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10-year prison term upheld for man convicted of digital sex crimes against boys, men

Kim Young-jun at the Seoul Jongno Police Station, in this June, 2021, file photo. YonhapAn appellate court upheld, Friday, a 10-year prison sentence for a 30-year-old man for sexually exploiting dozens of boys and male teenagers to produce and circulate their nude images and videos online.The Seoul High Court handed down the sentence to Kim Young-jun, confirming a lower court's decision to convict him of all the charges filed against him, including producing and spreading sexually exploitative images and videos of boys and male adolescents, as well as sexual assault.Posing as a woman to hook up with underage men on chatting apps, he allegedly filmed 79 boys and male teenagers naked over video calls between 2011 and 2021.Since 2020, he has sold eight pieces of the sexually exploitative materials and 1,839 other illegally filmed obscene videos of adults.At the time of his arrest last year, he possessed around 1,570 pieces of sexually exploitative images and videos of underage men, on top of some 5,470 pieces involving adults.He was also accused of coercing and sexually assaulting a mal

May 27, 2022
10-year prison term upheld for man convicted of digital sex crimes against boys, men

Supreme Court orders life sentence for man convicted of raping, killing 20-month-old baby

The Supreme Court building in Seoul's Seocho District / Korea Times fileThe Supreme Court increased the sentence imposed on a man found guilty of sexually assaulting and killing a 20-month-old baby girl to life in prison, Friday. The ruling raised a lower court's 30-year prison term for the 30-year-old man, identified only by his surname Yang, who was tried for raping and killing the baby daughter of his live-in girlfriend in June last year."It is right to separate the defendant from society forever, given the cruelty of his crime," the court said.The court also ordered that he be banned from working at child-related facilities for 10 years, wear a tracking device for 20 years and undergo 200 hours of a child abuse treatment program.However, it rejected the prosecution's requests for chemical castration treatment and the disclosure of his identity.Yang was convicted of killing the baby by covering her with a blanket, and punching and stomping on her for about an hour while drunk at his home in Daejeon, about 165 kilometers south of Seoul, because she did not stop crying.He was also c

May 27, 2022
Supreme Court orders life sentence for man convicted of raping, killing 20-month-old baby

Court rules aggregated punishment for repeat DUI offenses unconstitutional

Nine justices take their place inside the Constitutional Court in central Seoul, Dec. 27, 2019. The court ruled Thursday that a law calling for aggregated punishment against repeat drunk driving offenses or refusing field sobriety testing was unconstitutional. / Yonhap The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that a law calling for aggregated punishment against repeated offenses of drunk driving or refusing field sobriety testing is unconstitutional.The nine-justice panel made the ruling in a 7-2 vote to a clause of the country's revised Road Traffic Act, dubbed the Yoon Chang-ho act, named after a high-profile DUI case. A vote of two-thirds is required to reverse a ruling.The controversial law, revised in 2020, has lost its validity following the ruling.The clause states that those committing DUIs or refusing to take a breathalyzer test on two or more occasions should be put behind bars for between two and five years or fined 10 million won to 20 million won ($7,896

May 26, 2022
Court rules aggregated punishment for repeat DUI offenses unconstitutional

Undocumented resident gets 1.5-year jail term for financing Syria-based terrorist group

Seoul Central District Court / Korea Times fileBy Lee Hae-rinAn undocumented resident of Russian nationality who sent 8.2 million won ($6,500) in cash to a Syria-based terrorist group was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison, along with a court order to pay back the same amount as a fine.The Seoul Central District Court ruled against the undocumented person on May 18 based on the law prohibiting the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The individual, whose name was not disclosed, has lived in Korea since 2018 and funded the U.N.-designated terrorist organization, Tavhid va Jihod (JTJ), through a group member whom the person met in Korea. The group was founded after the civil war in Syria in March 2011 and its members mainly consist of Central Asians.Beginning in November 2020, the person made a total of 18 overseas transfers totaling 8.2 million won. The financial transactions were made to a foreign account provided by a member of the group who had been collecting funds through social media.According to the head judge in charge of the case, the in

May 26, 2022By Lee Hae-rin
Undocumented resident gets 1.5-year jail term for financing Syria-based terrorist group

Supreme Court rules against peak wage system

The Supreme Court building in Seocho, southern Seoul / YonhapThe Supreme Court ruled against the peak wage system, Thursday, which a large number of local companies had introduced to gradually cut the salaries of senior workers several years before retirement.The top court said the system was illegal discrimination against workers on the basis of age, making the first ruling of its kind in a lawsuit filed by a former employee of a local research institute.The plaintiff who joined the institute in 1991 retired honorably in 2014.The institute introduced the peak wage system for employees over the age of 55 in January 2009 through an agreement with the union and the plaintiff became subject to the system in 2011.The person started a lawsuit to demand the reimbursement of the wages lost before retirement, claiming his basic wage was reduced after a two-level fall in rank and a 49-level drop in competency grade under the new wage system.The issue in the litigation was whether the institute's peak wage system was in violation of the Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination in Employment an

May 26, 2022
Supreme Court rules against peak wage system
  • Employers criticize Supreme Court ruling against peak wage system

Supreme Court upholds 1 1/2-yr prison term for disgraced K-pop star Seungri

Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG / Korea Times file The Supreme Court upheld Thursday a one-and-a-half prison term imposed on Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, for prostitution mediation, overseas gambling and other charges.Upholding a lower court's ruling, the top court found the 32-year-old, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, guilty of all nine charges in a far-reaching sex and drug scandal surrounding Burning Sun, a nightclub in Seoul affiliated with him, which roiled the K-pop industry in 2019. He was found guilty of procuring prostitutes for investors from Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and other countries from December 2015 to January 2016 to get investments for his nightclub and other businesses. The court also found him guilty of misappropriating 2.2 billion won ($1.7 million) from his club funds and habitually gambling in Las Vegas between 2013 and 2017.He was also convicted of mobilizing gang members to

May 26, 2022
Supreme Court upholds 1 1/2-yr prison term for disgraced K-pop star Seungri

Suspect in fatal dog attack arrested after yearlong investigation

This photo provided by Namyangju Fire Station Sunday shows the dog that mauled a 59-year-old woman to death in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. Courtesy of Namyangju Fire StationA dog farm owner has been arrested and indicted on accidental homicide and other charges in connection with the death of a woman who was mauled to death by one of his dogs on the eastern outskirts of Seoul last year, prosecutors said Wednesday.The tragic incident occurred May 22 last year, when the 57-year-old victim taking a stroll on a hill in Namyangju, about 20 kilometers east of Seoul, was attacked and killed by a large, mixed-breed dog that had escaped from the suspect's farm. The woman died of excessive bleeding a few hours after the 150-centimeter-long and 30-kilogram dog bit her neck.At that time, police conducted an extensive investigation to find the dog's owner and found that the 69-year-old suspect was illegally breeding 49 abandoned dogs at a nearby farm. In July, police sought an arrest warrant for the suspect but a local court rejected the request, saying he denied ownership of the killer dog.The

May 25, 2022
Suspect in fatal dog attack arrested after yearlong investigation

Police forward Terraform Labs CEO home trespassing case to prosecution

The price chart for Luna is on display at a Bithumb customer service center in Seoul, May 24. YonhapPolice said Wednesday they have wrapped up an investigation into a crypto investor accused of trespassing at the apartment of Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, and sent the case to the prosecution suggesting he be indicted.The suspect, whose identity has been withheld, allegedly entered the apartment complex in eastern Seoul through a main entrance gate while another resident was entering May 12, then rang the doorbell, looking for Kwon, while his wife was at home, according to Seongdong Police Station.Kwon is at the center of the massive collapse of TerraUSD, a so-called stablecoin that is meant to maintain a $1 peg, and its digital coin counterpart, Luna, which had been trading in the 10 cent range and at nearly zero, respectively, registering more than 99.99 percent falls from their highs and wiping out billions of investors' money globally.The suspect, who operates an online broadcasting channel, claims he has lost about 2 to 3 billion won ($2.3 million). He has urged

May 25, 2022
Police forward Terraform Labs CEO home trespassing case to prosecution

Woori Bank employee, his brother indicted for embezzling 61 billion won

A picture of Woori Bank / YonhapAn employee of Woori Bank and his brother were indicted on Tuesday on charges of embezzling more than 60 billion won ($47.4 million) from one of the nation's largest commercial banks.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said it indicted the brothers for embezzlement and violating the law on flight of domestic property. The employee, identified only by his surname Jeon, was also charged with forgery of documents. The employee was arrested on April 30 on charges of embezzling the funds from the nation's fourth-largest commercial bank between October 2012 and June 2018. His younger brother, who is not a bank employee, and a former employee of a Woori Bank affiliate have also been arrested as co-conspirators.Most of the stolen money was found to be from a 57.8-billion won contract deposit that Woori Bank has to return to Iran's largest consumer electronics maker, Entekhab Industrial Group, in connection with a failed acquisition deal.The prosecution added charges of flight of property after it learned that the brothers transferred 5 billion won to

May 24, 2022
Woori Bank employee, his brother indicted for embezzling 61 billion won

Mother charged with killing disabled daughter

Logo of Police / Korea Times file A woman in her 60s has been detained on the charge of killing her severely disabled daughter, whom she had allegedly taken care of for over 30 years, police said Tuesday.The suspect, whose identity was withheld, is accused of giving a lethal amount of sleeping pills to her daughter in her 30s at their home in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, at 4:30 p.m. Monday, police said.The suspect then attempted suicide, also by taking sleeping pills, but was discovered by her son, in his 30s, when he visited her apartment six hours later, before she was rushed to a hospital, police said.The woman, who was put under emergency arrest after regaining consciousness, reportedly told police that she had wanted to die after giving her daughter sleeping pills.The deceased daughter had reportedly suffered from a severe cerebral disorder since birth and was recently diagnosed with colon cancer.The suspect is said to have taken care of her daughter

May 24, 2022
Mother charged with killing disabled daughter
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