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Men's nude photos on WOMAD site

The front image of WOMAD website. By Jung Da-minPhotos of four naked men were posted on the radical feminist group WOMAD website on Sunday and taken off Wednesday.According to Yeongdeungpo Police Station Thursday, none of the men whose nude photos were posted have been identified yet.It is not clear who posted them.The case resembles an earlier one that took place at an art class in Hongik University. Photos of a nude model were leaked on the WOMAD site and went viral, triggering torrents of sexual innuendo and mockery regarding his anatomy.An art class model, 25, is on trial for allegedly secretly taking photos of her colleague and leaking them to the WOMAD website.In a separate case, police in Geyonggi Province are investigating photos of a naked male, which the publisher said were taken with a hidden camera at a public bath house in Suwon.

Jul 20, 2018
Men's nude photos on WOMAD site

Documents indicate martial law proposal more deliberate than thought: Cheong Wa Dae

Documents submitted by the defense ministry show the earlier reported proposal from the defense intelligence agency to declare a martial law may have been more deliberate than earlier believed, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday, apparently implying the military may have actually sought to go ahead with such a plan.Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said the military maintained and renewed its plans for a martial law every two years, but that the new documents submitted by the ministry showed significant changes and differences from the original plans."Usually, the military renews its martial law plans every two years," the spokesman told a press briefing. "(Cheong Wa Dae) has confirmed the submitted documents are completely different from the existing plans." (Yonhap)

Jul 20, 2018
Documents indicate martial law proposal more deliberate than thought: Cheong Wa Dae

Court orders compensation for victims of Sewol ferry disaster

Family members of the victims from the Sewol sinking shed tears while talking to reporters at the Seoul Central District Court, Thursday, after a court ruling ordering the government and Chonghaejin Marine to compensate them for the maritime disaster. / YonhapBy Lee Suh-yoonMore than four years after the sinking of the ferry Sewol – in which 304 people were killed – a court ordered the state and ferry operator to compensate the victim's families, Thursday,The Seoul Central District Court ruled that 200 million won ($176,000) should be provided to each victim's family and an additional 40 million won to the parents. The court also ordered compensations of between 5 million to 80 million won to other family members, depending on their relationship to the victim.With an estimate of the deceased's lost income added to this figure, each family is to receive around 600 million won ($530,000) in compensation. “Chonghaejin Marine allowed the ferry Sewol to set sail in an overloaded and defective state,” said Judge Lee Sang-hyun. “And the state maritime

Jul 19, 2018
Court orders compensation for victims of Sewol ferry disaster

Court orders compensation for Sewol victims' families

A Seoul court on Thursday ordered the state and a shipping firm to compensate families of victims from a 2014 ferry sinking that killed over 300 passengers aboard, finding they are responsible for their suffering.The Seoul Central District Court awarded 200 million won ($177,000) in compensation for each deceased passenger and 40 million won to parents of students who lost their lives in the tragedy.It is the first court ruling that upholds the victims' call for state liability in the accident that shocked the nation four years ago.The court also awarded compensation of 5 million-20 million won for siblings and grandparents of the deceased."The court acknowledges the liability in compensating the plaintiffs, since the negligence by the state and Cheonghaejin Marine Co. has resulted in the occurrence of the accident," it said in the ruling.The Sewol ferry sank off the southwestern coast of South Korea while en route to the resort island of Jeju, on April 16, 2014. The accident claimed 304 lives, mostly high school students on their way to a school trip.In September 2015, 354 bereaved

Jul 19, 2018
Court orders compensation for Sewol victims' families

Chopper crash probe team to look into possible mechanical defects

A military probe team looking into this week's fatal marine chopper crash will focus first on the possibility of mechanical defects, a source said Thursday, after video footage showed rotor blades abruptly flying out of the fuselage shortly after takeoff.The MUH-1 Marineone, the Marine variant of the KUH-1 Surion helicopter, crashed at a military airport in the southeastern city of Pohang on Tuesday, killing five of the six marines aboard and injuring the other.Footage showed that the chopper's rotor blades were separated from the body just four to five seconds after takeoff. Given that the pilot was a veteran with around 3,300 hours of flight experience, observers put more weight to technical defects, rather than human error, as the more likely cause of the crash."Though there have been various types of accidents and defects found since the Surion helicopter was first deployed in late 2012, there had not been any case in which the rotor blades flew out altogether like this," a military source told Yonhap News Agency, declining to be named."(The military authorities) plan to focus on

Jul 19, 2018
Chopper crash probe team to look into possible mechanical defects

Gov't to crack down on photography at beaches

By Lee Kyung-min The government will conduct an intense crackdown on those who film or photograph women without their consent at three popular beaches over the next few weeks. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Tuesday, a team of ministry officials and police officers began patrolling beaches in Boryeong in South Chungcheong Province, Busan and Gangneung in Gangwon Province, Monday. The crackdown will continue until Aug. 12 to more effectively deal with the sharp increase in hidden camera crimes during summer. Almost a third of crimes involving hidden cameras occur between July and September, police said. This is part of efforts to eradicate hidden camera-related crimes amid the ministry-led campaign with a slogan “Illicit filming is a crime. You become an accomplice the moment you see the material.” The ministry said it will also raise awareness about the severe consequences of the crime. Under the law, making or distributing voyeuristic images is a crime subject to up to five years in prison or up to 10 million won ($8,870) in fines. Punishment wil

Jul 18, 2018

Key suspect in opinion-rigging scandal faces arrest

By Lee Kyung-min A special counsel team sought an arrest warrant for a lawyer surnamed Do, 61, a key figure in the “opinion-rigging” scandal masterminded by an influential blogger who went by the nickname “Druking.” Druking and his followers initially used software to boost the popularity of Moon Jae-in in the lead up to the presidential election last May, hoping their “successful months-long campaigning efforts” would be “rewarded.”  But after Kim Kyoung-soo, Moon's key aide and now governor of South Gyeongsang Province, dismissed the blogger's recommendation to appoint Do as the consul general of Korea in Osaka, they used the same tools to disparage Moon. Do, one of seven members in the group of followers, is suspected of offering legal consultation as well as controlling the group's activities overall. The team led by special counsel Huh Ik-bum sought an arrest warrant for Do on charges of violating the Political Campaign Fund Law and destroying evidence. Assistant special counsel Park Sang-yong said the team be

Jul 18, 2018

Cabbie unconscious since hit by Air Busan official's BMW

The damaged BMW sedan at Gimhae International Airport. The car careened into a taxi at 107kph and almost killed the cabbie. Courtesy of Busan police agencyThe back of a taxi was severely damaged after the speeding BMW sedan hit it at Gimhae International Airport. Courtesy of Busan police agencyBy Jung Hae-myoungA taxi driver hit by a speeding BMW sedan at Gimhae International Airport has been unconscious since the accident July 10. The BMW's driver is expected to be arrested by July 19 as the probe is still under way. Video footage of the so-called “BMW Fast and Furious” ― recorded from a camera in the car ― has gone viral. It vividly shows the minutes before the car hits the cabbie, who was unloading a customer's bags from the trunk. The BMW was accelerating up to 130 kilometers per hour, more than three times the 40kph speed limit, while entering the passenger terminal area. It hit the cabbie at 107kph. The suspect is said work for Air Busan, Asiana's low-cost airline. His passenger was a female flight attendant trainee Busan police said the suspect was speeding to get

Jul 18, 2018
Cabbie unconscious since hit by Air Busan official's BMW

Marine chopper crash expected to affect procurement plan

South Korean Marine Corps' Marineone (MUH1) helicopter, above, crashed on a tarmac inside a military airport in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. YonhapThis week's deadly military chopper crash could affect the Marine Corps' plan to deploy dozens of its indigenous helicopters, an official said Wednesday, amid a probe into whether it was caused by technical defects or pilot error.On Tuesday, the MUH-1 Marineone, the Marine variant of the KUH-1 Surion helicopter, crashed at a military airport in the southeastern city of Pohang on Tuesday, killing five of the six Marines aboard and injuring the other.The helicopter was on a test flight in Pohang, some 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul, after repair work when it went down from a height of about 10 meters and caught fire, Marine Corps officials said."We are leaving open all possibilities (including potential chopper defects)," a marine official told Yonhap News Agency, declining to be named. "Well, it may not be totally impossible (for the crash to affect the procurement plan) as we have to carry out the investiga

Jul 18, 2018
Marine chopper crash expected to affect procurement plan
  • 5 killed, 1 injured in military chopper crash in Pohang

Police probe fake nude photo of President Moon on radical feminist website

The fake nude photo of President Moon Jae-in. Captured from WOMADBy Jung Hae-myoungSeoul police are investigating after a fake nude photo of President Moon Jae-in was posted on radical feminist movement WOMAD's website. The photo has Moon's face combined with a model's naked body. The body is that of a man who posed for a Hongik University art class. Photos taken secretly in the class went viral after they were leaked, prompting the model to contemplate suicide. Probes found that a female model leaked the photos that WOMAD used to press its anti-male message. WOMAD recently uploaded an image of the burning of the Quran, Islam's holy book, and a photo of a sacramental wafer used in the Catholic Church covered in foul language scribbled with a red pen. Other images showed the wafer being burnt.

Jul 17, 2018
Police probe fake nude photo of President Moon on radical feminist website
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