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VIDEO Teenager drives stolen ambulance into street light

A man, 19, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing an ambulance and driving around Cheonan. / Captured from YoutubeBy Kang Aa-youngA man, 19, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing an ambulance and driving around Cheonan.According to the Cheonan Dongnam Police Station on Tuesday, the man stole the ambulance at about 5:30 p.m. in Bongmyeong-dong.He drove the vehicle for about 20 minutes before hitting a streetlight. Police then arrested him.During his drive, the man allegedly struck two female high school students. The students suffered minor injuries, according to police.The man is receiving psychological treatment.See the clip: https://youtu.be/CRhwwfvJBtA

May 9, 2018
[VIDEO] Teenager drives stolen ambulance into street light

PHOTOS Tearful hoist of Sewol ferry

A giant floating crane prepares to hoist the Sewol ferry at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, Wednesday. The 6,800-ton vessel will be righted on Thursday, which will make searching the ship much easier. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulThe wreck of the Sewol ferry, lying on its side at the southwestern port of Mokpo, is ready to be placed in an upright position to permit a further search for the remains of victims, pending last-minute safety checks, a state-run investigation commission said Wednesday.The ferry sank off the country's southwestern coast near Jindo Island in April 2014, claiming more than 300 lives. It was hoisted from the seabed last year and moved to a port not far from the accident site.People watch a giant floating crane lift the Sewol ferry at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, Wednesday. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulWomen who lost children in the ferry's sinking on April 16, 2014, wipe away tears at a port in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, Wednesday. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulWorkers check steel ropes being used to lift the ferry a

May 9, 2018
Tearful hoist of Sewol ferry [PHOTOS]

Students under probe for clues on leaked nude photo

This is a poster captured from Womad, the ultra-feminist site, in which a nude photo of a male model at a Hongik University drawing class was uploaded and went viral on social networking sites.By Oh Young-jin Police have collected mobile phones from students who participated in a life-drawing class at Hongik University after a photo of a nude male model was leaked and went viral.The phones will be checked to discover who took the photo and uploaded it to the radical feminist and anti-male site Womad. Nobody has refused to submit their phones and no one has admitted responsibility. The Mapo Police Station is also planning to check the site in an attempt to track down the person who uploaded the photo. The photo appeared on the man-hate site May 1. The university administration and the student governing body tried unsuccessfully to find the person responsible. They then called police.The photo drew many comments to the site and some postings mocked the male model's genitals.The model went into hiding and through an associate expressed extreme difficulty in returning to normal life afte

May 9, 2018
Students under probe for clues on leaked nude photo
  • Nude model in deep despair over leaked photo

Korean Air chief's wife banned from leaving country after assault allegations

Lee Myung-hee / YonhapPolice on Wednesday banned the wife of Korean Air Lines Co.'s chief from leaving the country pending a probe into allegations that she verbally and physically assaulted company employees.Police are investigating the string of alleged assaults by Lee Myung-hee, the director of Ilwoo Foundation and wife of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, after numerous tips were lodged by employees of the national flag carrier and the group's hotel affiliate accusing her of the crimes.Korean Air is the flagship affiliate of Hanjin Group, an airline-to-hotel conglomerate.Lee is suspected of verbally insulting construction workers in May 2014, when one of the hotels owned by the family-run conglomerate was being remodeled for an expansion.She is also alleged to have thrown blueprints at the workers, pointed fingers at them and obstructed their operations. She is also accused of committing similar verbal assaults against her chauffeur and other Hanjin employees.In a statement released Wednesday, Korean Air made an apology for the physical assault that took place at the hotel

May 9, 2018
Korean Air chief's wife banned from leaving country after assault allegations

LG Group HQ raided over alleged tax evasion

By Park Si-sooKoo Bon-mooProsecutors searched the LG Group’s finance team office in Seoul on Wednesday in an investigation of alleged tax evasion involving “family members of the group’s chairman.”They secured tax and accounting documents and related computer files needed for the investigation, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in charge of the operation said.A prosecutor familiar with the case said the chairman’s family is suspected of having dodged taxes worth “tens of billions of won” in the process of transferring the family’s shares in LG affiliates to others. He did not give further details.The prosecutor said the office started the investigation after receiving information from the National Tax Service last month.He said LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo and his younger brother Koo Bon-neung, chairman of Heesung Electronics, are “not directly involved in the case.” He said the chairman’s residence was not searched.An LG spokesman said the raid was "something unexpected" and the company will "

May 9, 2018
LG Group HQ raided over alleged tax evasion

Samsung executive grilled over alleged labor union sabotage

Prosecutors were set to question an executive of Samsung Electronics Co.'s after-service affiliate Tuesday over allegations that his company carried out an organized scheme to disrupt labor union activities among workers. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office will begin interrogating Choi Pyeong-seok, a senior executive at Samsung Electronics Service, at 10 a.m., the office said. Prosecutors are expected to probe him over his suspected influential role in sabotaging the establishment of the labor union under the company's so-called master plan to block any moves toward the forming of a labor union and to prevent its activities. Prosecutors have been questioning company officials to find out if the alleged sabotage by the Samsung affiliate were handled by those in higher positions in the tech giant, possibly including Samsung Electronics' leadership or Samsung Group's now-disbanded control tower. (Yonhap)

May 8, 2018
Samsung executive grilled over alleged labor union sabotage

Vietnamese sailor injured in boat collision

By Kang Aa-youngA Vietnamese sailor has been injured when a five-ton fishing boat collided with a 115-ton cleaning vessel off Yeosu on Sunday night, the Jeonnam Yeosu Coast Guard said Monday. The collision happened when the bigger boat was heading to the dock and the smaller one was on its way to sea. The crews of four rescue boats pulled the sailors from the water. A Vietnamese sailor, 40, was taken to hospital with facial injuries. The coast guard is checking whether the sailors were drunk

May 7, 2018
Vietnamese sailor injured in boat collision

Hanjin chairman's wife under probe for allegedly bullying workers

Police began a formal probe Friday into the allegations that the wife of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho bullied workers several years ago.Lee Myung-hee, 69, is accused of assaulting or abusing several workers at a hotel construction site in 2014.Police launched the investigation into the case after unofficially collecting related information for about two weeks.Investigators plan to summon Lee for questioning.Her family, who controls the Hanjin conglomerate with many affiliates, including Korean Air, has come under public criticism following reports that Lee's daughter, Cho Hyun-min, recently physically abused an advertising subcontractor. (Yonhap)

May 6, 2018
  • Korean Air facing liquidity crunch

Calls grow for better protection of emergency workers

By Lee Kyung-min Calls are growing for harsher punishment for those who physically and verbally abuse emergency workers under the influence of alcohol, Sunday. This follows the death of a 51-year-old emergency worker, surnamed Kang, who died a month after she was punched in the head five times by a drunk man surnamed Yoon, 47. Yoon also unleashed a tirade of misogynistic verbal attacks against her. Kang underwent surgery but died last Tuesday due to what doctors concluded was extreme stress-induced nerve damage brought on by the assault. Yoon is being investigated on charges of obstruction of justice. Over 100 people have signed a petition on Cheong Wa Dae's website calling for the revision of the law that recognizes drunkenness as a mitigating circumstance and therefore grounds for leniency. Also on demand are measures for increased rights to self-defense and a more generous welfare package for first responders including firefighters and paramedics. “The law should change as soon as possible. Otherwise, incidents of this nature will continue to enrage the public,” one c

May 6, 2018

Police investigation over 'water rage' hits snag

Korean Air chief’s wife under investigation for bullying workersBy Lee Kyung-minAn ongoing investigation into Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-min seems to have hit a major roadblock, Sunday, after the prosecution rejected the police request for an arrest warrant for her over the “water rage” scandal. In the controversial incident, Cho allegedly splashed water into the face of an ad agency official and threw a glass because she was “enraged” by his work performance.The Seoul Southern Prosecutors' Office said it directed the Seoul Gangseo Police Station to seek an indictment of the second daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho without physical detention as it remains in dispute whether her act constituted aggravated assault or obstruction of business.Cho appeared for questioning at the station last week for alleged assault and obstruction of business amid intensified police investigation of the business group, the women “owners” of which have been embroiled in a controversy over “anger management issues.”Cho's mother, Ilwoo Found

May 6, 2018
  • Korean Air facing liquidity crunch
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