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Wed, January 29, 2020 | 23:52
Police to reinforce traffic safety in school zones
Police to reinforce traffic safety in school zones
Police will deploy more officers and increase the number of automated speed cameras in school zones in an effort to reduce the number of accidents in such areas. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), Sunday, 620 officers posted at traffic control zones at intersections during commuting hours will be reassigned to schools.
2019-12-02 04:13
Singer Jung Joon-young given 6 years for gang rape, voyeur videos
Singer Jung Joon-young given 6 years for gang rape, voyeur videos
K-pop singers Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon were sentenced to six years and five years in jail, respectively, Friday, after being found guilty on charges of rape and distributing videos of their crimes. The sentences followed the nation's worst sex-related crimes by celebrities scandal, which involved drugging and sexually assaulting women at the Burning Sun nightclub, t...
2019-11-29 16:14
Forced labor victims, civic groups slam speaker's compensation proposal
Forced labor victims, civic groups slam speaker's compensation proposal
Surviving South Korean victims of wartime forced labor and civic activists are dismayed by National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang's proposal to compensate the remaining ex-forced laborers here via a foundation funded by both Japanese and Korean companies and the remaining funds in the now-defunct “Reconciliation and Healing Foundation” for sex slavery victims under Imperial ...
2019-11-29 15:25
Court clears ex-Seoul Phil chief of violence charges
Court clears ex-Seoul Phil chief of violence charges
Park Hyun-jung, former CEO of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO), was cleared of assault charges at an appellate court. An appeals' division at the Seoul Central District Court overturned a lower court ruling that acknowledged the charge and fined her 3 million won ($2,545).
2019-11-28 18:09
Kolon Life Science executive arrested for falsifying report on Invossa
Kolon Life Science executive arrested for falsifying report on Invossa
A Kolon Life Science executive has been arrested for his involvement in the company's mislabeling and falsifying of a report on a key ingredient in its gene therapy drug Invossa.
2019-11-28 17:45
Supreme Court orders retrial of Park's NIS case
Supreme Court orders retrial of Park's NIS case
The Supreme Court ordered a retrial of former President Park Geun-hye on the charge of receiving off-the-books funds from former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chiefs, claiming a lower court wrongfully the charges on bribery and state coffers losses.
2019-11-28 16:32
Allegations over Cheong Wa Dae's election meddling snowballing
Allegations over Cheong Wa Dae's election meddling snowballing
Suspicions are snowballing that Cheong Wa Dae meddled in last year's local elections by getting the police to investigate a specific mayoral candidate in Ulsan. Prosecutors are investigating the allegations, while figures involved in the accusations are denying them.
2019-11-28 16:14
Court orders retrial of former President in NIS fund case
Court orders retrial of former President in NIS fund case
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a retrial of former President Park Geun-hye for acceptance of off-the-books funds from the National Intelligence Service (NIS), saying her acquittals by lower courts on bribery and state fund loss charges should be reversed.
2019-11-28 13:58
Incheon customs catches 169 illegal imports this year
Incheon customs catches 169 illegal imports this year
Incheon Main Customs said, Wednesday, it has caught 169 cases of illegal imports worth 127.8 billion won ($108 million) as of October. The number of detections from January to October is an increase of 191 percent from the same 10-month period a year ago when customs detected 58 illegal imports worth 121 billion won. In addition, this year's number has already topped last yea...
2019-11-27 20:50
Probe into Busan ex-vice mayor widening to ruling bloc figures
Probe into Busan ex-vice mayor widening to ruling bloc figures
The prosecution's investigation into corruption allegations involving a former vice mayor of Busan is expanding to former and incumbent ranking officials at Cheong Wa Dae following the presidential office's suspicious halt of an inspection into his irregularities in 2017.
2019-11-27 17:44
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