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Ex-Ssangbangwool chief said to return home this week after arrest in Thailand

Former Ssangbangwool Group Chairman Kim Seong-tae / Korea Times fileAn underwear tycoon nabbed in Thailand earlier this week in connection with the prosecutors' ongoing investigation into opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's corruption allegations is willing to voluntarily return home later this week at the earliest, judicial and other officials said Thursday.Kim Seong-tae, former chairman of underwear maker Ssangbangwool Group, was apprehended by Thai police at a golf club near Bangkok on Tuesday evening, roughly eight months after he fled the country amid several high-profile corruption investigations.Kim has been long sought after by prosecutors as a key suspect in a number of high-profile corruption investigations, including alleged payment of Lee's attorney expenses by proxy, suspected embezzlement of company funds and alleged transfer of cash to North Korea.Kim's extradition was previously expected to take a long time, as he reportedly denied illegal stay soon after arrest and was expected to start a litigation to delay his deportation.Contrary to the expectations, however, Kim ha

Jan 12, 2023
Ex-Ssangbangwool chief said to return home this week after arrest in Thailand

Appellate court upholds 25-year imprisonment for man in brutal murder

A 42-year-old children's gym owner arrested on the charge of murdering an employee is transferred to prosecutors in Seoul, in this Jan. 7, 2022 file photo. YonhapAn appellate court on Thursday upheld 25-year imprisonment for a 42-year-old man charged with brutally killing one of his employees by inserting a 70-centimeter rod into the victim's rectum.The Seoul High Court approved a district court's earlier sentence for the man, only identified by his surname Han, for murdering the employee at a children's gym in Seoul with the plastic stick, which ruptured his organs and caused his death in December 2021.Han struck the victim in his 20s with the rod at the facility he owns in northwestern Seoul dozens of times before killing him.An autopsy showed a perforation in the anterior wall of the victim's rectum and further ruptures in organs, including the heart and the liver. (Yonhap)

Jan 12, 2023
Appellate court upholds 25-year imprisonment for man in brutal murder

22-year prison sentence for man convicted of homicide attempt over noise dispute

This November 2021 file photo shows police escorting a man accused of attempting to kill neighbors over a noise dispute in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul. NewsisA 22-year prison sentence has been finalized for a man who was convicted of attempting to murder his neighbors over a noise dispute, court officials said Thursday.The man, identified by his surname Lee, withdrew an appeal to the Supreme Court on Jan. 3, they said.In November, an appeals court sentenced him to 22 years in prison for trying to kill all three members of a neighboring family in an apartment building in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul. He was also ordered to wear an electric monitoring anklet for 10 years.On Nov, 15, 2021, the man stormed into the family's home downstairs and went on a stabbing spree. He had been in an inter-floor noise dispute with them since he moved in about three months earlier. The mother was stabbed in the neck and was left seriously incapacitated. The husband and their daughter sustained wounds to the face and hands.The case drew national attention for a bungled police response.

Jan 12, 2023
22-year prison sentence for man convicted of homicide attempt over noise dispute

Ex-Ssangbangwool chief arrested in Thailand while fleeing corruption allegations

Kim Seong-tae / Korea Times fileThe former chairman of Ssangbangwool Group, who had fled the country in the wake of several high-profile corruption investigations, has been arrested in Thailand, according to legal sources Tuesday.According to the sources, Kim Seong-tae, the former chairman, was apprehended by local police at a golf club Tuesday evening, roughly eight months after he departed for Singapore ahead of a raid by the prosecution in late May.Prosecutors suspect Kim is a key figure in a number of high-profile corruption investigations surrounding the group, including those involving alleged transfer of cash remittances to North Korea and the purported payment for attorney expenses of Lee Jae-myung, the head of the main opposition Democratic Party. Most of the allegations under probe occurred during Kim's tenure as group chairman, according to sources. (Yonhap)

Jan 11, 2023
Ex-Ssangbangwool chief arrested in Thailand while fleeing corruption allegations

Prosecution demands death penalty for man charged with killing woman in subway station restroom

Jeon Joo-hwan, a 31-year-old stalking murder suspect and Seoul Metro employee, is escorted by police officers from Namdaemun Police Station to prosecutors in Seoul in this Sept. 21, 2022 file photo. YonhapThe prosecution on Tuesday demanded the death penalty for a former subway worker charged with killing a female colleague he had stalked in a public restroom at a subway station.The suspect, Jeon Joo-hwan, was indicted for stabbing the victim to death in the ladies' room at Sindang Station in Seoul on Sept. 14. He was charged with revenge killing.During a hearing at the Seoul Central District Court, the prosecution demanded the capital punishment, citing he is considered at high risk for recidivism.The prosecution also requested the court order Jeon to wear an electronic tracking device for 30 years. The killing took place one day before a court was set to sentence him on charges of stalking her. The two had known each other since entering Seoul Metro, the operator of Seoul's subway system, in October 2021.Jeon told police he committed the murder out of resentment toward her after pr

Jan 10, 2023
Prosecution demands death penalty for man charged with killing woman in subway station restroom

Investigation into North Korean spy ring expands

Lawmakers enter the office of the National Intelligence Service in Seoul, in this Oct. 26, 2022, file photo. According to civic groups and other sources on Tuesday, NIS officials and police have been investigating allegations that some liberal activists, including party officials, helped promote anti-government activities after taking orders from North Korea's ruling Workers' Party. NewsisParty officials, activists suspected of carrying out orders from PyongyangBy Jung Min-hoWhen South Korea's largest labor umbrella group called for an end to the alliance with the U.S. and conscription during weekend rallies before Aug. 15 National Liberation Day last year, some observers questioned what those demands have to do with improving workers' rights.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) and police now suspect that the messages chanted in the Seoul streets might have come directly from Pyongyang and that it was orchestrated by regime sympathizers engaged in espionage activities here at its behest.According to civic groups and other sources on Tuesday, NIS officials and police have been inv

Jan 10, 2023By Jung Min-ho
Investigation into North Korean spy ring expands

Supreme Court confirms 40-year sentence for man in stalking murder case

Kim Byung-chan, a 35-year-old stalking murder suspect, is taken by police officers at Namdaemun Police Station to prosecutors in Seoul over allegations he killed his ex-girlfriend with a knife at her studio apartment in central Seoul last week in this Nov. 29, 2021 file photo. YonhapThe Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 40-year prison sentence for a 37-year-old man convicted of stalking and brutally murdering his ex-girlfriend in 2021 after the couple broke up.Kim Byung-chan stabbed his ex-girlfriend in her 30s multiple times at her studio apartment in central Seoul in November 2021. He had stalked her since their breakup in the second half of 2020.At the time of her death, the victim was under police protection after filing four complaints against Kim. A restraining order against him was also in place.A district court handed Kim a 35-year prison term, but the Seoul High Court increased his sentence by five years, saying the defendant was not seriously remorseful. (Yonhap)

Jan 10, 2023
Supreme Court confirms 40-year sentence for man in stalking murder case

Former GM Korea CEO given suspended prison term over illegal employment

Kaher Kazem, a former CEO of GM Korea, leaves the Incheon District Court, Jan. 9. NewsisA court sentenced Kaher Kazem, a former CEO of GM Korea, to a suspended prison term on Monday on charges of illegally hiring about 1,700 manufacturing workers on secondment.The former CEO was accused, along with other GM executives, of hiring 1,719 workers dispatched from 24 outsourcing companies to work at the carmaker's factories in Incheon, Changwon and Gunsan from September 2017 till December 2021.The dispatched workers were made to work at the factories' main production lines involving automotive body assembly and painting, where the hiring of dispatched workers is banned under the relevant labor law aimed at protecting temporary agency workers.The Incheon District Court handed out an eight-month prison term, suspended for two years, for Kazem while sentencing GM Korea to a fine of 30 million won ($24,086), ending two years of court proceedings on the case.GM Korea's labor union of temporary workers immediately denounced the ruling, saying the suspended sentence is tantamount to giving him "a

Jan 9, 2023
Former GM Korea CEO given suspended prison term over illegal employment

Over 150 tourists 'missing' after visa-free entry through Yangyang airport

This June 1, 2018, file photo shows Yangyang International Airport. More than 150 foreign visitors who entered Korea via the airport under a visa waiver program over the past six months have “gone missing,” raising concerns that the program may be exploited by those seeking to work here illegally. NewsisBy Jung Min-hoMore than 150 foreign visitors who entered Korea via Yangyang International Airport under a visa waiver program over the past six months have “gone missing,” raising concerns that the waiver may be exploited by those seeking to work here illegally.Documents from the Ministry of Justice obtained by Rep. Yoo Sang-bum of the ruling People Power Party showed Sunday that 107 Vietnamese, 31 Filipinos and 15 Mongolians have fallen out of contact after arriving here through the program, which has been running since last June for the three countries as well as Indonesia.The immigration office under the ministry said it has so far caught three people ― two Vietnamese and one Filipino ― for overstaying the authorized period of 15 days. The ministry said it i

Jan 8, 2023By Jung Min-ho
Over 150 tourists 'missing' after visa-free entry through Yangyang airport

Rival parties agree to extend probe into Itaewon tragedy by 10 days

National Police Agency Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun takes an oath at the start of a parliamentary hearing into the Itaewon tragedy held at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Jan. 4. YonhapRival political parties agreed Thursday to extend the parliamentary investigation into the Itaewon crowd crush by 10 days amid criticism the probe has been delayed due to the National Assembly's handling of the state budget plan for this year. Floor leaders of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea(DPK) made the joint announcement and said the plan will be approved at the Assembly's plenary session on Friday. The 45-day investigation into the Oct. 29 tragedy, which killed 159 people, was scheduled to end Saturday but is now set to be extended until Jan. 17.The special committee for the investigation held its first hearing to question key police officials Wednesday and plans to hold its second hearing Friday to question key government officials. The rival parties need to continue to discuss the details of the third hearing, DPK floor leader

Jan 5, 2023
Rival parties agree to extend probe into Itaewon tragedy by 10 days
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