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PPP, gov't to push for creation of life imprisonment without parole amid series of stabbing rampages

Rep. Park Dae-chul, the ruling People Power Party's chief policymaker, speaks during a meeting with the government officials in Seoul, Aug. 2. YonhapThe government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) decided Friday to push for the creation of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole, one day after a stabbing rampage wounded 14 people.Rep. Park Dae-chul, the PPP's chief policymaker, said the decision was made at a policy coordination meeting between the two sides convened to discuss measures to strengthen punishment for violent crimes and acts of terrorism against strangers.On Thursday, a man drove a car onto a pedestrian walkway and went on a stabbing rampage in a department store in Bundang, just south of Seoul, wounding 14 people. About two weeks earlier, a 33-year-old man fatally stabbed a complete stranger near Sillim Station in Seoul and then attacked three other men in a nearby alleyway."We discussed creating a life sentence without parole to tackle crimes becoming brutal day by day. After the Sillim case ... people's fear and anxiety are growing every day. What's mor

Aug 4, 2023
PPP, gov't to push for creation of life imprisonment without parole amid series of stabbing rampages
  • 2 stabbing rampage victims at risk of brain death: authorities

Man nabbed for stabbing teacher at high school in Daejeon

An ambulance and police vehicle are seen on the high school campus in Daejeon where a teacher was stabbed by an intruder, Friday. YonhapAn unidentified man was arrested after stabbing a high school teacher in the central city of Daejeon on Friday, police said.The suspect, believed to be in his late 20s, stabbed the teacher multiple times, including in the face and chest, at a high school in the Daedeok district in Daejeon, 139 kilometers from Seoul, at 10:03 a.m.The suspect was arrested on a street about 7-8 kilometers away from the school at 12:30 p.m., they said. The teacher, 49, is undergoing urgent surgery after fire authorities found him unconscious and referred him to a hospital, officials said.The man reportedly entered the front gate after introducing himself as a graduate of the school, and looked for the victim at a teachers' room. Upon hearing that the teacher was in class, he waited for the victim to come out before stabbing him and fleeing, officials said.The teacher fled to the administration office soon after the attack and reported it to the police. Police said they a

Aug 4, 2023
Man nabbed for stabbing teacher at high school in Daejeon
  • Fears grow over copycat crimes following series of stabbing rampages

Stabbing rampage suspect suffers from mental illness, delusions: police

Police personnels stand guard at a department store in Bundang, south of Seoul, after a stabbing rampage left 14 people wounded, Aug. 3. Yonhap The suspect in Thursday's stabbing rampage in Bundang, south of Seoul, had dropped out of high school due to social phobia and was later diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder, investigators said Friday.The 22-year-old suspect, surnamed Choi, also appears to be suffering from persecutory delusions, speaking incoherently during the initial questioning and claiming that "a certain group of people is stalking and trying to kill me," according to police.On Thursday evening, Choi rammed a vehicle into pedestrians outside of a department store and then attacked shoppers with a knife inside the store, which is connected to the nearby Seohyeon Station and draws many commuters and shoppers.The attack left 14 people wounded, 12 of them seriously. Of the total, nine were wounded in the stabbing attack and five in the car crash. P

Aug 4, 2023
Stabbing rampage suspect suffers from mental illness, delusions: police
  • 2 stabbing rampage victims at risk of brain death: authorities

Yoon orders toughest measures against stabbing rampage, vehicle attack near Seoul

President Yoon Suk Yeol presides over a cabinet meeting at the presidential office, Seoul, Aug. 1 YonhapPresident Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday instructed all possible police forces to deal sternly with a stabbing rampage in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, that wounded 14 people a day earlier, according to his spokesperson."All possible police forces should be mobilized so that the people are not uneasy," Yoon was quoted by presidential spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye as saying. Yoon gave the instruction during his weeklong summer vacation.On Thursday, a man drove a car onto a pedestrian walkway and went on a stabbing rampage at a department store adjacent to the Seohyeon subway station. The attack left 14 people wounded, 12 of them seriously. Of the total, nine were wounded in the stabbing attack and five in the car crash."The stabbing rampage at Seohyeon subway station is an act of terrorism against innocent citizens," Yoon said, further ordering precautionary measures as a series of threats to commit copycat crimes have been posted online.Police apprehended the suspect, a man in his 20s known on

Aug 4, 2023
Yoon orders toughest measures against stabbing rampage, vehicle attack near Seoul
  • Threats of copycat crimes follow department store stabbing rampage near Seoul

Threats of copycat crimes follow department store stabbing rampage near Seoul

Police are dispatched to patrol Seohyeon Station, where a stabbing rampage happened the previous day, in Bundang, Aug. 4. YonhapA series of threats to commit copycat crimes have been posted online following a stabbing rampage at a department store in Bundang, just south of Seoul, sending police to step up patrols and hunt down the writers, authorities said Friday. On Thursday evening, a man in his early 20s, surnamed Choi, rammed his vehicle into pedestrians outside of the department store and then attacked shoppers with a knife inside the store, which is connected to the nearby Seohyeon Station and draws many commuters and shoppers.The attack left 14 people wounded, 12 of them seriously. Of the total, nine were wounded in the stabbing attack and five in the car crash. Police quickly apprehended the suspect, and a rapid drug test conducted on him was negative. The suspect reportedly showed symptoms of a persecution complex. About an hour after the rampage, two copycat crime threats were posted online. The first post rapidly circulated online at around 6:40 p.m., threatening to "go on

Aug 4, 2023
Threats of copycat crimes follow department store stabbing rampage near Seoul
  • 14 wounded in stabbing rampage, vehicle attack near Seoul
  • Yoon orders toughest measures against stabbing rampage, vehicle attack near Seoul
  • 2 stabbing rampage victims at risk of brain death: authorities

Ex-special counsel arrested in property development scandal

Former special counsel Park Young-soo arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul to attend a hearing, Aug. 3. Yonhap Former special counsel Park Young-soo was arrested Thursday over corruption allegations connected to a high-profile property development scandal.The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Park, who is suspected of taking 800 million won ($616,475) from private developers in return for helping them land a deal to develop the Daejang-dong district in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, while he served as the chair of the Woori Bank board of directors from 2014-15.Prosecutors suspect 300 million won of the total went to Park while he was running for chairman of the Korean Bar Association in 2015 while the rest was separately given to him the same year in return for issuing Woori Bank's letter of intent to extend a loan in favor of the private developers' company Hwacheon Daeyu.Park is also one of several prominent figures

Aug 4, 2023
Ex-special counsel arrested in property development scandal

14 wounded in stabbing rampage, vehicle attack near Seoul

Police officers control the scene of a stabbing rampage incident near Seohyeon Station in Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. / Yonhap Fourteen people were wounded Thursday after a man drove a car onto a pedestrian walkway and went on a stabbing rampage at a department store in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, police said. The police apprehended the 20-something suspect, only known by his surname Choi, just five minutes after receiving a report at around 5:59 p.m. that a man was stabbing people at the department store adjacent to the Seohyeon subway station.The suspect is employed in the delivery industry, according to sources. Nine people were stabbed by the attacker, with eight of them in critical condition, according to officials. Five others were hit by the car before the rampage, with two of them suffering serious injuries. The victims' ages ranged from 20s to 70s.The suspect repeated incomprehensible statements to the police, including that "an unknown group" attempted

Aug 3, 2023
14 wounded in stabbing rampage, vehicle attack near Seoul
  • Threats of copycat crimes follow department store stabbing rampage near Seoul
  • 2 stabbing rampage victims at risk of brain death: authorities

Prosecutor says summons of DPK leader necessary in development scandal probe

Main opposition Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung attends his party's committee meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, Monday. / Yonhap Prosecutors investigating allegations of favoritism surrounding a land development project in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, in the mid-2010s have decided to summon opposition leader Lee Jae-myung who served as the city's mayor at that time, a prosecution official said Thursday.The official at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office told reporters that it has become necessary to investigate the chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, who oversaw the development project in Seongman's Baekhyeon-dong district as the mayor, and the relevant procedures will soon be reviewed.The timing of the summons and questioning of Lee will be determined in accordance with the investigation situation and through consultation with his side, the official said.The so-called Baekhyeon-dong scandal centered on allegations t

Aug 3, 2023
Prosecutor says summons of DPK leader necessary in development scandal probe

2nd son of Sewol ferry operator's late owner to be extradited from US

Yoo Hyuk-kee is seen in this photo provided by Yonhap News TV. Yonhap The second son of Yoo Byung-eun, the late chairman of Semo Group linked to a deadly 2014 ferry sinking, will be extradited to Korea from the United States later this week, the Ministry of Justice said Thursday.Yoo Hyuk-kee, 50, is scheduled to arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at 5:20 a.m. Friday as Korea is to take over his custody from the U.S. authorities in accordance with the criminal extradition procedure, the ministry said.Upon arrival, Yoo is expected to be taken to the Incheon District Prosecutors Office to face investigations about his embezzlement and breach of trust charges incurred during his alleged involvement in the management of Semo Group.The group owned the operator of the Sewol ferry that sank off the southwestern island of Jindo on April 16, 2014, claiming 304 lives, mostly high school students on a school trip to Jeju Island, in one of the country's wors

Aug 3, 2023
2nd son of Sewol ferry operator's late owner to be extradited from US

Parents required to make reservation before talking to teachers: Seoul education chief

Post-it messages commemorating a school teacher who died cover an entrance and outer wall of an elementary school in southern Seoul, July 26. YonhapParents in Seoul will be required to make a reservation before meeting or talking by phone with teachers in an experimental project to prevent teacher harassment by parents in the wake of the suicide of a young teacher, the education chief said Monday.Teachers' call for protection from abusive parents and students is gaining public attention after a 24-year-old teacher killed herself at an elementary school in southern Seoul last month after having a hard time dealing with parents over a school violence case.Cho Hee-yeon, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, said Wednesday that an experimental advance reservation system will be adopted at schools in Seoul next month in order to lessen teachers' burdens stemming from parents' complaints. Under the pilot system, parents wanting a meeting or a phone call with teachers are required to make a prior reservation on a special application. A chatbot will deal with general

Aug 2, 2023
Parents required to make reservation before talking to teachers: Seoul education chief
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