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Acquittals of university hospital doctors, nurses in deaths of 4 newborns upheld

GettyimagesbankAn appeals court on Wednesday upheld the not-guilty verdicts of seven doctors and nurses at Ewha Womans University Medical Center in the case of deaths of four newborns by bacterial infection in December 2017.The Seoul High Court said it found the four doctors and three nurses at the university hospital not guilty of death by occupational negligence over the deaths of the newborns, upholding earlier lower court sentences handed in January of last year.On Dec. 15, 2017, four infants died within a span of two hours while being treated in the intensive care unit of the general hospital in western Seoul. Forensic results later showed that their deaths were all caused by citrobacter freundii, bacteria which can cause fatal symptoms in immunocompromised patients, including infants.The seven were later referred to trial on charges of death by occupational negligence.The appeals court ruled that the prosecution's case was based on speculation and comprised arguments that excluded elements that were in favor of the defendants.The court added that while there was a high probabil

Feb 16, 2022
Acquittals of university hospital doctors, nurses in deaths of 4 newborns upheld

Man gets 20-year prison term for killing estranged wife with sword in front of her father

gettyimagesbank A 50-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years behind bars Wednesday on the charge of killing his estranged wife by stabbing and slashing her with a long sword more than 10 times in front of her father.The couple, who were in divorce proceedings, were fighting when the husband wielded the sword at their home in western Seoul in September last year. The wife was visiting the home with her father to pick up her belongings.Jang later turned himself in to police."This is obviously a horrendous and shocking incident, in that the victim's father was at the scene," a judge of the Seoul Southern District Court said, adding the court also took into consideration Jang's unfortunate childhood and the wife's belatedly revealed financial losses from investments in stocks and cryptocurrency. Prosecutors had demanded life imprisonment for Jang. (Yonhap)

Feb 16, 2022
Man gets 20-year prison term for killing estranged wife with sword in front of her father

Independence fighters' association chief to quit after corruption reports

Kim Won-wung, chief of the Heritage of Korean Independence / Korea Times file The head of a state-funded association of national independence fighters and their descendants offered to step down Wednesday amid growing calls for his resignation over embezzlement allegations.The departure of Kim Won-wung, chief of the Heritage of Korean Independence (HKI) who has long faced political and ideology-linked controversies over whether he is suitable for the job, comes less than a week after the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs released an audit outcome accusing him of misappropriating part of the profits from an HKI cafe run at the National Assembly."I bow my head and apologize for having hurt the pride of the (HKI) members and done the HKI a disservice," Kim said in a statement sent to Yonhap News Agency. "Such a mishap has occurred as I was not capable of managing personnel and failed to properly supervise (the cafe)."His remarks appear to be a repeat of his earl

Feb 16, 2022
Independence fighters' association chief to quit after corruption reports

Woman detained for fatally assaulting live-in niece

gettyimagesbank A woman in her 40s has been apprehended on charges of assaulting her five-year-old niece and abandoning her to die, police in the southwestern county of Jangheung said Tuesday.The 41-year-old woman, whose name was withheld, is accused of causing the death of her live-in niece by striking her on the head and buttocks and leaving her unattended Sunday night, according to the police in Jangheung, 400 kilometers south of Seoul.The girl was found unconscious in the bathroom by another family member Monday evening before being taken to a hospital where she died, police said, adding bruises were found all over her body.Police detained the woman on the day and plan to request an arrest warrant after determining the exact cause of the girl's death through an autopsy.The girl had reportedly lived with her aunt at the latter's house in Jangheung for several months. (Yonhap)

Feb 15, 2022
Woman detained for fatally assaulting live-in niece

Calls grow for punishment of sadistic cat killer

A screenshot from a video of a stray cat being burned by a man who allegedly killed it and uploaded the video onto online community DC Inside. Screenshot from KARABy Bahk Eun-jiThe police said, Sunday, that they have launched a probe into a man who allegedly brutally burned and killed a stray cat. According to the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul, the man, who uploaded a video of the abuse and killing of a cat to online community DC Inside, is being investigated for having violated the Animal Protection Act. The man posted videos and photos showing a cat being burned alive on the online forum twice, on Jan. 28 and 30. In one video, a cat trapped in an iron cage was set alight and struggled in pain.As the video and photos went viral, animal rights group Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) reported the man to the Mapo Police Station on Feb. 9 for violating the Animal Protection Act. Another group, Care, offered a reward of 10 million won ($8,340) to anyone who could provide the man's identity. A petition was posted on the Cheong Wa Dae website on Feb. 3, calling for sufficient punishment of

Feb 13, 2022By Bahk Eun-ji
Calls grow for punishment of sadistic cat killer

Supreme Court upholds 30-year prison terms for couple over fatal child abuse

gettyimagesbank The Supreme Court confirmed Friday a lower court's 30-year prison sentences for a couple in their 20s convicted of abusing and starving their 8-year-old daughter to death.The third-grade elementary school child died at their home in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, in March last year after suffering nearly three years of maltreatment and violence by her biological mother and stepfather, 29 and 28 years old, respectively.The top court also approved a lower court order that the undergo 200 hours of a child abuse treatment program and be banned from working at child-related facilities for 10 years.It said the lower court's judgment in the case did not have any problems, such as a misunderstanding of the law.The case became known after the couple called for emergency help, saying their child was not breathing.Rescuers dispatched to the scene found the child dead with many bruises on her body. Her weight was only 13 kilograms, nearly 10 kg less than

Feb 11, 2022
Supreme Court upholds 30-year prison terms for couple over fatal child abuse

4 dead, 4 injured in factory explosion in Yeosu

gettyimagesbank An explosion rocked a petrochemical factory in the southern city of Yeosu on Friday, leaving four workers dead and four others injured, police said.The explosion occurred at 9:26 a.m. at the Yeochun NCC Co. factory in Yeosu, about 320 km south of Seoul, and eight people were believed to be at the scene at the time. Of them, four died and four were taken to a hospital with injuries. Three of the deceased workers were employees of a subcontractor of Yeochun NCC. Police and firefighters believe the explosion occurred during a testing of the factory's heat exchange system and are investigating the exact cause of the blast.Following the accident, police launched an investigation on suspicions of possible professional negligence in connection with the explosion. Officials carried out a forensic analysis at the site of the accident in the afternoon and later plan to conduct autopsies of the deceased workers.The labor ministry also dispatched inspectors to p

Feb 11, 2022
4 dead, 4 injured in factory explosion in Yeosu

Sampyo Industry booked as 1st firm accused of violating new workplace disaster law

Police officials investigate a landslide site at a quarry in Yangju, Feb. 3. Labor ministry officials searched the headquarters of Sampyo Industry in central Seoul, Friday, in connection with the recent industrial accident at the quarry that left three workers dead. Yonhap Labor ministry officials searched the headquarters of Sampyo Industry in central Seoul, Friday, in connection with a recent industrial accident in a quarry that left three workers dead. The search came after the ministry booked Sampyo, a manufacturer of construction materials such as remicon, Wednesday as the first firm to be accused of violating a newly enacted workplace disaster law aimed at better protecting workers from industrial accidents.Under the law, owners and CEOs of companies with five or more employees can face a minimum one-year prison sentence or a fine of up to 1 billion won (US$832,708) in the event of serious workplace disasters. On Jan. 29, a landslide at a quarry operated by

Feb 11, 2022
Sampyo Industry booked as 1st firm accused of violating new workplace disaster law

Deaths of athlete, streamer ignite calls for harsher punishments for internet trolling

Kim In-hyeok, left, a professional volleyball player for Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs and Cho Jang-mi, an online game streamer also known as BJ Jammi, had suffered depression from cyberbullying and died by suicide. Screenshot from InternetBy Lee Hae-rinCyberbullying has yet again cut the lives of an athlete and a Twitch streamer short last week. Kim In-hyeok, 28, a professional volleyball player of the Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs, was found dead at his home in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Friday. Police concluded that there was no evidence of foul play related to Kim's death, Saturday.Kim has vented about psychological damage from internet trolling via social media since last year. He wrote, “I thought I had better ignore decade-long misunderstandings around me, but I am tired of it. Please stop. The malicious comments have harassed me for years ― I can't stand it anymore.”He was referring to criticisms of his appearance, as well as rumors about his sexuality and claims that he appeared in pornography that have mushroomed on the internet.Cho Jang-mi, 27, also known a

Feb 7, 2022By Lee Hae-rin
Deaths of athlete, streamer ignite calls for harsher punishments for internet trolling

Criticism mounts of Nth room leader's blog

Cho Ju-bin / YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiCriticism is mounting of Cho Ju-bin, the mastermind of a notorious online sex blackmail ring, who was sentenced to 42 years in prison. Cho is now running a blog in an effort to plead not guilty and denounce the judiciary system while still in prison. Cho, who is currently serving his jail term at the Seoul Detention Center, started a blog on portal site Naver last August, while his court appeal was in progress.Introduced as “Cho Ju-bin's blog,” a total of six articles were published, including his reasons for the appeal and his apology.Cho was sentenced to 42 years in prison by the Supreme Court last October for organizing a criminal ring together with 38 accomplices, blackmailing 74 victims, including minors, into filming pornographic content, and distributing the materials to members of a pay-to-view Telegram chat room, called Baksabang.While admitting to the charges of producing and distributing sex abuse material, he claimed that the chatroom was not a criminal ring and that some evidence had been illegally collected, and thus, he was

Feb 5, 2022By Bahk Eun-ji
Criticism mounts of Nth room leader's blog
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