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Family of 5 found dead in 3 separate locations

A family of five has been found dead in three different locations in and around Seoul, with police investigating connections into their deaths, officials said Saturday.

Sep 23, 2023
Family of 5 found dead in 3 separate locations

Appellate court upholds 9-yr prison term for man over filming, distributing sexual videos featuring women

An appellate court on Friday upheld a nine-year prison term for a man accused of filming sexual videos of women for years and distributing them online.

Sep 22, 2023
Appellate court upholds 9-yr prison term for man over filming, distributing sexual videos featuring women

Police to ban assemblies, demonstrations from midnight to 6 a.m.

Police will push for a blanket ban on assemblies and demonstrations from midnight to 6 a.m. to minimize public inconvenience from large-scale illegal gatherings, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said Thursday.

Sep 21, 2023
Police to ban assemblies, demonstrations from midnight to 6 a.m.

National Assembly passes 4 revisions aimed at improving teachers' rights

The National Assembly passed a set of revisions aimed at improving the rights of teachers in classrooms at a plenary session Thursday.

Sep 21, 2023
National Assembly passes 4 revisions aimed at improving teachers' rights

Grandson of ex-President Chun indicted without detention over alleged drug use

Chun Woo-won, a grandson of late former President Chun Doo-hwan, has been indicted on charges of suspected illegal drug use, prosecutors said Thursday.

Sep 21, 2023
Grandson of ex-President Chun indicted without detention over alleged drug use

Top court upholds life sentence for woman over drowning husband for insurance money

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life sentence for a woman on charges of murder in the high-profile drowning death of her husband in 2019 for a hefty life insurance payout.

Sep 21, 2023
Top court upholds life sentence for woman over drowning husband for insurance money

Sentence raised to suspended imprisonment for activist-turned lawmaker for embezzling donations for sexual slavery victims

Rep. Youn Mi-hyang, center, speaks to reporters at the Seoul High Court, Wednesday. YonhapAn appellate court sentenced independent lawmaker Youn Mee-hyang to a suspended jail term Wednesday on charges of embezzling funds donated to help support women who were forced into wartime sexual slavery by Japan during World War II.The Seoul High Court delivered a 1 1/2-year prison term, suspended for three years, for Youn, a sentence far heavier than the fine of 15 million won (US$11,278) handed down by a district court in February.Should the top court uphold the prison term, Youn will lose her parliamentary seat in accordance with a law that removes a sitting lawmaker who gets a prison term or other heavier sentence for any kind of crime. Youn was indicted in 2020 for collecting hundreds of millions of won in donations in her private bank accounts and spending some of that money on personal matters, while heading a major civic group for wartime sexual slavery victims, the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery.Youn led the group from 2005-20 befo

Sep 20, 2023
Sentence raised to suspended imprisonment for activist-turned lawmaker for embezzling donations for sexual slavery victims

Wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk to be released on parole next week

Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk's wife Chung Kyung-sim, center, leaves the Seoul Central District Court, Nov. 18, 2022. YonhapFormer Justice Minister Cho Kuk's wife will be released on parole next week ahead of the Chuseok holidays after serving one third of her four-year prison term for her involvement in document forgery related to her daughter's college admission, legal sources said Wednesday.The parole review committee under the justice ministry convened on the day and determined Cho's wife, Chung Kyung-sim, is eligible for special parole on the occasion of Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, according to the sources. She will be discharged from prison next Wednesday ahead of the holiday, which runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, they said.Chung, a former professor at Dongyang University, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Supreme Court in January last year for forging her daughter Cho Min's academic credentials for admission to the Pusan National University medical school in Busan. Cho Kuk resigned as justice minister in October 2019, just one month after his app

Sep 20, 2023
Wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk to be released on parole next week

Appellate court shortens prison term to 1 1/2 years for scion of Namyang Dairy founder over drug use

A Seoul appeals court on Wednesday sentenced the grandson of the founder of Namyang Dairy Products to 18 months in prison for selling and smoking marijuana.

Sep 20, 2023
Appellate court shortens prison term to 1 1/2 years for scion of Namyang Dairy founder over drug use

USFK soldier, 2 women arrested for drug trafficking

A United States Forces Korea (USFK) service member has been arrested on charges of smuggling drugs from the U.S. via military mail and using, selling or distributing them in Korea, police said Wednesday.

Sep 20, 2023
USFK soldier, 2 women arrested for drug trafficking
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