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Prosecutor general instructs officials to wipe out drug crimes

Prosecutor General Lee One-seok speaks during a meeting of senior drug crime prosecutors, May 8. YonhapProsecutor General Lee One-seok instructed prosecution officials Monday to "wipe out" drug crimes, saying the rapid spread of illegal drugs in recent years caused the country to fall from the exemplary drug-free nation status. Lee made the remarks during a meeting of 26 senior drug crime prosecutors from across the country held to discuss cooperation in fighting drug crimes. "I ask all prosecution members to join together to wipe drugs off this land under the leadership of the drug crime investigation headquarters," Lee said. The special interagency investigation team was launched in April to fight increasing drug crimes. "Our nation had retained its status as a drug-free nation for over 20 years and was globally known as a model country in drug controls, but in the past few years it plunged into the abyss of illegal drugs penetrating deeply into the everyday life," the chief prosecutor noted. He said the country's drug crime situation would turn "irreversible" if action is not take

May 8, 2023
Prosecutor general instructs officials to wipe out drug crimes

Drug scam suspect faces underage drugging charge punishable by death

One of the suspects in a drug scam is transferred to the prosecution for investigation, April 17. YonhapProsecutors on Thursday indicted three suspects in a drug scam targeting teenagers, applying against one of them the charge of supplying drugs to minors that is punishable by death. The recent drug scam shocked Korean society, in which drug-laced beverages were handed out to teenage students in Seoul's southern Gangnam Ward with false labels, claiming they were intended to enhance memory and concentration. Each beverage given to teenagers contained three times as much methamphetamine as a usual dose, and the parents of at least six students who received the drinks were later blackmailed with demands for money and threats to report their children to the police for drug charges. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office on Thursday indicted two men, surnamed Gil and Park, on respective charges of producing and supplying drug-laced beverages to teenagers and operating telephone repeaters used in the money extraction scam. The prosecution office also indicted another man, surnamed

May 4, 2023
Drug scam suspect faces underage drugging charge punishable by death

Prosecution expands probe into massive stock manipulation scandal

A person enters a golf academy in southern Seoul on May 2, which has come under suspicion of being involved in a massive stock manipulation scandal. YonhapProsecutors investigating a suspected case of large-scale stock manipulation have secured detailed transaction data for the stocks allegedly used by price manipulators, informed officials said Thursday.The Korea Exchange's market monitoring office provided the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office earlier this week with transaction data, such as bid and ask prices for the stocks in question, and their actual trading records and volumes at the time of suspected price manipulation and crash, the officials said.The prosecution and the Financial Services Commission have formed a joint team to investigate an investment consulting firm at the center of the recent collapse of stock prices of eight companies.The stocks of the eight listed companies had been steadily rising since April of last year but began to plummet last week following mass sell-offs through SG Securities Korea, the local branch of Societe Generale Group of France.T

May 4, 2023
Prosecution expands probe into massive stock manipulation scandal

Ex-foreign service employee fined for attempt to sell BTS Jungkook's lost hat

BTS member JungkookThe Seoul Central District Court has fined a former foreign service employee 1 million won ($749) on charges of attempting to sell BTS member Jungkook's lost hat online, legal sources said Wednesday.The employee, whose identity has been withheld, put the bucket hat for sale on an online second-hand market for 10 million won in October, claiming the K-pop star had left it at the foreign ministry building in Seoul when he visited to apply for a passport.The seller deleted his offer and turned himself in to the police amid the controversy, and prosecutors later summarily indicted him, seeking a 1-million-won fine. (Yonhap)

May 3, 2023
Ex-foreign service employee fined for attempt to sell BTS Jungkook's lost hat

Husband leaps to death with baby after killing wife

An apartment in Seoul's Nowon district where an apparent murder-suicide involving a family of three occurred is cordoned off by police, May 3. YonhapA family of three, including a months-old baby, were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in northeastern Seoul on Wednesday, police said.A 33-year-old-man surnamed Lee, his 37-year-old wife and their baby, believed to be several months old, were found dead by the police at an apartment in the Nowon district at 4:46 a.m.The woman was found stabbed with a knife inside the apartment, and the bodies of the man and the baby were found outside, the police said, adding officers went there after receiving a call from the man's father.The police began an investigation, speculating the man may have killed his wife before jumping off the apartment building with the baby.The man reportedly sent a message to his father before the suspected crime, saying: "I did something wrong. Thank you."The man was said to be self-employed, and whether the family had financial issues is yet to be known. An official from the Nowon Ward office said the family di

May 3, 2023
Husband leaps to death with baby after killing wife

13,000 illegal immigrants leave Korea through crackdown over 2 months

Exterior of Incheon Immigration Office, Feb. 15, 2021 / Korea Times fileAbout 13,000 illegal immigrants left Korea through a crackdown and the voluntary departure program over the past two months, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday.The government has resumed its crackdown on foreigners staying or working illegally here since last October after a pause due to COVID-19.The latest crackdown from March 2 to April 30 was mainly conducted in fields that can cause social harm, such as entertainment services, and in industries closely linked to local people's jobs, such as logistics and delivery, it noted.A total of 7,578 undocumented migrant workers were caught in the crackdown, and 6,863 of them were forced or ordered to leave the country, the ministry said, adding 208 others were fined and the rest are under investigation.The ministry said an additional 5,247 illegal migrants left the country through the voluntary departure program, in which a fine exemption and suspension of entry restrictions are granted.In addition, fines were imposed on 1,701 employers caught hiring illegal migran

May 3, 2023
13,000 illegal immigrants leave Korea through crackdown over 2 months

KCC chief indicted over alleged score rigging in cable channel relicensing

Han Sang-hyuk, the head of the Korea Communications Commission, speaks to reporters after arriving at the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors Office over allegations that he ordered evaluation board members to lower the score of a conservative cable TV network during its approval screening, March 22. YonhapProsecutors indicted Han Sang-hyuk, chairman of the state Korea Communications Commission (KCC), on Tuesday on charges of involvement in the alleged score manipulation against a right-wing cable channel in the process of renewing its broadcasting license in 2020.Han, who was named KCC chief during the previous Moon Jae-in administration, is charged with prodding senior KCC officials to give low scores to TV Chosun during its license renewal evaluation process.The KCC head also allegedly arranged the appointment of a civic activist critical of TV Chosun to the commission's judging panel in charge of relicensing reviews.The Seoul Northern District Prosecutors Office on Tuesday indicted Han without physical detention on charges, including obstruction of justice and forgery of official

May 2, 2023
KCC chief indicted over alleged score rigging in cable channel relicensing

Union official dies 1 day after self-immolation protest

Members of a construction workers' union hold a news conference in Chuncheon, northeastern Korea, to condemn the government over the self-immolation death of a fellow union member, May 2. YonhapA labor union official who set himself on fire outside a court in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung earlier this week died during treatment at a hospital in Seoul on Tuesday, police said.The official, a ranking member of the Gangwon Province chapter of a nationwide construction workers' union, attempted self-immolation Monday hours before attending a pretrial detention hearing in Gangneung, 163 km east of Seoul, on charges of business obstruction.The 50-year-old official, identified only by his surname Yang, was airlifted to a Seoul hospital but died at 1:09 p.m., police said.The local prosecution earlier requested arrest warrants for Yang and two other union officials on suspicion of forcing the hiring of union members and extorting about 80 million won ($59,700) from construction companies between April 2022 and February this year. (Yonhap)

May 2, 2023
Union official dies 1 day after self-immolation protest

Korea extends real estate investment immigration program by 3 years

A file photo of the Ministry of Justice building / YonhapKorea has extended its real estate investment immigration system by three years and doubled the minimum investment required of foreign investors to 1 billion won (about $745,700) or more, the Ministry of Justice said Monday.Under the real estate investment immigration system, foreigners who invest 500 million won or more in condominiums or other resort facilities in some designated areas nationwide were eligible to receive an F-2 resident visa. The visa can be upgraded to a permanent F-5 residence visa after five years. The government first introduced the program on the southern resort island of Jeju in 2010 to promote the domestic investment of foreign capital and revitalize the local economy.According to the ministry and local governments, the implementation period of the property investment immigration system in four regions ― Jeju, Incheon's Songdo, Yeongjong and Cheongna districts, Pyeongchang's Alpensia, and Yeosu's Gyeongdo ― has been extended to April 30, 2026, following its expiry on Sunday.The same system set to expir

May 1, 2023
Korea extends real estate investment immigration program by 3 years

Prosecution to demand up to death penalty for drug crimes targeting minors

This image taken April 17, shows confiscated drugged beverages used in a drug scam targeting students. NewsisProsecutors will demand up to the death penalty for those supplying minors with drugs, the Supreme Prosecutors Office said Sunday, amid a sharp rise in the number of minors caught for drug offenses.According to the prosecution, the number of adolescent drug offenders rose 304 percent to 481 last year from 119 in 2017, compared with a 30 percent increase in the total number of drug offenders during the same period.In particular, a recent drug scam targeting minors shocked South Korean society, in which drug-laced beverages were handed out to teenage students in Seoul's southern Gangnam Ward with false labels claiming they were intended to enhance memory and concentration. On Sunday, the top prosecutors' office said that it will demand up to the death penalty or life imprisonment for those caught for providing minors with drugs, using minors in the distribution of drugs or taking drugs together with minors.All those caught for drug crimes involving minors will also be investigat

Apr 30, 2023
Prosecution to demand up to death penalty for drug crimes targeting minors
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