dispatched to the Constitutional Court from February 2015 to February 2018 collected a dozen classified documents and ...

Investigations | 2018-08-21 17:22

9 killed in electronics factory fire west of Seoul

The fire occurred at around 3:43 p.m. at an electronics goods factory production line that reportedly handles hazardous materials.

Investigations | 2018-08-21 16:45

Man swindles 250 million won over gay community membership

A man in his 20s has been sentenced to three years' jail for swindling a total of 250 million won ($223,553) from two victims, Ulsan District Court said Monday. He lured them to pay the money in return for being able to join an online gay community and meet other members.

Investigations | 2018-08-21 15:35

Young woman fined for throwing water bottle at older man scolding her 'public love affair'

According to court documents, the woman abused the man and threw a plastic water bottle at him at a restaurant in Ulsan in December after he criticized her for lying on her boyfriend's lap.

Investigations | 2018-08-21 15:18

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