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Homes of 2 ex-NIS directors raided over alleged meddling in hiring decisions

Korean National Police Agency in Seoul / Korea Times filePolice raided the homes of two former directors of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Wednesday over allegations that they illegally meddled in the agency's hiring decisions. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency sent investigators to the homes of Park Jie-won and Suh Hoon to seize materials related with their terms at the NIS. Suh served as NIS director from 2017-20, and Park from 2020-22, both under the previous Moon Jae-in administration. They are accused of abusing their authority as NIS chief in having people close to them hired as employees at the Institute for National Security Strategy, which is affiliated with the NIS. The spy agency reportedly found out about such hirings in a recent internal inspection of personnel affairs from the period of the Moon administration and requested a police investigation. (Yonhap)

May 24, 2023
Homes of 2 ex-NIS directors raided over alleged meddling in hiring decisions

Actor Yoo Ah-in says he regrets drug use

Actor Yoo Ah-in attends a court hearing at the Seoul Central District Court, May 24. YonhapActor Yoo Ah-in said Wednesday he regrets taking drugs as he left a court hearing held to determine whether an arrest warrant should be issued for him on charges of using five different illegal drugs.Yoo made the remark after attending a 1 1/2-hour hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on charges that he illegally used five different drugs for nonmedical purposes since 2020: propofol, marijuana, cocaine, ketamine and zolpidem, an insomnia medication.Police suspect Yoo's illegal drug use had been habitual."I'm regretting it," Yoo told reporters when asked if he regrets taking drugs.But he flatly denied the allegations that he attempted to destroy evidence."With regard to evidence destruction, I said that is totally different from the truth," he said. "I revealed all the truth."After arriving at the court earlier in the day, Yoo said he admits to "most of the suspicions."Previously, the 37-year-old actor, whose legal name is Uhm Hong-sik, had reportedly denied the allegations during two rou

May 24, 2023
Actor Yoo Ah-in says he regrets drug use

Parents investigated for beating teenage daughter

Surveillance camera footage shows two parents and a daughter, who kneels down in front of her mother. Screen captured from SBS' YouTube accountBy Kim Se-jeongPolice are investigating an alleged child abuse case by two parents and their son against their daughter. According to the police and local news outlets, the alleged physical abuse took place on a street in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, around midnight on May 15. Surveillance camera recordings showed the teenage girl running away barefoot on the street outside of an apartment building and the father pulling her hair and hitting different parts of her body to stop her. In other footage, the mother kicks the daughter and hits her head until the daughter kneels down. The girl's older brother also took part in the assault.Police immediately separated the family from the daughter and ordered the parents and the son to stay away from her. On May 19, a local court ordered the father to be detained for being a potential danger to his daughter according to the law. The mother and son were not detained. The daughter was taken to a dif

May 22, 2023By Kim Se-jeong
Parents investigated for beating teenage daughter

Man attends arrest warrant hearing for violently shaking, injuring 2-month-old son

A 33-year-old man attends a court hearing for charges of causing a serious brain injury to his two-month-old son by shaking him too violently at the Incheon District Court, May 22. YonhapA 33-year-old father appeared for a court hearing held Monday to determine whether he should be arrested on child abuse charges for causing a serious brain injury in his 2-month-old baby by shaking him too hard.The father was tightlipped after arriving at the Incheon District Court on Monday afternoon to attend the hearing on charges of mistreating and injuring his baby son at his home in the Bupyeong district of Incheon, west of Seoul. The baby has been in hospital for cerebral hemorrhage and a rib fracture. Police sought an arrest warrant for him Friday after he testified that he once shook the baby hard while holding him in his arms. Officials suspect that cerebral hemorrhage was part of the so-called shaken baby syndrome.The syndrome usually happens in babies younger than 2 years of age when they are shaken strongly. It can cause cerebral hemorrhage and a retinal hemorrhage, and these symptoms ca

May 22, 2023
Man attends arrest warrant hearing for violently shaking, injuring 2-month-old son

Parliamentary subcommittee passes special bill to help 'jeonse' fraud victims

Lawmakers of the legislative subcommittee of the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee hold a meeting, May 22. YonhapA parliamentary subcommittee passed a special bill Monday aimed at assisting victims of a series of home rental scams, including offering them interest-free loans.After five rounds of meetings, the legislative subcommittee of the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee passed the bill, which is aimed at providing support measures for the victims of a series of massive frauds abusing the country's unique rental system, called "jeonse."Under the bill, the government will provide interest-free loans to affected tenants for up to 10 years for the portion of the deposits they made. These loans will cover the amount that tenants are entitled to before other priority creditors, such as financial institutions, when the properties they reside in are put up for auction or public sale. Loans at a low-interest rates will be made available for amounts exceeding the specified limit.Under a series of fraud cases across the country,

May 22, 2023
Parliamentary subcommittee passes special bill to help 'jeonse' fraud victims

Signs detected of actor Yoo Ah-in attempting to destroy evidence in drug probe: police

Actor Yoo Ah-in appears following a police questioning at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, May 17. YonhapPolice have detected signs that actor Yoo Ah-in had attempted to destroy evidence in connection with the ongoing investigation into his alleged use of five different illegal drugs, an official said Monday. Last week, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) sough a warrant to arrest the 37-year-old actor, accused of illegally using five different drugs for nonmedical purposes: propofol, marijuana, cocaine, ketamine and zolpidem, an insomnia medication.Yoo previously underwent two rounds of police questioning, including last Tuesday, and reportedly denied the drug allegations. He partially admitted to smoking marijuana but insisted the use of propofol, ketamine and others was for medical purposes.The SMPA official said that in the initial stage of the investigation the police had concluded that Yoo's case was not particularly serious and opted not to seek an arrest warrant for him. But the number of drugs Yoo allegedly abused grew as the investigation went on while the acto

May 22, 2023
Signs detected of actor Yoo Ah-in attempting to destroy evidence in drug probe: police

Coin transaction platform searched as part of probe into lawmaker's crypto suspicions

This photo shows a customer service center of Bithumb, one of the two local cryptocurrency exchanges, alongside Upbit, raided by prosecutors that day for an investigation into the snowballing suspicions surrounding independent lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk's digital assets, May 15. YonhapProsecutors raided a cryptocurrency transaction platform Monday as part of a probe into Rep. Kim Nam-kuk's dubious crypto transactions.The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office sent investigators to Ozys PTE in Seoul's Yeouido, the operator of the crypto platform, Klayswap, to seize evidence, officials said.Kim, a first-term lawmaker, has been under investigation following revelations that he owned around 800,000 Wemix coins in 2021, worth around 6 billion won ($4.5 million) at the time. The financial source of Kim's massive coin holdings has been the main focus of the investigation. Klayswap is an instant swap protocol, enabling the transfer and deposit of Ethereum-based assets held in centralized exchanges or digital wallets to Klayswap tokens.Rebutting allegations that Kim might have taken the tokens

May 22, 2023
Coin transaction platform searched as part of probe into lawmaker's crypto suspicions

Arrest warrant sought for actor Yoo Ah-in over alleged drug abuse

Actor Yoo Ah-in speaks to reporters as he leaves the drug crime investigation unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in the capital after being questioned for the second time over allegations of illegal drug use, May 17. YonhapPolice sought a warrant Friday to arrest actor Yoo Ah-in on suspicions of the illegal use of five different drugs.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency filed for the warrant for the 37-year-old actor, accused of illegally using five different drugs for non-medical purposes: propofol, marijuana, cocaine, ketamine and zolpidem, an insomnia medication.Police reportedly made the decision in consideration of the seriousness of Yoo's case, the risk of flight and his continued denial of drug use. A court is expected to decide whether to issue the requested warrant after holding a hearing early next week. Yoo previously underwent two rounds of police questioning, including on Tuesday, and reportedly denied the drug allegations. He partially admitted to smoking marijuana, but insisted the use of propofol, ketamine and others was for medical purposes.Police launched

May 19, 2023
Arrest warrant sought for actor Yoo Ah-in over alleged drug abuse

Footage of man trying to break into woman's home using wire sparks fear

A video taken by a woman living in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province on Tuesday shows a man trying to open her front door by sliding in a length of steel wire from outside the apartment. Captured from an online message boardBy Kim Chung-hwanOnline users in Korea are reacting with horror after viral footage emerged of an unidentified man trying to break into a lone woman's home using a length of steel wire to open the locked door.On Tuesday, a woman living in the city of Bucheon posted a video in an online message board titled “I'm getting goosebumps right now”, which subsequently went viral on other web communities and social media platforms.The video shows a length of steel wire which is bent back at the end being forced through the gap between the front entrance and the frame. The unidentified man proceeds to hook the wire on to the door handle and attempts to pull it down several times. The woman said the incident took place at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.The woman said she grabbed the steel wire and asked the man who he was, to which he replied that he was a real estate agent.

May 19, 2023
Footage of man trying to break into woman's home using wire sparks fear

Top court upholds 30-year prison term for couple for starving 2-year-old daughter to death

Supreme Court building in Seoul / YonhapThe Supreme Court upheld a 30-year prison sentence Friday for a mother and stepfather accused of neglect and starvation that resulted in the death of their 2-year-old daughter last year.The couple in their 20s, who resided in Ulsan, 299 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was found guilty of causing the child's death through abuse and negligence, including failure to provide adequate food for about five months starting from October 2021.The young girl died on March 3, 2022, due to malnutrition and cerebral hemorrhage. The couple was also charged with mistreating their 17-month-old son, resulting in his suffering from malnutrition and developmental problems.Investigations revealed that despite receiving child benefits from the government, the couple frequently deprived their children of food and left them unattended in the house for as long as 25 hours while they went out to meet friends or play games.Last July, a district court handed down a 30-year prison sentence, saying, "It is difficult to imagine the pain and fear that the victim must have felt

May 19, 2023
Top court upholds 30-year prison term for couple for starving 2-year-old daughter to death
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