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Prosecution searches Ulsan vice mayor's office, home

Investigators enter Ulsan Vice Mayor Song Byung-gi's office in Ulsan Metropolitan City headquarter in Ulsan, Friday, to carry out a seach and seizure on allegation related to Cheong Wa Dae's election meddling row. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunThe prosecution is widening its investigation into alleged election-meddling involving Cheong Wa Dae as it carried out a search and seizure on the office and residence of Ulsan Vice Mayor Song Byung-gi and summoned him for questioning, Friday. Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office arrived at Ulsan City Hall at 8:50 a.m. to confiscate Song's computers and documents as evidence. They also searched his car. Song was not present at his office as he took the day off. The search comes after Song was found to have tipped off a Cheong Wa Dae official regarding bribery allegations involving former Ulsan Mayor Kim Gi-hyeon's aides to help Song Cheol-ho win the local elections last year. Song is a close friend of President Moon Jae-in.The case blew up into a massive investigation after Kim publicly claimed that the Ulsan Metropolitan

Dec 6, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Prosecution searches Ulsan vice mayor's office, home
Politics

Suspicion growing over Cheong Wa Dae's alleged election intervention

By Kim Jae-heunSong Byung-giSuspicion is growing that Cheong Wa Dae intervened in last year's local elections in Ulsan with those involved giving statements that differ from the explanation offered by the presidential office.In March last year, three months before the elections, the police launched an investigation into corruption allegations involving then Ulsan Mayor Kim Gi-hyeon's aides after receiving tip-off from the office of the presidential secretary for civil affairs. During the probe, Kim lost the election to Song Cheol-ho, a close friend of President Moon Jae-in. Later the aides were cleared of the allegations, and Kim claimed Cheong Wa Dae orchestrated the probe.As rumors spread and controversy arose over who gave the tip-off to the police, presidential spokesperson Ko Min-jung said, Wednesday, that a staffer at the civil affairs office received information about the alleged corruption involving Kim's aides, and then the staffer reported this to his boss Baek Won-woo, former presidential secretary for civil affairs.Ko added that Baek does not remember dealing with the cas

Dec 5, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Suspicion growing over Cheong Wa Dae's alleged election intervention
Society

Checking exam results

Students check their College Scholastic Ability Test results in a classroom at Yeouido Girls' High School in Seoul, Wednesday. The test organizer said 15 test-takers obtained a perfect score for the state-administered college admission exam. / Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han

Dec 4, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Checking exam results
Law & Crime

'Heavier penalty for child-porn crimes'

This screenshot shows a statement that investigative agencies from 32 countries have closed down a child pornography website named “Welcome to Video.” A 23-year-old Korean surnamed Son was found to have established and run the platform with obscene content featuring children, but the courts’ light punishment he received from Korean courts has caused a controversy both here and abroad. / Courtesy of National Police AgencyBy Kim Jae-heunThe gender equality ministry has called for sentencing guidelines related to child pornography crimes, following criticism that the Korean judiciary is too lenient on the perpetrators.Gender Equality and Family Minister Lee Jung-ok met with Kim Young-ran, chairwoman of the Sentencing Commission, Tuesday, to discuss the issue.The commission under the Supreme Court establishes sentencing guidelines which judges can refer to when deciding on a punishment. It has come up with guidelines for about 20 crimes, such as murder, bribery, sexual violence, fraud, embezzlement and Election Law violations, but there haven't been any about crimes inv

Dec 3, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
'Heavier penalty for child-porn crimes'
Law & Crime

Civic group sues Disney Korea over alleged screen monopoly with 'Frozen 2'

A civic group has filed a complaint against the Korean branch of Walt Disney Company for allegedly violating the Antitrust Act here by “occupying” up to 88 percent of the screens in local movie theaters. / Courtesy of Walt Disney CompanyBy Kim Jae-heunA civic group has filed a complaint against the Korean branch of Walt Disney Company for allegedly violating the Antitrust Act here by “occupying” up to 88 percent of the screens in local movie theaters. According to the civic group Public Welfare Committee (PWC), Monday, it asked the prosecution to investigate the U.S. entertainment conglomerate's monopolization of screens with its recent animated film “Frozen 2.”The committee said the film set a new record of most played movie here, being screened 16,220 times a day and occupying 88 percent of all screens here as of Nov. 23.“Such a record was only possible because Walt Disney Company has secured over 50 percent of the screens, which is against the antitrust law,” the group said in the complaint.“In France, it is illegal if one film

Dec 2, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Civic group sues Disney Korea over alleged screen monopoly with 'Frozen 2'
Law & Crime

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. / Korea times fileBy Kim Jae-heunPolice 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 rush-hours will be reassigned to schools.The measures come as a bill requiring the reinforcement of traffic safety measures in school zones ― that includes these ― awaits approval at the National Assembly, currently is under threat of a filibuster by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party. The bill was proposed after a car killed elementary school student Kim Min-sik, 9, in a school zone in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, in September. In school zones where pedestrian access and roads are not separated or there are no speed cameras, police will oversee children after-school hours as they return home. Zones th

Dec 2, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Police to reinforce traffic safety in school zones
Law & Crime

Kolon Life Science executive arrested for falsifying report on Invossa

Kolon Life Science executives appear at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, on Nov. 4, to attend the hearing that decides whether to issue arrest warrent on their obstruction of justice charge. / Yonhap By Kim Jae-heunA 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.The Seoul Central District Court issued the arrest warrant for the head of the firm's clinical development team, surnamed Cho, early Thursday morning for interfering with the drug authorities' duty.“Considering the crime and the position of the suspect in the company, it is necessary to arrest him,” the court said. But the court did not issue a warrant for another executive surnamed Kim, the bioresearch center director, saying it doesn't seem he was deeply involved in the illegality.According to the prosecution, the two allegedly played a leading role in sending the fraudulent data to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2017 to get approval for Invossa's manufacturing

Nov 28, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Kolon Life Science executive arrested for falsifying report on Invossa
Law & Crime

Probe into Busan ex-vice mayor widening to ruling bloc figures

Former Busan Vice Mayor for Economic Affairs Yoo Jae-soo appears at the Seoul Eastern District Court in Songpa-gu, Seoul, Wednesday, to attend the court’s review on whether to issue an arrest warrant over his alleged bribery charges during his term at the Financial Services Commission in 2017. / Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-hanBy Kim Jae-heunThe prosecution's investigation into corruption allegations involving former Busan Vice Mayor for Economic Affairs Yoo Jae-soo is expanding to former and incumbent ranking officials at Cheong Wa Dae following the presidential office's suspicious halting of an investigation in 2017. Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, who was senior presidential secretary for civic affairs at the time, may be called in soon to undergo prosecutors' questioning over why the inspection was halted abruptly and if he was involved in the process.Yoo faces arrest over his alleged acceptance of money and valuables from financial company officials while he was a financial policy director at the Financial Services Commission (FSC). It is also alleged he abused his power

Nov 27, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Probe into Busan ex-vice mayor widening to ruling bloc figures
Society

Save elite schools

Principals of foreign language and global high schools and students' parents stage a protest at Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in central Seoul, Wednesday, to demand the government withdraw its decision to remove the elite status of the special high schools by 2025. / Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoon

Nov 27, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Tech & Science

Hi-tech scanner

A car passes over the Under Vehicle Surveillance System which scans its underbody, at the entrance to BEXCO in Busan, the main venue of the 2019 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit, Tuesday. The system, developed by D&S Technology, detects prohibited items hidden under vehicles. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Nov 26, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
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