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Advisory board to decide on direction of Kangwon probe

Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il By Kim Hyun-binAn advisory board meeting was held at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office on Friday to review the controversial handling of the ongoing investigation for hiring irregularities at Kangwon Land. The advisory committee consists of outside experts including four lawyers and three law professors that have over 10 years of experience dealing with such matters.Kangwon Land, state-owned casino, has come under increasing criticism for improper hiring practices that have been allegedly linked to Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP).Kim Woo-hyun, the head of the anti-corruption department at the Supreme Prosecutors Office, allegedly exerted pressure on Ahn Mi-hyun, a prosecutor who had investigated the case while working at the Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office last year.Ahn requested a summons for an aide of Rep. Kweon on Dec. 14, but Kim did not report to the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and questioned the legitimacy of the summons. Kim allegedly received a call from Kweon who said the investiga

May 18, 2018
Advisory board to decide on direction of Kangwon probe

Men grew marijuana in apartment greenhouse

A cannabis greenhouse in an apartment. / Courtesy of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' OfficeBy Kang Aa-youngA man, 36, and three others have been caught growing cannabis in an apartment.Police said the four started growing the crop in a studio apartment in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, last November. The walls had insulation and there were automatic lighting timers.Police said the men sold the drug through the “deep web” or advertised it on YouTube. Only cryptocurrencies were used for payment.

May 18, 2018
Men grew marijuana in apartment greenhouse

Bystanders rescue student pinned under car

The fence of a parking lot at a middle school in Cheongju was destroyed Thursday when a car drove through it and hit four students. / YonhapBy Jung Da-minFour middle school students were injured when a car hit them in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, Thursday morning. Video: https://bit.ly/2KBDysT (from Yonhapnews YouTube channel)One was trapped unconscious under the car. Bystanders helped lift the car off the student, 14, as Kim Jae-hyung, 45, pulled him out.The driver, a woman, 49, said the car accelerated on its own and went out of control.The students' injuries range from minor to serious.

May 18, 2018
Bystanders rescue student pinned under car

YouTuber's revelations of sexual humiliation go viral

Popular YouTuber Yang Ye-won tells of being forced to undress in front of strangers during her teary video revelation. / Screenshot of the YouTube videoBy Jung Da-minA popular YouTube personality's teary revelations of sexual humiliation have gone viral.Yang Ye-won said she had been forced to undress in front of strange men at a photographic studio located near Hapjeong Station in Seoul. The revelation came after some of the photos appeared on the internet. After her teary video was uploaded to her Facebook account and too her YouTube channel Beagle Couple on May 16, more than 240,000 people have watched it within less than two days.Yang said that three years ago, when she was in college, she applied to be a clothing model and was called to an audition at the photo studio. Later on the shooting day, she was forced to undress and pose half-naked in front of some 20 strange men. Same happened for the following shooting days, according to Yang. She recently found the photos on six websites.“When I entered the room, the iron door got locked and the chief of the studio locked it aga

May 18, 2018
YouTuber's revelations of sexual humiliation go viral
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Customs agents search Korean Air

The headquarters of Korean Air in western Seoul, which Korea Customs Service officials raided over allegations of tax evasion and other crimes, Wednesday. /Yonhap By Kim Hyun-binOfficials of Korea Customs Service searched the headquarters of Korean Air over allegations that the owner family violated the foreign exchange law.It was the local authorities' fourth search of the flagship airline in the widening probe into the family for tax evasion and other violations. The allegations surrounding Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho's family accused them of smuggling luxury goods into the country without going through customs.The chairman and his only son, Cho Won-tae, the president of Korean Air, will be summoned for questioning, said the customs agency.The Cho family members can face maximum sentences of five years in prison and fines of up to 10 times the value of the goods they smuggled into the country.Chairman Cho and his son have canceled their annual business trip to Los Angeles as it could be seen as an attempt to flee the country to avoid the ongoing probe.“It was a sched

May 17, 2018
Customs agents search Korean Air

Murder, abuse of parents rising in Korea

A man suspected of having killed his mother, stepfather and stepbrother walks escorted by two police officers at Yongin Dongbu Police Station, Gyeonggi Province, Jan. 11. YonhapBy Lee Kyung-minKorea is known for its culture long dominated by Confucianism, which prioritizes filial duty and respecting the elderly over other social values. Koreans are taught to uphold the value of “hyo,” a Chinese character for “fulfilling filial duty,” a major source of dispute, especially among couples over supporting their parents as they grow old and become sick and financially needy. Recent data raises a question about whether Koreans are still bound by such a principle in the way they used to be. According to data from the National Police Agency (NPA), an increasing number of cases has been reported over the past five years involving the murder or abuse of parents and grandparents, or those of the offender's spouses. The NPA keeps separate data for murder, physical and verbal assault, intimidation and confinement for these people. A total of 1,962 cases were reported last y

May 17, 2018
Murder, abuse of parents rising in Korea

Reports of dating violence double this year

/ YonhapReports of violence committed against women by individuals they are dating more than doubled in the first four months of this year from a year earlier, government data showed Thursday.The number of cases of women seeking help from the government-run emergency call number 1366 because of so-called dating violence reached 3,903 in the four months till April, according to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.This is a 107 percent hike from the 1,886 cases reported in the same period last year, the ministry said.In the four-month period this year, 4,848 reports were made to the police, up 26 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry.In light of the increase, the government plans to come up with measures to protect and support victims, the ministry also added."Cases of victims reporting and seeking help on dating violence are increasing on the change of perception that it is a serious crime, not a personal issue," Lee sook-jin, vice gender minister said. (Yonhap)

May 17, 2018
Reports of dating violence double this year

Three injured in chlorine gas leak at chemical factory

Hanwha Chemical's factory in Ulsan / Korea Times fileChlorine gas leaked at a chemical factory in southeastern South Korea on Thursday, leaving three people with difficulty breathing and other symptoms.The accident happened at a Hanwha Chemical factory in Ulsan around 10 a.m., officials said.At least three affected people complained of difficulty breathing and a runny nose, and two of them were taken to a hospital, officials said.More people could have been injured.A worker near the factory said the leak made his eyes sting so much that he could barely open them and that the bad smell from the leak was strong.Police are looking into what caused the leak, officials said. (Yonhap)

May 17, 2018
Three injured in chlorine gas leak at chemical factory

Women demand equal justice for hidden camera crimes

A 25-year-old art class model who spread nude photos of her male colleague is surrounded by reporters as she moves from Seobu District Court to Mapo Police Station for questioning, Saturday. / YonhapBy Lee Suh-yoonAuthorities have immediately sought to bring charges against a female model after she leaked a nude photo of her male model colleague. But the public is taking issue with this latest incident – why are hidden camera crimes against women not being investigated with the same rigor and intensity?This gender bias in the handling of hidden camera crimes by law enforcement officers has not gone unnoticed. A public petition calling for equally swift justice to hidden camera crimes targeting women gained over 330,000 signatures in less than a week.“Women also reported their cases to the police and tried to delete online posts of hidden camera recordings of them,” one petitioner said on the Cheong Wa Dae website. “But the response we got was: 'You should have dressed more modestly,' or 'It's too hard to catch the perpetrator.'”The government must direct

May 16, 2018
Women demand equal justice for hidden camera crimes

Prosecution embroiled in in-house feud

Prosecutor-General Moon Moo-il is surrounded by reporters asking questions as he arrives at his office in Seoul, Wednesday. /YonhapBy Kim Hyun-binProsecutor General Moon Moo-il Wednesday denied all accusations that he exerted pressure to impede an ongoing investigation into a case of hiring irregularities. His move came amid an erupting dispute in the prosecution following resistance by a group of prosecutors in defiance of Moon's alleged intervention in the case."It is my duty to oversee and manage the prosecution so that our investigations are exercised in a proper and fair way," Moon said. "I will make sure every step in the probe is properly carried out to reach a fair conclusion."Kangwon Land, the state-owned casino, has come under growing criticism for improper recruitment practices, which have been linked to Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the Liberty Korea Party (LKP). The investigative team, led by the head of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, Yang Bu-nam, said in a statement that in May, it reported to the top prosecutor to seek a court warrant to arrest Rep. Kweon, but it

May 16, 2018
Prosecution embroiled in in-house feud
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