Victim's family loses lawsuit against opposition leader over his remarks about murder by nephew An appellate court ruled in favor of leader Lee Jae-myung of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Tuesday in a lawsuit that the family of those killed by one of his nephews filed against Lee for referring to the killings as "dating violence."Mar 12, 2024
Foreign ministry says providing consular assistance to Korean man arrested in RussiaThe foreign ministry said Tuesday it has been providing consular assistance to a South Korean national arrested in Russia reportedly on espionage charges.Mar 12, 2024
Online community operator raided over alleged KMA order to blacklist non-participating doctors in walkout Police on Monday raided the operator of an online community as part of its investigation into a purported Korea Medical Association (KMA) document ordering the listing of trainee doctors who are not participating in the ongoing walkout.Mar 11, 2024
Civic group files complaint against Yoon over ex-minister's departure amid investigation A civic group filed a complaint Monday against President Yoon Suk Yeol and two Cabinet ministers in connection with new Ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-sup's exit of the country despite an investigation in which he is a suspect.Mar 11, 2024
Voice phishing scams cost $12,996 in losses per victim, up 50% from year earlier Total losses from voice phishing scams jumped to a record high of 197 billion won ($149 million) in 2003, up 35.4 percent from a year earlier, the Financial Supervisory Service said on Friday.Mar 11, 2024By KTimes
Police arrest suspect of bank robbery in Asan A suspect in a bank robbery in the central city of Asan was arrested Friday, about five hours after fleeing with 100 million won ($75,901) in cash, officials said.Mar 8, 2024
DPK accuses presidential office of lying about not knowing of ex-defense minister's travel ban The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) accused the presidential office Friday of lying by claiming it had no prior knowledge of the travel ban imposed on former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup.Mar 8, 2024
Ex-football star attacked during election campaign for PPP candidate Police opened an investigation Friday after an unidentified person kneed retired football star Lee Chun-soo when he was campaigning for former Land Minister Won Hee-ryong of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) ahead of next month's general elections.Mar 8, 2024
Korean antitrust regulator takes steps to penalize Meta Korea's antitrust watchdog has taken steps to penalize Meta Platforms for allegedly failing to protect local consumers on its e-commerce platforms of Facebook and Instagram, sources said Friday.Mar 8, 2024
Damages from phishing scams jump over 35% on-year in 2023 Damages from phishing scams jumped from a year earlier in 2023 despite growing awareness of the crime, data showed Thursday.Mar 7, 2024
