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KBO asks prosecutors to investigate Kia Tigers' ex-GM over bribery allegations

Former Kia Tigers general manager Jang Jung-suk at an exhibition game between the Korean national baseball team and the Tigers at Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Arizona, Feb. 19. YonhapThe Korean baseball league said Thursday it has asked prosecutors to investigate a former club executive recently fired for improper contract negotiations.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it wants local prosecutors to have a further look into allegations that former Kia Tigers general manager Jang Jung-suk had asked a player for a kickback during contract talks.Jang was fired by the Tigers on March 29 for allegedly asking free agent catcher Park Dong-won for cash in exchange for a lucrative contract during their negotiations last offseason. Park, who signed with another KBO club, LG Twins, recorded his conversation with Jang and reported the incident to the Tigers and the players association.The KBO said it reviewed materials submitted by the Tigers regarding the case and decided on Wednesday that it would get prosecutors involved in it.In a separate case, the KBO also asked prosecutors to in

Apr 6, 2023
KBO asks prosecutors to investigate Kia Tigers' ex-GM over bribery allegations

Forced labor victims seize four patent rights of Mitsubishi

In this July 23, 2019 file photo, a woman walks past the company sign of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Tokyo. AP-YonhapA group of victims of Japan's wartime forced labor has seized additional patent rights of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a Japanese firm that used forced laborers during World War II, a civic group said Wednesday.The Daejeon District Court recently decided to seize four patent rights of Mitsubishi at the request of two surviving victims and the families of two other late forced labor victims, according to the civic group.In February 2014, the victims won a compensation suit against Mitsubishi and the ruling was upheld by an appeals court later that year. The case is currently pending at the Supreme Court. The court put the compensation Mitsubishi owes to the victims at 680 million won ($518,490) at the time of the first ruling. The court also granted the victims the right to collect the compensation from Mitsubishi at that time, but they had been putting off collecting the money.The victims decided there is no reason to delay exercising their rights anymore at a t

Apr 5, 2023
Forced labor victims seize four patent rights of Mitsubishi

Actress Kim Sae-ron fined 20 million won on for DUI

Actress Kim Sae-ron appears for a sentencing trial at the Seoul Central District Court, April 5. YonhapActress Kim Sae-ron was sentenced to 20 million won ($15,000) in fines Wednesday for driving under the influence of alcohol last year.The Seoul Central District Court handed out the monetary penalty for Kim, 23, who crashed her car into a guardrail and trees lining the street while driving under the influence in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul, on May 18. The crash into a transformer cut off electricity to 57 stores in the area for nearly three hours.Kim's blood alcohol level was measured at more than 0.2 percent at the time, far exceeding the license revocation level of 0.08 percent.The young actress debuted as a child in the movie "The Man from Nowhere." She has since appeared in numerous movies and TV dramas. (Yonhap)

Apr 5, 2023
Actress Kim Sae-ron fined 20 million won on for DUI

Korean police, FBI chiefs discuss tighter cooperation on cybercrime, antiterrorism

The National Police Agency of Korea / YonhapKorea's police chief has met with the head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FIB) and discussed ways to tighten cooperation to jointly deal with cybercrime, terrorism and other security matters, the police here said Wednesday.In the meeting held on Tuesday (U.S. time) at the FBI headquarters in Washington, Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun of the National Police Agency and FIB Director Christopher Wray also discussed personnel exchanges and education cooperation to strengthen their forces, the police said. "Through firm solidarity and cooperation between the two agencies, we would be able to undercut and thwart threats we face," Yoon was quoted as saying in the meeting.Yoon is visiting Washington as part of his two-nation trip at the invitation of the Canadian police and the FBI. He is set to return home on Thursday. (Yonhap)

Apr 5, 2023
Korean police, FBI chiefs discuss tighter cooperation on cybercrime, antiterrorism

Police looking into possible mastermind behind abduction murder of woman

This combination of photos shows three suspects involved in the abduction and murder of a woman being taken to the Seoul Central District Court, April 3, YonhapPolice investigating last week's kidnapping and murder of a woman are expanding their probe considering the possibility of a mastermind behind the crime, officials said Tuesday.Three suspects were formally arrested Monday for allegedly abducting a 48-year-old woman in Seoul's posh Gangnam district last Wednesday and killing her the following day.The Suseo Police Station in southern Seoul said one of the suspects, surnamed Lee, received tens of millions of won from a woman, surnamed Hwang, and her husband before the incident. The police are looking into whether the payment is linked to the crime and have barred the couple from leaving the country.According to legal sources, Lee, the murder victim and Hwang were co-investors in a cryptocurrency in 2021. After the digital currency fell sharply in February of that year, Lee, the victim and other investors believed Hwang manipulated the token's price. They extorted 190 million won

Apr 4, 2023
Police looking into possible mastermind behind abduction murder of woman

3 suspects arrested in Gangnam cryptocurrency murder case

Three people, who were arrested in suspected connection with the murder of a 48-year-old woman who lived in Seoul's Gangnam District, leave Seoul Suseo Police Station before being transported to the Seoul Central District Court to attend their arrest warrant hearings, Monday. YonhapCase believed to be related to cryptocurrency investmentsBy Jun Ji-hyeThree people were arrested on Monday in suspected connection with the recent murder of a 48-year-old woman who lived in Seoul's Gangnam District. Judge Yoo Chang-hoon at the Seoul Central District Court said the decision was made to grant warrants for their arrests “due to concerns they are flight risks or could try to destroy evidence.”According to police, the three were suspected of conspiring to force the woman into a vehicle in front of an apartment complex in Yeoksam-dong in Seoul's Gangnam District at 11:46 p.m. on Wednesday, and murdering her the following day in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul. Her body was dumped on a mountain near Daecheong Dam on the outskirts of Daejeon.The three were caught by police some

Apr 3, 2023By Jun Ji-hye
3 suspects arrested in Gangnam cryptocurrency murder case

Court grants bail to ex-national security adviser arrested over death of fisheries official

Suh Hoon, former director of the National Security Office / Korea Times fileFormer national security adviser Suh Hoon, who was arrested about four months ago over alleged irregularities surrounding the 2020 death of a South Korean fisheries official at the hands of North Korea, was granted bail by a court Monday.The Seoul Central District Court approved Suh's application for bail on condition that he pays a deposit of 150 million won ($114,000) and stays in his registered residence. He was also ordered to obtain the court's permission before leaving his residence or going on an overseas trip.Suh, who served as director of the National Security Office during the previous Moon Jae-in presidency, was arrested and indicted last December on charges related to the death of the fisheries official, who was fatally shot by the North's military on Sept. 22, 2020, near the inter-Korean maritime border in the Yellow Sea, after going missing the previous day while on duty on board a fishery inspection boat.Suh was indicted for his alleged involvement in the Moon government's controversial conclus

Apr 3, 2023
Court grants bail to ex-national security adviser arrested over death of fisheries official

Arrest of 3 murder suspects to be decided Monday

Police investigate a site near Daecheong Dam on the outskirts of Daejeon, Friday, where a woman's body was dumped the previous day. Yonhap By Jun Ji-hyeA local court will decide on Monday on whether to issue arrest warrants for three men who allegedly kidnapped and murdered a woman in her 40s, according to police and the prosecution, Sunday.The Seoul Central District Court will review the prosecution's request to issue the warrants for the three men in their 30s at 11 a.m. Monday on charges of murder and abandonment of a body.The three men were suspected of forcing the woman into a vehicle in front of an apartment complex in Yeoksam-dong in Seoul's Gangnam District at 11:46 p.m. on Wednesday.According to police, the suspects confessed to murdering her the following day in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, and dumping her body on a mountain near Daecheong Dam on the outskirts of Daejeon. As a surveillance camera caught the abduction, police pursued the suspects and caught two of them on Friday in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. Another man was caught in southern Seoul's Nonhyeon-do

Apr 2, 2023By Jun Ji-hye
Arrest of 3 murder suspects to be decided Monday

Arrest warrant issued for ex-military commander over martial law scandal

Cho Hyun-chun, center, a former head of the now-defunct Defense Security Command, speaks to reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, March 29. Yonhap A Seoul court issued a warrant Friday to arrest Cho Hyun-chun, a former head of the now-defunct Defense Security Command, over the suspected masterminding of a martial law plan while then President Park Geun-hye faced an impeachment trial in 2017.The Seoul Western District Court granted the arrest warrant for Cho on abuse of authority and political meddling charges after holding a hearing in the morning.The 64-year-old former military commander was apprehended Wednesday upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, after his flight to the United States in the face of a probe in late 2017. Cho allegedly instructed a task force he formed in February 2017 to draw up a contingency plan based on an illegal declaration of martial law to crack down on candlelight protesters by force and r

Mar 31, 2023
Arrest warrant issued for ex-military commander over martial law scandal

Judiciary committee begins deliberation on special counsel bills on land development scandal

The parliamentary legislation committee holds a meeting to put a bill that calls for a special counsel probe into bribery allegations connected to a high-profile land development scandal on the agenda at the National Assembly in western Seoul, March 30. YonhapThe parliamentary judiciary committee began Thursday to deliberate on bills calling for a special counsel probe into bribery allegations connected to a high-profile land development scandal.The committee introduced three bills proposed by the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the minor opposition Justice Party and the Basic Income Party that calls for an independent probe into the "5 billion club" allegations that prominent social figures were promised 5 billion won ($3.8 million) each from the asset management firm Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, which had reaped astronomical profits from a development project in the Daejang-dong district of Seongnam, south of Seoul.The figures allegedly include former ruling party lawmaker Kwak Sang-do, former special prosecutor Park Young-soo and former Prosecutor General Kim

Mar 30, 2023
Judiciary committee begins deliberation on special counsel bills on land development scandal
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