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Wed, November 13, 2019 | 16:20
Hospital conducts abortion on wrong woman after confusing patients
Hospital conducts abortion on wrong woman after confusing patients
A hospital in Seoul performed an abortion on the wrong woman after mixing up two patients. The Gangseo Police Station said Monday they booked a doctor and a nurse at the hospital in western Seoul on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injury.
Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-09-23 16:39
Justice minister's home searched over corruption scandal
Justice minister's home searched over corruption scandal
The prosecution raided the residence of Justice Minister Cho Kuk on Monday as part of its widening probe into corruption allegations involving his family. Investigators were sent to his house in southern Seoul at around 9 a.m. amid probes into allegations that his wife forged a college presidential citation to help her daughter enroll in a medical school. Cho's wife was indic...
2019-09-23 09:33
Police narrowly missed serial-killer suspect 25 years ago
Police narrowly missed serial-killer suspect 25 years ago
Authorities recently identified Lee Chun-jae, a 56-year-old prisoner in Busan Detention Center, as the culprit behind the unsolved deaths of at least nine women in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, from 1986 to 1991. But they could have caught him sooner.
Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-09-20 17:33
  • Photo of 'Hwaseong serial killer' revealed
'Prime suspect's DNA matches sample from evidence in serial killing'
'Prime suspect's DNA matches sample from evidence in serial killing'
Police confirmed Thursday that DNA evidence appears to have identified the perpetrator of the nation's worst unsolved case of serial murders that took place in the 1980s, although the statute of limitations on the crimes has expired, meaning he will not be charged. According to the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, DNA samples found in evidence collected from the fifth...
Kim Jae-heun | 2019-09-19 17:41
  • Photo of 'Hwaseong serial killer' revealed
DNA analysis technology leads to finding suspect in Korea's worst serial murder case
DNA analysis technology leads to finding suspect in Korea's worst serial murder case
An advancement in DNA analysis technology has served as the key driver in identifying the prime suspect in South Korea's worst serial murder case for the first time in about 30 years. A 56-year-old-man, now in jail, is suspected of involvement in at least three of the deaths of 10 women who were raped and brutally killed in Hwaseong, some 60 kilometers south of Seoul, between...
2019-09-19 14:52
Police identify Hwaseong serial killer from 1980s
Police identify Hwaseong serial killer from 1980s
Police have preliminarily identified the culprit of the so-called “Hwaseong serial killings,” which had remained unsolved for 33 years, according to local press reports, Wednesday. The identification came after the National Forensic Service (NFS) linked a DNA sample from the case to the person in question.
Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-09-18 21:51
Ex-YG singer admits to marijuana use
Ex-YG singer admits to marijuana use
B.I., a former member of K-pop band iKON from YG Entertainment, admitted to purchasing and smoking marijuana. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency summoned B.I., whose real name is Kim Han-bin, Tuesday, to question him over whether he had asked his friend to procure the drug for him in 2016 and if he had used it.
Kim Jae-heun | 2019-09-18 17:10
Cho Kuk's daughter summoned over admission scandal
Cho Kuk's daughter summoned over admission scandal
Prosecutors questioned Justice Minister Cho Kuk's daughter, Monday, over allegations that she received illicit favorable treatment in her academic career due to her parents' influence.
Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-09-17 16:26
Prosecution summons justice minister's daughter for probe
Prosecution summons justice minister's daughter for probe
The prosecution has summoned the daughter of the justice minister as part of a probe into allegations that she entered prestigious colleges on the back of exaggerated internship experiences or fabricated certificates. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office called in the 28-year-old daughter of Justice Minister Cho Kuk on Monday over its widening investigation into a s...
2019-09-17 10:03
  • Justice minister's son questioned over alleged false internship certificates
  • Justice minister's cousin arrested in widening corruption scandal
Justice minister's cousin arrested in widening corruption scandal
Justice minister's cousin arrested in widening corruption scandal
Judge Im Min-sung of the Seoul Central District Court issued the warrant, saying the suspect's detention was needed to “prevent him from fleeing or tampering with evidence.”Cho's nephew - the first arrested member of Cho's family - is the centerpiece of allegations about suspicious investments in a private equity fund by Cho's family members. The fund invested most of the mon...
Park Si-soo | 2019-09-17 00:26
  • Justice minister's son questioned over alleged false internship certificates
  • Prosecution summons justice minister's daughter for probe
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