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Ex-Gyeonggi vice governor gets 9.5-year sentence in NK remittance, graft case

Former Gyeonggi Province Vice Gov. Lee Hwa-young, who is said to be close to opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, was sentenced by a court on Friday to nine years and six months in prison on multiple charges, including collusion in an underwear maker's unauthorized remittance to North Korea.

Jun 7, 2024

Ex-Gyeonggi vice governor gets 9.5-year sentence in NK remittance, graft case

Man who killed ex-partner and her daughter faces premeditated murder charges

A 65-year-old man who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly killing his former lover and her daughter now faces trial on two counts of premeditated murder.

Jun 7, 2024By Jung Min-ho

Man who killed ex-partner and her daughter faces premeditated murder charges

Man nabbed for murdering woman, daughter at their home

Woman sentenced to 7 years in prison for killing 3-month-old son

A woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday for killing her three-month-old son on Jeju Island four years ago.

Jun 5, 2024By Jung Min-ho

Woman sentenced to 7 years in prison for killing 3-month-old son

Illegally adopted baby dies after being neglected: police

Prosecutors seek to summon Korea's first lady over Dior bag scandal

Prosecutors are considering summoning first lady Kim Keon Hee over her controversial acceptance of a Christian Dior bag from a pastor in 2022, with the country’s top prosecutor saying that “no one stands above the law,” in reference to Kim’s case.

Jun 5, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo

Prosecutors seek to summon Korea's first lady over Dior bag scandal

Siblings cleared of drug charges after unwittingly eating cannabis jellies from Thailand

A woman in her 30s and her younger brother have been cleared of drug charges after eating cannabis jellies without knowing the ingredients, according to police on Wednesday.

Jun 5, 2024By Jung Min-ho

Siblings cleared of drug charges after unwittingly eating cannabis jellies from Thailand

Chat records show pastor sent photo of gift to first lady ahead of meeting

Choi Jae-young, a Korean American pastor who secretly filmed himself handing over a luxury Dior handbag to first lady Kim Keon Hee in 2022, persistently demanded a meeting with Kim by sending a photo of the gift to her via a chat app, according to records of messenger dialogue obtained by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.

Jun 5, 2024

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Ex-Gyeonggi vice governor gets 9.5-year sentence in NK remittance, graft case

Man who killed ex-partner and her daughter faces premeditated murder charges

Woman sentenced to 7 years in prison for killing 3-month-old son

Prosecutors seek to summon Korea's first lady over Dior bag scandal

Siblings cleared of drug charges after unwittingly eating cannabis jellies from Thailand

Chat records show pastor sent photo of gift to first lady ahead of meeting

Ghana businessman found dead while on visit to Seoul for Korea-Africa Summit event

Illegally adopted baby dies after being neglected: police

Police apprehend bar owner, employees for spreading indecent flyers in Gangnam

Police officers to receive better stun guns

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