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Drunk driving increases following policy shift to 'Living with COVID-19'

A police officer conducts a breath test on a driver at a DUI checkpoint on a street at Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District, Saturday. YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeCases of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) appear to have increased after the government shifted its virus management policy to its “Living with COVID-19” plan Nov. 1, according to police, Sunday. The policy shift, which lifted the limitations on hours of operation for restaurants and bars and eased private gathering bans, is aimed at gradually phasing out COVID-19 restrictions in an effort to return to normalcy.Police said a total of 1,486 people were caught driving while intoxicated in the first four days after the policy shift was implemented. Among them, 1,102 had blood alcohol content levels high enough to have their drivers' licenses revoked, while the rest were within the range to have their licenses suspended.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, 23 drunk drivers were caught in Seoul's Yeongdeungpo and Songpa districts from 11 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday.The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Ag

Nov 8, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Drunk driving increases following policy shift to 'Living with COVID-19'

Nearly 1,500 caught drunk driving in first 4 days of 'Living with COVID-19': police

gettyimagesbankNearly 1,500 people were caught while driving under the influence (DUI) in the first four days after the country lifted business hour restrictions and raised the cap on private gatherings under its "Living with COVID-19" scheme, police said Saturday.A total of 1,486 people were busted for DUIs between Monday and Thursday, according to the police, with 384 of them having blood alcohol content levels high enough to have their licenses suspended and the rest with levels warranting having them revoked.South Korea began the first of three stages to gradually phase out coronavirus restrictions Monday under its living with COVID-19 policy in an effort to return to normalcy. Under the first phase, operation hour curfews on cafes and restaurants have been fully lifted, while ceilings on private gatherings have been raised to a maximum of 10 people in the greater Seoul area and 12 in other regions.The authorities also adopted the "vaccine pass" system, in which visitors have to show they have been fully vaccinated or have a negative test result when they enter high-risk faciliti

Nov 6, 2021
Nearly 1,500 caught drunk driving in first 4 days of 'Living with COVID-19': police
  • Concerns growing over consistent rise in COVID-related deaths

Former elementary school principal faces indictment for spycam voyeurism

Korea Times filePolice on Friday transferred to the prosecution a former elementary school principal accused of installing a spy camera in a female teachers' restroom.The Anyang Dongan Police Station in Anyang, 23 kilometers south of Seoul, concluded its probe into the 57-year-old man, who was arrested late last month, and handed the case over to the prosecution, recommending he be indicted on sexual offense charges, officials said.He has admitted to having fitted a tiny camera inside a tissue box in the restroom to secretly film women when he was principal of the school. He was dismissed from the position amid the police probe.The investigation began after a teacher spotted the recording device and reported it to school authorities.Police later found six video clips of the victim's body parts and three still images captured from the videos on his mobile phone. The man initially said he had no sexual intent but acknowledged on Thursday he committed the crime for sexual purposes, police said.Police are restoring the memory chip of the camera to find out whether there were more victims

Nov 5, 2021
Former elementary school principal faces indictment for spycam voyeurism

Single mom sentenced to 20 years in prison over death of daughter due to neglect

gettyimagesbankA 32-year-old single mother was sentenced to 20 years behind bars Friday for leaving her three-year-old daughter home alone for three days, causing her to die of dehydration and neglect.The Incheon District Court also ordered her to take 40 hours of child abuse therapy and barred her from employment at institutions for children for 10 years, delivering the verdict.Prosecutors had earlier demanded a 25-year imprisonment.The mother, whose name was withheld, left the three-year-old daughter alone at their home in Incheon, west of Seoul, for three days in July while she went on a date. Court records showed the mother found her 38-month-old daughter dead after returning home. Without reporting it to authorities right away, however, she stayed in hiding at her boyfriend's home for two week before making a belated report. The court pointed out that "the child, left alone while a heat wave warning was in effect, had no power to open a water bottle to drink water or unlock the front door on her own.""Aware of these facts, the mother was sufficiently able to predict the child, i

Nov 5, 2021
Single mom sentenced to 20 years in prison over death of daughter due to neglect

Former boxing world champion sentenced to 6 months in prison for sexual harassment

gettyimagesbankA former world champion boxer was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday on charges of sexually harassing a woman at a Seoul restaurant earlier this year. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence to the 58-year-old man, surnamed Moon, and ordered him to complete 40 hours of a sexual offender treatment program. Moon was indicted on charges of inappropriately touching a body part of a woman who was dining at a table beside his at a restaurant in southern Seoul in June. Moon claimed he did not sexually harass the woman and was only trying to protect himself because she cursed and hit him first.The court, however, dismissed his claim, saying that the surveillance footage of the restaurant matches the victim's testimony."The nature of his crime is very bad in that he did not hesitate to commit the crime at a public place," the court added, noting the victim has complained of humiliation and mental distress and requested a stern punishment for the accused.The accused also inflicted secondary damage on the victim by attempting to cover up the case by coax

Nov 4, 2021
Former boxing world champion sentenced to 6 months in prison for sexual harassment

Dutch diplomat's husband drives into Korean over parking dispute

gettyimagesbank By Lee Hae-rinThe husband of a Dutch diplomat to Korea is under investigation for allegedly hitting a Korean man with his car following a quarrel, police said Thursday. According to the Yongsan Police Station, it is looking into the allegation that the diplomat's husband hit the Korean man in his 30s, while they were bickering over a parking issue near the Grand Hyatt Seoul around 1 p.m. Monday.Police added that they have secured dashcam footage showing the diplomat's husband hitting the victim with the driver's side front fender, causing a minor injury.The victim claimed the driver swore at him and made an insulting finger gesture at him, citing his diplomatic immunity.The police plan to summon the man for questioning, an official at the Yongsan Police Station told The Korea Times.This is not the first time a foreign diplomat's family member has been involved in a dispute with a Korean national. Previously in April, the former Belgian Ambassador Pet

Nov 4, 2021By Lee Hae-rin
Dutch diplomat's husband drives into Korean over parking dispute

Man jailed for getting tattooed all over to avoid military duty

gettyimagesbankBy Yoon Ja-youngA man was handed down a jail term for getting tattoos all over his body to avoid Korea's compulsory military service.According to the Suwon District Court Wednesday, the man, in his 20s, was sentenced to one year in prison for violating the military service act. The man underwent a physical examination for military conscription in March of 2019 and received a grade of 3, due to the tattoos he already had. In Korea all able-bodied men must serve in the military for 18 to 21 months. While those receiving grades of 1, 2 or 3 must serve in the military, those who receive a grade of 4 are assigned to less physically-demanding, public service positions. After receiving a grade of 3, he got additional tattoos ― from his elbow to his wrist on both arms, on his right calf and on his belly ― in an apparent attempt to avoid serving in the military.Four days after official commencement of service in July 2020, he was asked to return home and be reexamined, in which he was assessed as grade 4 and was assigned to the alternative service. The man claimed that he had g

Nov 4, 2021By Yoon Ja-young
Man jailed for getting tattooed all over to avoid military duty

Key figures in development corruption scandal arrested

Kim Man-bae, left, and Nam Wook / YonhapA Seoul court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the owner of an asset management firm at the center of an urban development corruption scandal over allegations his firm received business favors in exchange for bribes.Kim Man-bae, owner of Hwacheon Daeyu Asset Management, is facing charges of breach of trust and bribery in connection with a 2015 project to develop the Daejang-dong district in Seongnam, south of Seoul, into apartment complexes.Prosecutors have been looking into suspicions over how the previously unheard-of asset management company and its seven affiliates were chosen as private partners for the lucrative project and reaped astronomical profits.The Seoul Central District Court decided Thursday to issue an arrest warrant for Kim after holding a hearing Wednesday. The court ruled that Kim posed a flight risk and could destroy evidence.Prosecutors believe Kim colluded with Yoo Dong-gyu, former acting president of Seongnam Development Corp., in manipulating the public bidding procedure in favor of Hwacheon Daeyu to eventually h

Nov 4, 2021
Key figures in development corruption scandal arrested

23 Thais busted over distribution, use of illegal drugs: police

gettyimagesbankA total of 23 Thai nationals have been apprehended in a recent crackdown of a drug trafficking ring targeting migrant workers in South Korea, police said Wednesday. Seventeen of them were drug traffickers and six were users, the Seoul Dongjak Police Station said.All but three drug users have since been formally arrested, the police said.The ring's head of drug distribution is suspected of having smuggled a total of 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine from Thailand to South Korea via international shipping on four occasions between April and October. The volume of the smuggled drugs, worth about 16 billion won ($13.5 million), was enough to be administered to 83,000 people at the same time, according to the police.In the crackdown, the police seized 1.3 kg of meth and 685 tablets of yaba, a combination of meth and caffeine, as well as criminal proceeds of 97.2 million won.The ring was found to have used social network services to mostly sell drugs to foreigners working across the country.The police said they will work with Interpol and local authorities to investigate a pe

Nov 3, 2021
23 Thais busted over distribution, use of illegal drugs: police

70 million won fine finalized Samsung heir Lee for illegal propofol use

Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong / Korea Times fileA 70-million won ($59,300) fine was finalized for Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong for illegal use of propofol, an anesthetic medication, as he did not appeal the sentence, judicial sources said Wednesday.Last week, Lee was ordered by the Seoul Central District Court to pay the fine and an additional forfeiture of 17 million won for violating the Narcotics Control Act. The fine and the forfeiture were the same as what prosecutors had demanded for Lee.According to the sources, neither the prosecution nor the defendant filed an appeal by Tuesday, the last day of the seven-day period to challenge a court ruling in a criminal case. The Samsung Electronics Co. vice chairman was indicted in June on charges of taking propofol for purposes other than medical treatments at a plastic surgery clinic in southern Seoul on a total of 41 occasions between January 2015 and May last year. (Yonhap)

Nov 3, 2021
70 million won fine finalized Samsung heir Lee for illegal propofol use
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