By Park Si-soo
A news magazine's managing editor was arrested for embezzling part of advertisement money wired from companies and public offices to head off damaging articles, the prosecution said Thursday.
The editor has pocketed tens of millions of won since 2012, the Jeonju Prosecutors' Office said.
Prosecutors said he threatened companies and government offices in North Jeolla Province that he would publish damaging articles if they did not run advertisements.
Many organizations bowed to the threat and sent money for ads. But he spent part of it on personal purposes and did not publish some ads.