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Eight-month jail term sought for Chong Kun Dang chief

Rhee Jang-han, chairman of Chong Kun Dang PharmaceuticalBy Park Si-soo The prosecution is seeking an eight-month jail term for the chairman of Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical accused of verbal abusing his drivers and disrupting their safe driving. Prosecutors made the request in the final hearing of the case at Seoul Central District Court, Monday. Rhee Jang-han, the chairman, admitted his wrongdoing and apologized to the victims. “I'm really sorry to the drivers whose hearts got hurt by me,” the chairman said. “Also I feel sorry to the people.” He begged for mercy. “I did it mistakenly, without any malicious or authoritative intent. I admit I did something wrong. Please show mercy.” Rhee was charged with verbally abusing six drivers and forcing them to violate traffic rules for four years from June 2013. This case came to light in July 2017 after audio clips of him verbally attacking his chauffeurs were made public. The ruling will be made on Jan. 24.

Dec 17, 2018
Eight-month jail term sought for Chong Kun Dang chief

Man jailed for raping stepdaughter

By Park Si-soo A middle-aged man has been jailed for six years for raping his teenage stepdaughter multiple times. An appellate court in Daegu said Sunday it had upheld a lower court's verdict. The court has also put him on three years' post-release probation and banned him from working at any organization for children for five years. “It's considered to be true that the man has suffered from chronic depression and anxiety disorder, but it was hard to find any co-relation between them and his sexual crime,” Judge Park Joon-yong wrote in a ruling statement. “There was no corroborating evidence that his mentality was out of his control when he committed the crime.” The man was charged with raping his stepdaughter five times between February 2014 and March this year.

Dec 16, 2018
Man jailed for raping stepdaughter

'Three strikes and you're OUT': Man jailed for drunk driving

A driver takes a sobriety test. / Korea Times fileBy Park Si-soo A man has been jailed for his third drunk driving offence after two “generous” trials. An appellate court in Cheongju said Sunday it had sent the man, 26, to prison, overturning a lower court ruling to fine him 8 million won.The court said that in light of the “three strikes and you're out” principle, the lower court's penalty was “too light to accept.” The man was caught drunk driving in Cheongju on Jan. 25. His blood alcohol level was 0.087%, higher than the legal threshold to suspend his driver's license. In December 2016 he received a suspended jail term for drunk driving. Two years later, he was caught again and fined 4 million won.

Dec 16, 2018
'Three strikes and you're OUT': Man jailed for drunk driving

Prosecutors raid Samsung BioLogics headquarters

Samsung Biologics headquarters in Yeonsu-gu District in Incheon was raided by prosecutors Thursday for a probe into alleged accounting fraud. YonhapProsecutors raided the main offices of Samsung BioLogics Co. and its accounting firms on Thursday as part of a probe into alleged accounting fraud. The raids come about a month after the financial watchdog ruled that Samsung BioLogics intentionally violated accounting rules ahead of its initial public offering in 2016. The case has been referred to the prosecution. The regulatory review centers on questions about the loss-making Samsung BioLogics' reporting of sudden profits in 2015 after changing the method used to calculate the value of Samsung Bioepis, a joint venture with U.S.-based Biogen Inc.Investigators from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office searched the accounting division of the bio company in Incheon, west of Seoul, to confiscate evidence related to the suspicion. Separate raids were carried out at KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp. and Deloitte Anjin LLC, the two auditors for Samsung BioLogics. Samsung BioLogics CEO Ki

Dec 13, 2018
Prosecutors raid Samsung BioLogics headquarters

Older heating pipes may burst in winter

Korea District Heating Corp. CEO Hwang Chang-hwa bows to apologize for the hot water pipe rupture accident at the Government Complex Sejong, Thursday, before a briefing on the results of an emergency check of pipelines across the country and the corporation’s repair plans for old and dangerous pipes. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunA total of 203 hot water pipes in the country were found to be fragile in cold weather during an emergency inspection, the Korea District Heating Corp. (KDHC) said, Thursday.Sixteen of them were in very poor condition and could burst at any time.The week-long inspection came after the rupture of a hot water pipe near Baekseok Station in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Dec. 5 that killed one and injured 55.The KDHC said it checked 686 kilometers of heating pipes that are over 20 years old, or 32 percent of the 2,164 kilometers of pipelines installed across the country, which the public corporation manages. In the inspection using thermal imaging cameras, 203 spots showed a temperature difference of more than 3 degrees Celsius between the pipe and the ground, whi

Dec 13, 2018By Kim Jae-heun
Older heating pipes may burst in winter

Court dismisses compensation suit against perpetrators in 'Itaewon murder' case

Arthur Patterson walks out of Incheon International Airport on Sept. 23, 2015, after being extradited to Korea on charges of killing a university student in Seoul back in 1997 in the infamous “Itaewon murder” case. / YonhapBy Lee Suh-yoonA Seoul court dismissed Thursday compensation claims filed against Arthur Patterson and Edward Lee for their involvement in the “Itaewon murder” case, by the victim's family. The two U.S. citizens were charged separately with the murder of Korean university student Cho Joong-pil in a Burger King restroom in Itaewon, Seoul, in April 1997.The victim's family demanded 600 million won ($534,000) in compensation for the murder.“Another local court had already ordered Patterson to pay 300 million won to the family members in 2003, and that's why the court did not acknowledge the compensation claim this time,” Ha Joo-hee, the lawyer representing the victim's family, said outside the courthouse. The family filed the new suit this time after Patterson was extradited to Korea following new evidence about the crime being foun

Dec 13, 2018
Court dismisses compensation suit against perpetrators in 'Itaewon murder' case

Weed smuggling skyrockets following legalization in N. America

An official from Incheon Main Customs shows different types of marijuana products smuggled into the country, including jelly, chocolate, caramel and alcohol, during a press briefing at Incheon International Airport, Tuesday. / YonhapBy Kim Hyun-binKorea is seeing a drastic rise in cases of marijuana being smuggled into the country since some states in the United States, and lately Canada, legalized the drug.According to Incheon Main Customs (IMC), Tuesday, the authorities caught 182 cases of marijuana products smuggling from the North American region from January to November, a 314 percent increase from the same period last year.The value of the drugs confiscated was estimated at 570 million won ($433,000), an increase of 123 percent.Along with conventional forms, more diverse marijuana products have been smuggled, including jelly, chocolate, marijuana concentrate and alcohol. There were 105 cases where the substance was caught coming into the country via mail, followed by 70 cases of entering through express cargo. In seven cases, the travelers themselves were carrying the products,

Dec 11, 2018By Kim Hyun-bin
Weed smuggling skyrockets following legalization in N. America

Gyeonggi governor indicted for violating Election Law

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung speaks to the press in front of his office in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday, after the prosecution announced it had indicted him for alleged violations of the Election Law during the local election campaign in June, and abuse of power. /YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunThe prosecution indicted Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, Tuesday, on two charges of violating the Election Law, and one on abuse of power in committing his estranged brother to a psychiatric hospital. However, prosecutors didn't indict Lee's wife, Kim Hye-gyeong, on allegations she used a “controversial” Twitter account to illegally campaign for her husband due to a lack of evidence.The Suwon District Prosecutors' Office indicted Lee without detention two days before the statute of limitations on the alleged Election Law violations is reached.The office said the governor abused his power in forcibly hospitalizing his older brother in 2012 when he was Seongnam mayor. Lee is suspected of ordering local government civil servants to get his brother committed. While it

Dec 11, 2018By Kim Jae-heun
Gyeonggi governor indicted for violating Election Law

More single moms are dumping their babies

Infant abandonment by single moms continues to rise in Korea. YonhapBy Dong Sun-hwaA single mom in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, was recently arrested for dumping her dead baby into a trash heap. She had reportedly neglected the baby after giving birth, leading to the death. Single mothers abandoning babies has been rising in Korea. There were 116 cases in 2016 and 177 in 2017. There have been 142 cases up to August this year, the latest figure available, according to the National Police Agency. Experts attribute the increase to the enforcement of the September 2012 revision of the adoption related law. Under this law, infants that are not registered after birth cannot be adopted or go to an orphanage. But single moms are reluctant to make registrations because they do not want to be “officially” identified. The unstable economic situation of single moms is another big factor. About 46 percent of them have run up debts, according to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. “Men are also half-responsible, and the problem regarding childbirth is also the issue of o

Dec 11, 2018By Dong Sun-hwa
More single moms are dumping their babies

Four Liberians scam Koreans in fake online romance

Thirty-four South Korean men and women were defrauded by four Liberians from December 2017 until October this year. The Liberians pretended to be American military officers and approached with romantic intentions on social media. The person in the photo is unrelated to the story. Getty Images BankSouth Korean police have arrested four Liberians for defrauding more than 30 South Koreans of nearly 1.3 billion won ($US1.15 million) after posing as American military officers, officials said Tuesday.The Liberians are accused of mobilizing a romance scam by approaching South Korean men and women on social media sites and pretending to look for marriage or business partners, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said.Romance scams involve feigning romantic intentions toward a victim, gaining his or her affection and then using that goodwill to commit fraud.The Incheon police agency said a fifth Liberian has been booked without detention in the same romance scam case.Incheon Metropolitan Police AgencyThe Liberians have been staying in South Korea to apply for refugee status.The unident

Dec 11, 2018
Four Liberians scam Koreans in fake online romance
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