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'Grandmother' was real mother of 3-year-old found dead in empty house

A 49-year-old woman, who turned out to be the biological mother of a three-year-old girl who was found dead at an empty house in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, last month, is taken to Daegu District Court, Thursday, for a court review of the prosecution's request to issue an arrest warrant for her. Korea Times photo by Jung Gwang-jinBy Bahk Eun-jiA case involving a 22-year-old woman who was arrested in the death of her three-year-old daughter who she abandoned after moving out of her home in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, took a bizarre twist Thursday when it was discovered that her mother, who lived on a lower floor of the building, was the actual biological mother of the girl.Police suspect the woman and her mother each gave birth to babies around the same time, and the elder woman switched the babies so her baby would be raised by her adult daughter. Earlier on Feb. 10, the 49-year-old, who is the biological mother of the jailed 22-year-old and the three-year-old ― despite being listed as the latter's grandmother according to the family registry ― reported finding the three-ye

Mar 11, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
'Grandmother' was real mother of 3-year-old found dead in empty house

Abuser asks for leniency after causing death of disabled sister

By Ko Dong-hwanGettyimagesbankA man found guilty of abusing his disabled sister, which led to her death, faces a verdict from an appellate court later this month.The man, 39, was sentenced to five years in prison last year for causing the death of his intellectually disabled sister by repeatedly abusing her at their home in Cheonan. At Wednesday's hearing ahead of the ruling by the Daejeon High Court on Mar. 26, he cried and said he “flipped out” the moment he committed the crime.“I mentally collapsed,” he said. “I saw her cut the family clothes into pieces with a pair of scissors (after coming back from work) and I could not stand it.”The father of two children, who both have disabilities, asked for leniency.Prosecutors, however, demanded a heavy sentence. They claimed the man became his sister's guardian only to receive a government subsidy for mentally disabled people, which is about 900,000 won ($790) per month.Among his charges are tying her up inside their home while he was outside and giving her little food. He also kept the heaters off when

Mar 11, 2021By Ko Dong-hwan
Abuser asks for leniency after causing death of disabled sister

Top court dismisses appeal against not-guilty verdict for owner of abusive facility for vagrants

GettyimagesbankThe Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal filed against a not-guilty verdict for the late owner of a state-run facility for vagrants.The top court ruled the acquittal of an illegal confinement charge handed down in 1989 to Park In-keun, the late owner of Brothers Home, was consistent with the criminal law, dismissing an extraordinary appeal lodged by former Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il.The court also did not accept the prosecution's claims that the verdict from three decades ago should be overruled to show the government's will to "perform its moral duty" in the human rights violation case.Moon filed the appeal in November 2018 with the Supreme Court, in a final legal procedure that seeks to obtain a conclusive criminal judgment, saying Park should be held accountable for incarcerating innocent people at the facility in the southern port city of Busan for years of forced labor. In 1987, the prosecution indicted Park on charges including embezzlement and illegal confinement, but the top court eventually acquitted him of illegal confinement in 1989, citing Artic

Mar 11, 2021
Top court dismisses appeal against not-guilty verdict for owner of abusive facility for vagrants

12 caught for buying alcohol, cigarettes for minors

GettyimagesbankBy Jung Da-minA Gyeonggi Provincial Government special investigation team said Tuesday that it had caught 12 people buying cigarettes and alcohol for minors in return for a so-called “errand fee.” This type of proxy purchasing is a widely publicized method on Twitter and other social media showing teenagers how to get access to adults-only products.The provincial government said the 12 were caught after an investigation was launched in May last year, and their cases have been sent to the prosecution for indictment.Among them, one person provided cigarettes and other restricted products to minors including middle school students on about 360 occasions between last August and late January. The person had already been prosecuted for the same crime, but then continued to purchase the goods for minors using a dedicated Twitter account with about 1,700 followers. Another adult, who committed the same offence on over 350 occasions from July to October last year, informed the children of how they could receive parcel deliveries without their parents finding out, an

Mar 10, 2021
12 caught for buying alcohol, cigarettes for minors

Police raid Land and Housing Corp headquarters over land speculation scandal

Investigators from the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency leave the Korea Land and Housing Corp's headquarters in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday, after raiding the office over allegations of land speculation by its employees. YonhapPolice on Tuesday launched a raid on the headquarters of the state housing corporation over allegations of land speculation by more than a dozen of its employees.The Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency sent investigators to the Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) headquarters in Jinju, 434 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to seize material on the transactions based allegedly on insider information.The police agency also dispatched investigators to LH offices in Gwacheon and Incheon, both located near Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, and the homes of the 13 LH officials suspected of involvement in the case.The officials allegedly used classified information to buy about 10 billion won (US$8.88 million) worth of farmland in Gwangmyeong and Siheung in Gyeonggi between April 2018 and June 2020, before the government announced plans for a major development project there.T

Mar 9, 2021
Police raid Land and Housing Corp headquarters over land speculation scandal
  • Skepticism rising over investigation into LH speculation scandal

'At least 97 women killed by husbands, boyfriends last year'

At least 97 women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends last year, while at least 113 have narrowly escaped with their lives following extreme acts of violence against them, according to the Korea Women's Hotline, Monday. gettyimagesbankBy Jun Ji-hyeIn the past year at least 97 women have been killed by men with whom they were in an intimate relationship, according to a major women's rights organization here, Monday. The Korea Women's Hotline said the finding was part of its analysis of cases that were reported in the media last year. In addition to the 97 women who were killed, at least 113 others narrowly escaped with their lives following extreme acts of violence against them committed by male partners.The organization said the results of its analysis meant that a case in which a woman was killed or encountered extreme violence has been reported every 1.6 days.“This is a low estimate as there would have been many more cases that have not been reported in the media,” an official from the organization said.Victims were from all age groups ranging from teenagers thr

Mar 9, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
'At least 97 women killed by husbands, boyfriends last year'

Couple indicted on murder charge over fatal abuse of 10-year-old niece

In this combined image, a couple appear for a court hearing in Yongin, just south of Seoul, Feb. 10, over allegations of abusing their 10-year-old niece to death. YonhapProsecutors said Sunday they have indicted a couple on murder and child abuse charges over the death of their 10-year-old live-in niece last month who was found to have suffered assault, including water torture. The Suwon District Prosecutors' Office said the child's aunt and her husband, both in their 30s, maltreated her to exorcise evil spirits, believing that she was "possessed." The wife was found to be a shaman. The two were arrested last month after the niece, daughter of the wife's younger sister, died of secondary shock at a local hospital. They had been fostering the child since November. They are accused of beating the child on several occasions, and plunging the 10-year-old's head in a bathtub for about 30 minutes at their home in Yongin, just south of Seoul, until the girl stopped breathing. A probe found that the couple inflicted at least one more round of such water-torture-style acts in January.Investig

Mar 7, 2021
Couple indicted on murder charge over fatal abuse of 10-year-old niece

Korean security officer fired over incident with Indonesian factory workers

A video capture from an Instagram user shows a Korean security officer kicking a plastic bag with food and yelling at female workers at a shoe factory in Indonesia. Screen capture from InstagramBy Bahk Eun-jiA video clip of a Korean security officer behaving aggressively toward local female workers at a Korean shoe factory in Indonesia has spread on social media. According to some Indonesian news sources and social media posts, the video was filmed inside a shoe factory of Taekwang Industrial in Subang, West Java, Indonesia, March 4. In the clip, a Korean man wearing a mask rants at the women and points at the floor and kicks a bag of food where female factory workers were sitting.The man then puts his hands on his waist and continues to shout at the workers.Regarding the clip, criticism mounted among internet users in Indonesia, who said Korean staff at factories should not resort to violence against Indonesian employees in this way, and should be subject to discipline over the abuse.False rumors also spread that the Korean man kicked one of the female workers.Some workers there rep

Mar 7, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Korean security officer fired over incident with Indonesian factory workers

Gov't vows zero tolerance toward public officials' speculative land deals

Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-kim touches his mask during a press conference at the government complex in Seoul, Sunday. YonhapThe government on Sunday vowed zero tolerance for public servants found involved in real estate speculation using insider information, including filing criminal charges and having them disgorge more than ill-gotten profits.Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-kim made the announcement, offering an apology over revelations that employees of the state-run Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) bought land in areas that the firm plans to develop in anticipation of huge profits. "As the main minister responsible for the economy and management of public institutions, I would like to say sorry to the people from the depths of my heart," Hong said during a press conference held jointly with Land Minister Byeon Chang-heum and other related ministers."First of all, if the alleged real estate speculation is confirmed to be true, we will take steps under the principle of zero tolerance, such as requesting investigations and taking disciplinary measures," he said.The government al

Mar 7, 2021
Gov't vows zero tolerance toward public officials' speculative land deals

Prosecutors raid SK Group in connection with alleged slush fund case at SK Networks

SK Group Chairman Choi Shin-won leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District after a hearing on Feb. 17 on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust. YonhapProsecutors on Friday raided SK Group's headquarters to see if the group is involved in the alleged creation of an illicit fund by the chairman of the SK Networks Co., a global trading unit of the group.The anti-corruption unit of the Seoul Central Prosecutors Office said prosecutors and police investigators from the unit were searching the SK Group headquarters in Seoul to secure evidence for an investigation into the slush fund allegation.On the same day, prosecutors indicted chairman Choi Shin-won, who was arrested last month on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust. He is a son of late SK Group founder Chey Jong-gun and a cousin of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won. Choi faces allegations that he created a slush fund worth 223.5 billion won (US$198 million) through the company's six affiliates, including SKC, a chemical manufacturing company, and SK Telesys Co., a communication equipment manufacturer.In addi

Mar 5, 2021
Prosecutors raid SK Group in connection with alleged slush fund case at SK Networks
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