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Language school director gets 2.5 years in jail for swindling parents

By Kim Jae-heunA Seoul court handed down a prison sentence of two years-and-six months to a Korean man who ran an English language institute in the Philippines, Thursday, for swindling 290 million won ($244,436) out of parents of students at the institute.The Seoul Northern District Court also ordered the 36-year-old director, surnamed Kim, to pay 42 million won to some of the victims who demanded compensation.Kim has been operating a language institute in Manila since 2008. In 2016, the director swindled 84 million won from a parent by saying he would help him buy an apartment in Manila for the child.Using the same tactic, Kim defrauded another parent of 90 million won under the pretext of paying the deposit for a student's new home.Two years later, he deceived eight more parents by saying their children were accepted to an international school there and he would handle the tuition fees on their behalf. Kim took around 55 million won from the parents.Kim spent most of the money on gambling and paying off his gambling debt to loan sharks.He fabricated the international school's admis

Jun 13, 2019By Kim Jae-heun

LKP lawmaker loses Assembly seat for election law violation

Rep. Yi Wan-young of the Liberty Korea Party leaves his office at the National Assembly, Thursday. / YonhapBy Lee Suh-yoonThe Supreme Court found opposition lawmaker Yi Wan-young guilty of accepting illegal election campaign funds and making a false accusation against a lender Thursday.The ruling stripped him of his National Assembly seat. Yi, a two-term lawmaker of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP), had been fined 5 million won ($4,200) for the Election Law violation and given a four-month prison term suspended for two years for the false accusation, which was upheld by a Daegu appeals court in February. The Supreme Court also upheld the lower court's decision, which said Yi illicitly received considerable financial gain by borrowing the money without interest.“There is no fault in the lower court's interpretation of the relevant laws,” the Supreme Court said. The lawmaker representing several counties in North Gyeongsang Province was indicted in March 2017 for taking 248 million won in interest-free loans from Kim Myeong-suk, a local councilor in Seongju over whom he had th

Jun 13, 2019
LKP lawmaker loses Assembly seat for election law violation

Woman sentenced to 12 years for 4-year-old daughter's death

By Kim RahnA woman was given 12 years in jail for the abuse of her four-year-old daughter, which led to her death, Thursday. /GettyimagesbankA local court sentenced a 34-year-old woman, surnamed Lee, to a 12-year jail term, Thursday, for confining her four-year-old daughter naked in a restroom in cold weather, which eventually led to her death.The 12 years of imprisonment handed down by the Uijeongbu District Court was heavier than the prosecution's earlier request of 10 years.According to the court, Lee confined the daughter naked in a cold restroom of their home in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, for about four hours in the early morning of Jan. 1 because she wet her bed.The girl collapsed at around 7 a.m., but the mother left her alone without seeking medical treatment at a hospital. She later died.During the investigation, prosecutors also found Lee hit the girl's head multiple times with a hand mixer, threw her onto the restroom floor, which also caused a head injury, and even confined her in a washing machine for a while.“The fear and pain, which the young, defenseless vict

Jun 13, 2019By Kim Rahn
Woman sentenced to 12 years for 4-year-old daughter's death

High school teacher arrested for alleged rape of teenager

A high school teacher suspected of raping a middle school girl enters Daejeon District Court for an arrest warrant hearing. Korea Times filesBy Lee Gyu-leeA high school teacher was arrested Wednesday for allegedly blackmailing and raping a middle school girl in Daejeon. According to police and media reports, the suspect, 30, allegedly raped the victim at a motel in February. He was apprehended Monday at his school in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province. The two met through an online chatting app. The suspect started asking for pictures of her body after befriending her. He allegedly used the pictures to blackmail the girl and raped her when they met. The victim's parents reported to police when she belatedly told them about the alleged rape. Police found evidence of his attempt to hide the crime by deleting his account on the app. He admitted most of the allegations but is still denying some, police said.

Jun 13, 2019By Lee Gyu-lee
High school teacher arrested for alleged rape of teenager

Opposition lawmaker loses seat as top court confirms bribery conviction

Yi Wan-youngA lawmaker of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) lost his National Assembly seat Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld his bribery conviction.Rep. Yi Wan-young of the LKP was sentenced to an imprisonment of four months, suspended for two years, and a fine of 5 million won (US$4,220) for borrowing 248 million won, interest-free, from a politician in 2012 in violation of the Political Fund Law.The ruling stripped the 62-year-old Yi of his parliamentary seat and disqualified him from running for an election for five years.A lawmaker loses his or her post if sentenced to a punishment heavier than a fine of 1 million won for violating the Political Fund Law.Yi, who was twice elected to parliament from the constituency of Seongju and neighboring counties in North Gyeongsang Province, was indicted on charges of illegally borrowing 248 million won free of interest from a Seongju councilor without the knowledge of his accountants in 2012.Yi was also charged with making a false accusation against the councilor who had filed a fraud suit against him for not repaying the

Jun 13, 2019
Opposition lawmaker loses seat as top court confirms bribery conviction

Man arrested for hiding ancient ceramics suspected stolen from shipwrecks

This photo released by the Cultural Heritage Administration shows the treasures retrieved from the Shinan underwater relics burial site. Courtesy of Cultural Heritage AdministrationA man in his 60s has been arrested for possession of ancient pottery apparently illegally taken from a submarine relics burial area off southwestern South Korea, police said Thursday.The 63-year-old suspect, whose name was withheld, is accused of having hidden ancient Chinese celadon and other treasures retrieved in the 1980s from the Shinan underwater relics burial site in South Jeolla Province in violation of the Act on Protection and Inspection of Buried Cultural Heritage, police said.The man is also suspected of having attempted to smuggle some of his treasures into Japan for sale, according to the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency.Police detained the suspect on March 20 and seized 57 ceramic objects from his home in Seoul and other places.The police and the Cultural Heritage Administration launched a joint investigation last February after obtaining intelligence that the suspect was trying to sell hi

Jun 13, 2019
Man arrested for hiding ancient ceramics suspected stolen from shipwrecks

Widow and daughter of late Korean Air chief get suspended jail terms

Lee Myung-hee, left, and Cho Hyun-ah leave the Incheon District Court, Thursday, after the ruling. YonhapAn Incheon court on Thursday issued suspended prison terms to the widow and elder daughter of the late Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho for smuggling luxury goods by making use of the airline's planes.The Incheon District Court sentenced the late chairman's wife, Lee Myung-hee, 70, to six months in prison, suspended for one year, with a fine of 700,000 won (US$590) and a forfeit of 37 million won.Lee's daughter, Cho Hyun-ah, 45, former Korean Air vice president, got a suspended sentence of eight months, with a fine of 4.8 million won and a forfeit of 63 million won. Earlier, Cho and Korean Air employees were accused of having smuggled goods worth about 88 million won, including luxury clothes and bags, on 202 occasions between January 2012 and May last year by exploiting Korean Air planes, disguising them as goods being brought in for the airline. Lee was charged with having smuggled some 37 million won worth of goods, including earthenware, on 46 occasions via the airline's overse

Jun 13, 2019
Widow and daughter of late Korean Air chief get suspended jail terms

Veterinary prof. Lee grilled over alleged animal abuse

By Kim Jae-heunMeiRenowned veterinary professor Lee Byeong-chun of Seoul National University (SNU) has been summoned by police for questioning over alleged animal abuse during experiments on a cloned dog.The Gwanak Police in Seoul said Wednesday that they called Lee in on Monday and grilled him over accusations that he deliberately omitted specific details on research he submitted to the animal testing ethics committee at his school and he abused the dog during a quarantine-related experiment. The animal died in February, about three months after returning from Lee's experiments. The investigation followed a complaint filed by an animal rights advocate group, the Beagle Rescue Network (BRN), against Lee in April.The BRN claimed the professor violated the Animal Protection Law that bans experiments on service animals. It also accused Lee of possible animal abuse.Lee "borrowed" the cloned beagle that had worked at Incheon International Airport for five years as a detection dog searching for illegal products, from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency in March last year. He conducted q

Jun 12, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Veterinary prof. Lee grilled over alleged animal abuse

Drunk teenager sets apartment on fire after break-up with girlfriend

A teenager, 19, told police he set fire to his apartment because he was upset after breaking up with his girlfriend. GettyimagesbankBy Lee Gyu-leeA drunk teenager in a rage after breaking up with his girlfriend set a closet on fire at his apartment in Ilsan, west Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. According to Ilsan Seobu Police, the fire was on the 14th floor of a 20-story apartment building. It was extinguished in 30 minutes. Some 70 residents were evacuated. Seven were taken to hospital. The suspect, 19, was apprehended near the apartment about two hours after the fire. Police said he was intoxicated when he started the blaze. He told police he set the fire in a fit of rage after breaking up with his girlfriend.

Jun 12, 2019By Lee Gyu-lee
Drunk teenager sets apartment on fire after break-up with girlfriend

VIDEO Four more bodies recovered from the Hableany

 A large crane lifts the wreck of the sightseeing boat Hableany out of the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday. AP-YonhapBy Jung Da-minThe bodies of four people have been recovered during the salvage of the ill-fated sightseeing boat Hableany, which was pulled from the Danube River early Tuesday (local time) nearly two weeks after sinking.Three bodies believed to be of Korean passengers were found by salvage divers near the entrance of the stairs connecting the deck and the cabin, after another body believed to be of the Hungarian captain of the boat was found in the wheelhouse.If the four bodies are confirmed to be victims of the accident, this would leave four unaccounted for and 24 confirmed dead out of the 28 dead or missing after the May 29 sinking of the boat. It was carrying 33 South Korean passengers and two Hungarian crew members. Only the bodies of seven Korean tourists were recovered right after the sinking. The operations to lift the ship began at around 1:30 p.m. Korean time.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday it is closely watching the salvage

Jun 11, 2019
Four more bodies recovered from the Hableany [VIDEO]
  • PHOTOS Sunken Hungary tour boat lifted
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