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Foreign worker damaged cars 'just for fun''

By Park Si-soo Police have questioned an Indonesian worker in Busan on suspicion he damaged six parked cars with a screwdriver “for fun.” Busan Sasang Police Station is investigating the factory worker, 30, in the port city.The vandalism took place between July 11-24, during which the man is believed to have damaged the sides of six parked cars in an industrial complex on his way to work, causing damage of about 2 million won ($1,789). Police identified the suspect after analyzing CCTV footage. The suspect reportedly told police he damaged the cars “just for fun” and thought he “wouldn't be caught.”

Jul 30, 2018
Foreign worker damaged cars 'just for fun''

Woman missing for five days on Jeju Island

Police search for the missing woman on Jeju Island, Monday. YonhapBy Jung Min-hoThe missing womanPolice are searching for a woman, 38, who went missing on Jeju Island last week.Jeju Dongbu Police Station said Monday that 230 police officers and rescue workers were searching for the woman, who disappeared near Sehwa Port on northeastern Jeju at around 11 p.m. on July 25.The woman, who lives at Ansan in Gyeonggi Province, came to the island on July 20 with her husband and two children to go camping.According to her family, Choi went to a convenience store while drunk. Police confirmed that she bought soju and cups at a store near the port.After her family reported her missing, police began a search and found her mobile phone, credit card and a slipper the next day.

Jul 30, 2018
Woman missing for five days on Jeju Island

S. Korean women show up at courtroom to support #MeToo victims

An Hee-jung, former governor of South Chungcheong Province, enters the Seoul Western District Court for a hearing on rape charges filed by his former secretary, Friday, as women's rights activists chant “Send the offender to jail, and victim back to her life” behind him. / YonhapBy Lee Suh-yoonAbout 100 women came to the Seoul Western District Court, Friday, when a hearing was scheduled for one of the nation's most infamous #MeToo allegations against former South Chungcheong Province Governor An Hee-jung.They showed up in droves to show their support for the victim, An's former secretary Kim Ji-eun, who earlier in March accused him of raping her four times between June 2017 and February 2018.Courtroom attendance has become a new form of #MeToo and #WithYou activism here. The women came to attend the trial as a show of solidarity with the victim, according to Kim Da-seul, an organizer of the event and a member of the Korea Women's Hot Line, a rights group that helps victims of sexual violence. Since only 40 could enter the courtroom, many waited outside. An official at the

Jul 27, 2018
S. Korean women show up at courtroom to support #MeToo victims

Probe into 'Lolita' photographer Rotta's rape case gathers momentum

Photographer Rotta. YonhapBy Jung Hae-myoung“Lolita” photographer Rotta, famous for collaborations with celebrities, will likely face an investigation over allegations he raped or “pseudo”-raped models. The Seoul Mapo Police Thursday asked prosecutors to probe Rotta, whose name is Choi Won-suk, for allegedly raping three models. One of the victims, 18, made the first allegations of Rotta's sexual assaults on an MBC news program in February. “He said we will shoot a party-themed photo,” she said. “When I went to the motel, he didn't take any pictures and raped me.” Rotta claimed the sex was consensual. The two victims had initially alleged they were 16 and 19, which would carry a harsher penalty because of their minor status, but police later found that they were over 18. Rotta's photographs are controversial for the Lolita fashion and style he pursued. Sulli, who left the popular girl group f(x), Gu Ha-ra, from the disbanded Kara, and other celebrities have worked with him.

Jul 27, 2018
Probe into 'Lolita' photographer Rotta's rape case gathers momentum

'Itaewon murder' victim's family to get state compensation

Lee Bok-soo, mother of “Itaewon Murder” victim Cho Joong-pil, talks to reporters at Seoul District Court in southern Seoul, Thursday, after the court ordered the state to compensate her family for its improper investigation that left the case unsolved for 20 years. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunA local court ordered the state to pay 360 million won ($321,000) in compensation to the bereaved family of a college student killed by an American in the “Itaewon Murder” case, Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court acknowledged the state failed to properly investigate the case and thus inflicted pain to the family of Cho Joong-pil, a college student who was stabbed to death at a Burger King in Itaewon, central Seoul, in 1997.Cho's father and mother will get 150 million won each, and Cho's three sisters, 20 million won.“We considered their emotional, physical and material suffering,” the court said in the ruling.Cho's family filed a damage suit against the government in March last year, demanding 1.09 billion won in compensation for their emotional suffering c

Jul 26, 2018
'Itaewon murder' victim's family to get state compensation

3 migrant sailors missing after fishing boat collision

Maritime police coordinate rescue efforts at the Seoul Government Complex after the collision of two Korean fishing boats off the coast of Sapporo, Japan, Thursday. / YonhapBy Lee Suh-yoonTwo South Korean fishing boats collided off the southeastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, Thursday, leaving three foreign sailors missing. The collision took place around 6:20 a.m. when one of the boats – the 101 Geumyang-ho heading north toward Russian waters – collided with the 803 Tongyeong-ho and sank, about 600 kilometers southeast of Sapporo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. A total of 38 crew members – seven Korean and 31 foreign sailors – were on board the two ships. Thirty-five were rescued by nearby ships but three migrant sailors still remain missing.“The rescued sailors are all in good health, and we have notified their families of the incident,” a ministry official said.The Japanese maritime authorities have dispatched a 1,300-ton patrol ship to search for the missing, according to the Maritime Police.

Jul 26, 2018
3 migrant sailors missing after fishing boat collision

North Korean defector jailed for sending 130 tons of rice 'home'

Some defectors return to North Korea. YonhapBy Jung Hae-myoungA North Korean defector who made unauthorized contact with the North's secret police to deliver 130 tons of rice and to return to the country has been sentenced to two and half years' jail. The Suwon District Court made the ruling Tuesday.The defector, Lee, 49, twice sent rice to the North Korean government. She also transferred 80 million won to pay a broker for arranging the deliveries. Lee escaped from North Korea in 2011 and has been working in the entertainment business in South Korea. Since last year, she has been clandestinely keeping in touch with a broker and the NK secret police.“The rice was for my son I left back in North Korea,” Lee said.But the prosecutor said she sent rice to prove her loyalty to North Korea and to escape punishment when she went back. “The rice was sent through an official route,” the court said. “It is impossible to transfer such a large amount of rice without prior consultation or contact with NK officials.”

Jul 26, 2018
North Korean defector jailed for sending 130 tons of rice 'home'

Court dismisses Kazakh's call for refugee status

By Kim Jae-heunDaegu District Court dismissed a Kazakh man's appeal against the local immigration office's ruling rejecting his application for refugee status last year. The court said that if the judicial system of the applicant's country protected him fairly, he could not be recognized as a refugeeThe 43-year-old man sold secondhand cars in Kazakhstan imported from Russia, and was approached by drug dealers who asked him to smuggle drugs in the cars _ something he refused to do. He came to Korea in February last year on a visa waiver program and in June applied for refugee status at the Daegu Immigration Office claiming the drug dealers would kill him if he went back to Kazakhstan. However, the immigration office declined his application saying there was no concrete evidence that he would be attacked if he returned home. He filed an appeal with the Ministry of Justice, which was also rejected his claim. The man then took the case to court.“Even though he could face retribution as he claims, it is related to individual crimes, so it does not meet oppression as specified in the

Jul 25, 2018

Special counsel obtains key evidence in opinion-rigging scandal

By Lee Kyung-min South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo is expected to be questioned soon, as the independent counsel team investigating an online opinion-rigging scandal involving him obtained a USB flash drive in which evidence against him is believed to be stored. The team led by special counsel Huh Ik-bum said Wednesday a power blogger nicknamed Druking, the key figure in the scandal, submitted the password-locked digital storage device to the team last week during questioning. According to the team, the blogger had about 60GB of data transferred from his computer hard drives into the flash drive and asked one of his compatriots to “keep it safe” on March 19, two days before he was taken into police custody. Druking helped the investigators access the stored data by providing the password.The data included the full text of communication records exchanged between Kim and group members through Signal, an encrypted communications app, as well as Druking’s daily journals, reports made to Kim on specified maneuvers to manipulate online comments, and r

Jul 25, 2018

Flying 80kg truck wheel kills mother, injures three

A woman died when a truck wheel hit her family's car on Monday. Courtesy of Gyeonggi-do Fire ServicesBy Jung Hae-myoungA woman was killed when an 80-kilogram wheel flew off a 12-wheeler truck and struck the SUV carrying a family of four, Monday. The mother, 47, died at the scene. Her husband and two daughters were injured.The 25-ton truck lost the one-meter diameter wheel in the middle of the West Coast Expressway. It flew across the lane and hit the SUV in the opposite lane. The wheel smashed into the roof of the SUV, severely damaging it. The family was heading home after spending the day with parents. Police are questioning the truck driver.

Jul 25, 2018
Flying 80kg truck wheel kills mother, injures three
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