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Prosecutors indict Busan murder suspect, citing her psychopathic personality

Murder suspect Jung Yoo-jung, wearing a hat and a mask, leaves a police detention center en route to the prosecution in Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, June 2. YonhapJung Yoo-jung, a Busan woman arrested last month for allegedly killing another woman she met via a tutor app "out of curiosity about murder," was indicted by prosecutors Wednesday.The Busan District Prosecutors Office charged the 23-year-old with murder, destruction and abandonment of a dead body, and theft, saying the crime was a premeditated murder that was meticulously prepared alone.Jung is accused of killing the victim, known as a freelance tutor, dismembering her body and dumping some of the body parts in a riverside bush in Yangsan, just north of the southern port city, on May 26. Her arrest came after police were tipped off by a taxi driver who took the suspect to Yangsan and found it strange that she dumped a bloodstained suitcase in the woods.The suspect triggered social resentment after she reportedly confessed that she killed the victim with no personal connection just out of her curiosity about mur

Jun 21, 2023
Prosecutors indict Busan murder suspect, citing her psychopathic personality

Korea ordered to pay Elliott $53.59 mil. in investor-state suit

Photo of Paul Elliot Singer, founder and president of Elliott Management. Korea Times fileAn international tribunal ordered Korea on Tuesday to pay around $53.59 million plus interest to U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, bringing an end to a years-long dispute surrounding a controversial merger of two units of Samsung Group. 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 the compensation of $770 million from the Seoul government.The ordered amount represents approximately 7 percent of the firm's demand, the Ministry of Justice said in a press release. Additionally, the Seoul government was ordered to pay an annual interest rate of 5 percent compounded from July 16, 2015, to the date of the judgment, according to the ministry. The legal battle dates back to 2015, when Korea's state pension fund supported the merger of Samsung CTT and Cheil Industries, a move widely seen as tightening Samsung heir Lee Jae

Jun 20, 2023
Korea ordered to pay Elliott $53.59 mil. in investor-state suit

Arrest warrant requested for teenager over attempt to open plane door mid-flight

A teenager accused of attempting to open a plane door mid-flight enters the Incheon District Court in Incheon, west of Seoul, to attend his arrest warrant hearing, June 20. YonhapPolice on Tuesday sought an arrest warrant for a teenager who attempted to open a plane door on a Jeju Air flight the previous day.The 19-year-old, whose identity was withheld, was detained Monday after unsuccessfully trying to force open the emergency door of the Jeju Air flight which was heading to Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, earlier in the day from Cebu, the Philippines, with about 180 passengers on board.The Incheon International Airport Police Corps charged him with breaching the Aviation Security Act.According to police, the suspect began behaving strangely and attempted to open the emergency door at around 5:30 a.m., about an hour after takeoff. He was restrained by flight attendants and passengers before being handed over to the Incheon airport police afterward.The emergency exit did not open due to air pressure difference and the plane's safety system, and no one was hurt in the in

Jun 20, 2023
Arrest warrant requested for teenager over attempt to open plane door mid-flight

Right-wing YouTubers acquitted of defaming ex-justice minister's daughter

Kang Yong-seok, left, Kim Se-ui, center, and Kim Yong-ho arrive at the Seoul Central District Court to attend a sentencing hearing on a defamation case involving former Justice Minister Cho Kuk's daughter, June 20. YonhapThree YouTubers affiliated with Hover Lab, a right-wing YouTube channel, were acquitted by a court Tuesday of the charge of defaming the daughter of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk.The Seoul Central District Court delivered the not-guilty verdict to lawyer Kang Yong-seok, former MBC reporter Kim Se-ui and former journalist Kim Yong-ho, who were all indicted on defamation charges last year after claiming Cho Min was driving a Porsche.In a YouTube broadcast aired in August 2019, they disclosed a picture of a Porsche sports car parked outside Pusan National University's medical school in the southeastern port city of Busan, where Cho Min was attending, and insisted she drove the car.The younger Cho said in court in March that she had never driven a foreign or sports car and that the vehicle in question belonged to someone else.The court acknowledged that the car was not

Jun 20, 2023
Right-wing YouTubers acquitted of defaming ex-justice minister's daughter

Police nab more than 60 foreigners on drug, illegal stay charges

This undated photo provided by the North Gyeongsang Police Agency shows police officers conducting a crackdown on drug offenses. YonhapMore than 60 foreigners have been nabbed in North Gyeongsang Province on charges related to drug abuse and illegally staying in the country, local police said Sunday.The police agency in the southeastern province said they carried out a special crackdown on neighborhoods with large numbers of foreign workers and apprehended 68 people, including 27 who were arrested on charges of distributing and using drugs.The suspects include 43 Thai nationals and two Korean nationals, who are suspected of distributing and injecting yaba, a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine, and 23 undocumented immigrants.The drug offenders reportedly distributed yaba to nightclubs that are run exclusively for Thais and to areas with a dense foreign population after securing the narcotic through a line of sellers tracing back to a chief in Thailand.The Thais who purchased yaba were all undocumented immigrants in Korea and lived in groups in small apartments where they inje

Jun 18, 2023
Police nab more than 60 foreigners on drug, illegal stay charges

Hong Konger sentenced to 1year and six months in prison for beating airport workers

Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul, June 2. NewsisA Hong Kong man was sentenced to one year and six months in prison Friday for beating two airport workers in a dispute over the handling of his luggage in March, judicial officials said Friday. The 33-year-old was arrested on charges of beating the two officials at Seoul's Gimpo International Aiport in Seoul and obstructing their duties on March 21 while complaining that his luggage was not transferred to the airport from the nearby Incheon International Airport.After entering South Korea through Incheon International Airport, the man had planned to travel to the southeastern city of Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on a domestic flight from Gimpo, and erroneously thought his baggage would automatically be transferred to Gimpo. The assault left one of the airport workers, identified by the surname Yoo, 39, with rib fractures, requiring four weeks of treatment, and the other worker, surnamed Lee, 31, with bruises requiring two weeks of treatment.On Friday, the Seoul Southern District Court handed out the prison term,

Jun 17, 2023
Hong Konger sentenced to 1year and six months in prison for beating airport workers

Ruling party plans to strengthen laws against criminals seeking revenge

The attacker in the infamous "spin-kick case" leaves the Busan High Court in Busan, June 12, after the verdict. His face in this image is blurred under a law that protects the human rights of criminals. The ruling People Power Party said Friday that it is seeking to bolster legal measures to better protect victims. YonhapBy Jung Min-hoThe government and the ruling People Power Party plan to bolster laws and other rules against revenge-seeking criminals after the so-called “spin-kick case” that shocked the nation recently.Rep. Park Dae-chul, the party's chief policymaker, held a meeting with high-ranking officials at the Ministry of Justice, Friday, to come up with new measures to better protect victims of crimes, especially women who suffered from sexual assault.The move came after the Busan High Court sentenced the infamous spin-kick attacker, in his early 30s, surnamed Lee, to 20 years in prison earlier this week for inflicting permanent nerve damage on a stranger with a roundhouse kick and attempting to rape her in the southern port city on May 22, 2022. His inmates la

Jun 17, 2023By Jung Min-ho
Ruling party plans to strengthen laws against criminals seeking revenge

Court denies injunction request against queer festival in Daegu

This photo shows the building of Daegu District Court in Daegu, 237 kilometers southeast of Seoul. Korea Times fileA court has rejected an injunction request by merchant and church groups to ban an annual LGBTQ festival in Daegu, clearing the way for the event to take place in the heart of the southeastern city this weekend, judicial officials said Thursday.The Daegu District Court dismissed the injunction request filed by an association of merchants in Dongseongno, a popular shopping district, and the Christian Council of Daegu (CCD) against the Rainbow Human Rights Regiment, which plans to host the Daegu Queer Culture Festival on streets around Dongseongno on Saturday.The Daegu festival for the LGBTQ community and its supporters has been held every year since 2009 in the city's central district. There has been persistent conflict surrounding the queer event, escalating to a legal dispute ahead of this year's event.The plaintiffs said the queer event and its occupation of streets may restrict the merchants' freedom of business, demanding a ban on an event stage within a 100-meter ra

Jun 15, 2023
Court denies injunction request against queer festival in Daegu

Appeals court sentences composer Don Spike to 2 years in prison for drug use

Don Spike, charged with illegal drug use, appears at the Seoul High Court in Seoul to attend his sentencing hearing, June 15. YonhapDon Spike, a composer and television personality, was imprisoned Thursday after an appeals court handed him a two-year prison sentence for drug use. The 46-year-old musician, whose real name is Kim Min-su, was indicted in October last year for purchasing and using methamphetamine on multiple occasions. In January, a lower court sentenced him to a three-year prison term, suspended for five years.On appeal, the Seoul High Court revised the sentence and imposed a two-year prison term, leading to his immediate custody.He was apprehended at a hotel in southern Seoul last year. He was charged with buying methamphetamine worth 45 million won ($35,140) on nine occasions and using it on 14 occasions at hotels in Seoul either alone or with other people.He also faced charges of providing methamphetamine and ecstasy to others on seven occasions and possessing about 20 grams of methamphetamine.Don Spike debuted as a keyboard player for the group Position in 1996 and

Jun 15, 2023
Appeals court sentences composer Don Spike to 2 years in prison for drug use

Court recognizes refugee status of Cambodian activist, citing potential political persecution

GettyimagesbankA regional court has ruled a Cambodian activist who led pro-democracy movements for his home country in Korea should be granted refugee status, legal sources said Wednesday.The district court in Gwangju, 270 kilometers south of Seoul, has sided with the Cambodian asylum-seeker and nullified the local immigration office's decision not to recognize his refugee status. The court cited concerns that he could face political persecution if returned home.He entered Korea with a nonprofessional work visa in 2015, and organized rallies and protests calling for political freedom in his country. In 2019, he served as a leader of the youth wing of the Korean chapter of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which had been banned by the Cambodian government.A Cambodian court issued summonses to 68 CNRP activists abroad, including him, on charges of treason and incitement in November 2020. He applied for refugee status in 2020, arguing he could face potential oppression from his home country. But the Gwangju immigration authorities rejected the request, citing insufficient groun

Jun 15, 2023
Court recognizes refugee status of Cambodian activist, citing potential political persecution
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