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Delivery of suspicious int'l parcels suspended after 3 hospitalized

This photo provided by Daejeon Metropolitan Police shows a package from Malaysia that arrived at a restaurant in Daejeon, July 21. YonhapKorea Post temporarily suspended delivery of suspicious international packages, as concerns were growing over some parcels suspected of containing an unidentified hazardous material.The move followed a flurry of reports nationwide of unidentified parcels arriving from Taiwan in recent days.On Thursday, three people at a welfare center for the disabled in the southeastern port city of Ulsan who unpacked one such parcel suffered dizziness and difficulty breathing.The three people have been admitted to the hospital and are now said to be in stable condition.While medical tests did not immediately reveal what caused the symptoms, police did not rule out a toxic chemical agent.The parcel has been sent to the Agency for Defense Development for further analysis.The police said the name of the recipient and the phone number written on the parcel were invalid.Authorities also found a similar package around 6 p.m. Friday while sorting out parcels at a post of

Jul 21, 2023
Delivery of suspicious int'l parcels suspended after 3 hospitalized

1 killed, 3 wounded in stabbing attack in Seoul

Police tape is set up at a crime scene near Sillim Station in southern Seoul, Friday. A man stabbed at least four men, killing one and wounding three. YonhapBy Kim Se-jeongA man stabbed at least four men with a knife outside a subway station in southern Seoul, Friday, killing one and wounding three, police said.One wounded man is reportedly in critical condition. Police have apprehended the suspect in his 30s, surnamed Cho. His motivation remained unclear. Yonhap News Agency quoted the police saying that the suspect already had a criminal record. According to the news outlet, the suspect stabbed the first victim at the entrance of a commercial alley near Sillim Station on Seoul Metro Line 2 and the Sillim Line. Then he stabbed three others while running through the alley.“I heard a scream. When I came out, the suspect was stabbing one guy. I saw him running and stabbing others along the alley,” a 58-year-old man who runs a nearby business was quoted as saying by Yonhap. “Two high school students ran into my shop crying and I locked the door behind.” Another wi

Jul 21, 2023
1 killed, 3 wounded in stabbing attack in Seoul

Court rules against painter's family in authenticity dispute over 'Beautiful Woman'

Chun Kyung-ja's "Beautiful Woman" / YonhapThe bereaved family of renowned late painter Chun Kyung-ja has again lost a legal battle to defy the law enforcement authority's conclusion that "Beautiful Woman," kept by a national art museum, is one of Chun's original paintings.The Seoul Central District Court on Friday ruled against Chun's family, who had insisted the state should provide 100 million won ($78,000) in compensation, stating the prosecution committed illegalities before concluding in 2016 that "Beautiful Woman" stored by the Gwacheon branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) was not a fake.The rare authenticity dispute dates back to 1991, when the MMCA disclosed "Beautiful Woman" as Chun's genuine painting and she denied having painted it. While the museum held fast to its insistence, Chun emigrated to the United States and died in 2015.Chun's second daughter, Kim Jeong-hee, filed a complaint against MMCA officials with the prosecution in 2016 for defamation and other charges, but prosecutors concluded that the work is authentic. The following year,

Jul 21, 2023
Court rules against painter's family in authenticity dispute over 'Beautiful Woman'

Appellate court upholds 20-yr prison sentence for university freshman in campus rape case

The suspect in a campus rape and death case at Inha University leaves the Incheon District Court after being questioned for his charges in this July 17, 2022 photo. YonhapAn appellate court on Thursday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for a university freshman on charges of causing a female schoolmate to fall from a school building to her death while attempting to rape her last year.The former student of Inha University in Incheon, west of Seoul, is accused of attempting to rape the inebriated victim and causing her to fall to her death from the five-story campus building on July 15, 2022.A passerby later found her lying on the ground and had her sent to a hospital, but she died. The man was found to have thrown away her clothes and fled the scene after she fell, without seeking emergency help for her.A district court had previously sentenced him to 20 years in prison, convicting him of quasi-rape resulting in death. The Seoul High Court on Thursday upheld the 20-year sentence.The appeals court, however, dismissed the charges raised by prosecutors against him of murdering the victim

Jul 20, 2023
Appellate court upholds 20-yr prison sentence for university freshman in campus rape case

2020 parliamentary proportional representation reform ruled constitutional

Constitutional Court Chief Justice Yoo Nam-seok, center, and other justices enter the Constitutional Court in Seoul, Thursday. YonhapThe Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a new proportional representation (PR) system adopted in 2020 to allow more parliamentary presence for minor parties.Led by the then ruling Democratic Party of Korea, the National Assembly passed an election reform bill to introduce a mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation system, in which parliamentary seats are tied to voters' support for parties. The new system went into effect in the following parliamentary elections the next year.Under the new system, the number of directly elected seats and proportional representation slots remain unchanged at 253 and 47, respectively, in the 300-member National Assembly. But the method of distribution of PR seats was reformed to better reflect the vote share and boost the presence of minor parties, which had largely been underrepresented previously.Under the revision, 30 of the 47 PR seats are decided under an MMP system, which allocates

Jul 20, 2023
2020 parliamentary proportional representation reform ruled constitutional

US soldier defector fined in Seoul for kicking police vehicle

Visitors pass by a wire fence decorated with ribbons written with messages wishing for the reunification of the two Koreas at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, July 19. North Korea was silent about the highly unusual entry of an American soldier across the Koreas' heavily fortified border although it test-fired short-range missiles Wednesday in its latest weapons display. AP-YonhapAn American soldier who crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea had been sentenced to a fine for kicking and damaging a police patrol car in Seoul, legal sources said Wednesday.United Nations Command and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the previous day the active U.S. service member had willfully crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea without authorization during a tour to the Joint Security Area and is believed to be in North Korea's custody.The Pentagon later identified the defector as Pvt. 2nd Class Travis King in his 20s, and American media organizations reported that he was in the process of being sent back to the U.S. for discipli

Jul 19, 2023
US soldier defector fined in Seoul for kicking police vehicle
  • US service member crosses border to N. Korea without authorization: Austin

Gov't to redeem $53.9 mil. in funds illegally used for renewable energy

Park Ku-yeon, the first deputy chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, speaks during a press briefing on government funds illegally used for renewable energy, July 3. YonhapThe government will seek to redeem 67.9 billion won ($53.9 million) in government money that was found to have been illegally or wrongfully used in renewable energy projects during the previous Moon Jae-in administration, including the installation of solar panels, officials said Tuesday.The Office for Government Policy Coordination under the Prime Minister's Office earlier announced the outcome of a nationwide investigation into corruption allegations surrounding the spending of subsidies as part of the promotion of renewable energy, which was one of the key agenda items of the Moon administration.The result of investigations showed that 7,626 irregularities over the entire five-year period of the previous administration had resulted in 844 billion won of government funds being illegally or wrongfully used.As a follow-up measure, the government will commence the redemption process, and work with f

Jul 18, 2023
Gov't to redeem $53.9 mil. in funds illegally used for renewable energy

Parliament passes bill to strengthen punishment for infanticide

A police officer, along with a sniffer dog, searches a mountain for the body of a baby girl after her mother confessed to abandoning her 8-day-old daughter's corpse on the mountain in 2015, Busan, July 5. YonhapThe National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to toughen the punishment for the killing of newborn babies and related cases of body abandonment amid public outrage over the recent deaths of unregistered infants.The revision of the Criminal Act calls for elevating the punishment for infanticide and abandonment of an infant's body to the same level as the punishment for ordinary murder and body abandonment.Currently, individuals found guilty of ordinary murder may face the death penalty, life imprisonment or a minimum prison sentence of five years. However, the punishment for infanticide is currently limited to a maximum prison term of 10 years.The revision also stipulates imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of up to 5 million won ($3,970) for those convicted of infant body abandonment. For body abandonment by direct family members, the punishment increases to imprisonment

Jul 18, 2023
Parliament passes bill to strengthen punishment for infanticide
  • 249 unregistered babies confirmed dead; status of 814 still unclear

Korea lodges suit to reverse PCA's compensation order in dispute with Elliott

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul Central District Court to attend a hearing over his alleged involvement in accounting fraud and stock manipulation during a merger of two Samsung affiliates, July 7. YonhapThe government has filed a suit to reverse an international tribunal's order to pay nearly $100 million in damages to hedge fund Elliott Investment Management in a dispute stemming from the controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung Group affiliates, officials said Tuesday.Last month, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands delivered the verdict in the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) suit that the New York-based activist fund filed in 2018, demanding compensation of $770 million from the Korean government.Including delayed interest and legal fees, Seoul was ordered to pay $107.8 million to Elliott.The legal battle dates back to 2015, when the state-run National Pension Service (NPS) approved the merger of Samsung CT and Cheil Industries, a move widely seen as intended to tighten Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong's control over the fam

Jul 18, 2023
Korea lodges suit to reverse PCA's compensation order in dispute with Elliott

Prosecutors raid ex-special counsel's family over suspected bribery

Former special counsel Park Young-soo / YonhapProsecutors on Tuesday raided the homes of former special counsel Park Young-soo's family over his corruption allegations related to a high-profile land development scandal in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, in the mid-2010s.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office sent prosecutors and investigators to the residences of Park's wife and daughter in the morning to search for possible evidence on Park's suspected bribery.Park is suspected of taking 800 million won ($611,000) from private developers in return for helping their project to develop the Daejang-dong district in Seongnam into apartment complexes in 2014, when he served as the chair of the Woori Bank board of directors. Prosecutors also suspect that Park received additional benefits in the form of a loan to his daughter by the Seongnam developers.The raid came after a court denied the prosecution's request to detain Park last month. Park gained fame after investigating a corruption scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye as a special counsel in 2017. (Yonhap)

Jul 18, 2023
Prosecutors raid ex-special counsel's family over suspected bribery
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