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Korea collects $1.23 billion in taxes from offshore tax evaders

South Korea's tax office said Wednesday that it collected 1.32 trillion won ($1.23 billion) in taxes from suspected offshore tax evaders last year.The National Tax Service (NTS) collected the revenue from 233 offshore tax dodgers in 2017, with the total being slightly more than the 1.3 trillion won worth of dues collected from those who tried not to pay tax the previous year, it said.Offshore tax evasion has been on the rise in recent years, as some wealthy people have shifted their assets to tax havens in an apparent move to exploit legal loopholes.The NTS office said it is looking into 39 individuals on suspicion that they have dodged taxation by setting up offshore entities in tax havens.

May 2, 2018
Korea collects $1.23 billion in taxes from offshore tax evaders

Police hunt four Filipinos over 'water tank bones' killing

By Park Si-sooLayers of mystery covering the eerie “factory water tank” homicide are peeling off as the police investigation gains traction with fresh evidence. Police said Wednesday human bones found in a factory's water purifying tank in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, early April are those of a Filipino man who had worked at a factory in the city and vanished in January 2016. Investigators said they reached the conclusion after matching DNA from the man's bones and with that of his family in the Philippines.Police said the victim arrived in South Korea in 2014, worked at a paint factory in Hwaseong and vanished in January 2016. They did not give further details. Police identified four foreigners ― all Filipino ― as suspects and are tracing their whereabouts.“Three (of the four) have left the country and are believed to be in the Philippines,” an investigator said. “The one left is in the country.”Workers found the bones inside a jacket while cleaning the tank on April 3. Police said the skeleton's left side was crushed, indicating something had hit

May 2, 2018
Police hunt four Filipinos over 'water tank bones' killing
  • Human bones found in factory's water purifier plant
  • Bones in water tank those of murdered Filipino, police say
  • Is 'water tank bones' killing a crime of passion?

Korean Air heiress denies assault allegations

Cho Hyun-min leaves the Seoul Gangseo Police Station after being questioned for 15 hours, Wednesday. / YonhapCho Hyun-min, a former senior executive of South Korea's largest airline and a daughter of its chief, has denied allegations that she physically assaulted an advertising agency official during a business meeting in March, police said Wednesday.The 35-year-old is under police investigation over suspicion that she threw a glass of water at the official because she was upset about the agency's work. She appeared for police questioning on Tuesday and apologized to the public in front of a storm of camera flashes.She left the police station after a 15-hour interrogation.In a media briefing about Cho's questioning, an official from the Seoul Gangseo Police Station said Wednesday she had flatly denied the allegations."She said she only pushed with her hand the paper cup that contained a drink, not at a person but toward the door," the official said.She also refused to admit her actions led to the obstruction of the ad firm's business, since she was in charge of Korean Air's adve

May 2, 2018
Korean Air heiress denies assault allegations
  • Korean Air heiress questioned over 'water rage'
  • Korean Air chairman's daughter faces arrest for alleged assault

8 dead, 11 injured in car crash

By Lee Kyung-min Eight people were killed and 11 were injured after a bus fell three meters into a farm field following a collision with an SUV in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province, police said Tuesday. Of those transferred to nearby hospitals, five are in critical condition. The bus carrying 14 passengers and a driver collided with the SUV, hit the guardrail and fell off the road at around 5:21 p.m.The 14 passengers were returning from farm work and were mostly elderly. Four people in the SUV sustained minor injuries. Police said the number of casualties was high as the bus crashed into street lights and trees before crashing. Police are checking the fingerprints of some of the victims to confirm their identities. Two helicopters were mobilized to carry the injured to the hospitals. Police and the Korea Transportation Safety Authority will conduct an inspection today to determine the exact cause of the accident. 

May 1, 2018

Korean Air heiress questioned over 'water rage'

Cho Hyun-min, a former senior executive of Korean Air, appears at the Seoul Gangseo Police Station, Tuesday, for questioning over allegations of assault and obstruction of business. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Kang Seung-wooOne of two notorious heiresses of the chairman of Korean Air reported to police Tuesday for questioning about an alleged assault she committed during a violent temper tantrum. Cho Hyun-min, a former senior executive of the nation's largest airline, is embroiled in allegations that she threw water in the face of an advertising agency executive during a business meeting in March. She has been booked and banned from overseas travel since last month. The 35-year-old was questioned on charges of assault and obstruction of business. She is the youngest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho and a younger sister of Cho Hyun-ah, infamous for her 2014 “nut rage” episode that delayed an international flight over a packet of macadamia nuts.“I am truly sorry for causing trouble,” Cho said in her appearance at Seoul Gangseo Police Stati

May 1, 2018
Korean Air heiress questioned over 'water rage'
  • PHOTOS Korean Air heiress' crocodile's tears?
  • Korean Air heiress denies assault allegations

PHOTOS Korean Air heiress' crocodile's tears?

Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun-min faces the press as she arrives at the Seoul Gangseo Police Station in the morning on May 1 for questioning over allegations she splashed water in the face of an advertising agency official. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukKorean Air heiress Cho Hyun-min sobs as she answers questions by journalists before entering the Seoul Gangseo Police Station on May 1. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukKorean Air heiress Cho Hyun-min faces the press as she arrives at the Seoul Gangseo Police Station on May 1 for alleged assault and obstruction of business. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulKorean Air heiress Cho Hyun-min enters the Seoul Gangseo Police Station on May 1 for questioning over alleged assault and obstruction of business. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Oh Young-jin Cho Hyun-min, Korean Air executive and daughter of the national flag carrier’s Chairman Cho Yang-ho, kept saying, “I am sorry” to reporters’ questions. Presenting herself as a suspect in a potential case of using violence, Cho’s

May 1, 2018
Korean Air heiress' crocodile's tears? [PHOTOS]
  • Korean Air 'nut rage' heiress facing divorce lawsuit
  • Korean Air workers to rise up in arms against abusive chairman family
  • Korean Air heiress questioned over 'water rage'
  • Korean Air chairman's daughter faces arrest for alleged assault

Crime scene investigators face post-traumatic stress disorder

By Lee Kyung-min Two out of 10 police officers with the crime scene investigation (CSI) department are at high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a study showed Monday. According to the study led by a CSI officer at the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency (GMPA) presented at a seminar jointly organized by the Korean Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the National Police Agency, about 20 percent of CSI officers tested over three times are more likely than average to feel stress due to “haunting images at crime scenes.” Korea began hiring people in 2005 to work under supervision of police CSI departments. As of last year, 107 such officers worked at 17 regional and metropolitan police agencies nationwide. GMPA officer Nho Seon-mi surveyed 226 coroners and CSI investigators that had at least one year of field experience. The study showed 19.9 percent of “high-risk” personnel showed PTSD levels exceeding 39.38 points, almost three times the 13.69 point average. The most common PTSD symptoms experienced by the high-risk group were “intrusion,

Apr 30, 2018

Finders keepers: Janitor may keep discarded gold bars

By Kang Aa-youngA stroke of luck? A janitor may become the legitimate owner of seven bars of gold, worth 350 million won, which he found in a garbage bin in Incheon International Airport Thursday.Police identified the Korean owner of the gold bars, each weighing 1 kilogram and found wrapped in newspapers, and concluded he had discarded them for fear of being caught.So far, the owner hasn't come forward. If the owner doesn't make a claim in six months, the janitor would take ownership of the cache according to a “finders keepers” law.In case the owner shows up, the janitor will still be able to keep about 5 percent to 20 percent of the market price of the gold, or 17.5 million won to 70 million won, according to the "lost articles act" law. Here is the catch: He will not be able to keep a penny if the gold is a tainted good or connected to criminal activity.

Apr 30, 2018
Finders keepers: Janitor may keep discarded gold bars

Appeals court keeps 20-year jail term for teenager in murder of child

A Seoul appellate court on Monday retained the 20-year prison term for a teenager charged with kidnapping and killing an eight-year-old girl, while reducing her accomplice's life sentence to 13 years.The Seoul High Court made the decision for the 18-year-old defendant and main culprit surnamed Kim. It lowered the sentence for her 20-year-old accomplice surnamed Park, clearing her of the collusion charge and finding her guilty of being an accessory.The court also retained the earlier verdict requiring Kim to wear a location-tracking device for the next 30 years.They have been charged with colluding with each other to kidnap and kill an elementary school girl from Incheon, west of Seoul, early last year. Kim later disposed of the body, part of which she had mutilated and delivered to Park in what they claimed was a role-playing game.Kim has accused Park of masterminding the whole plan for the murder and insisted she did what Park had told her to do. Park has denied the claim.The appeals court ruled on Monday that it's difficult to believe Kim's statements as the whole truth and said it

Apr 30, 2018
Appeals court keeps 20-year jail term for teenager in murder of child

Korean Air 'nut rage' heiress facing divorce lawsuit

By Jung Min-hoCho Hyun-ahThe husband of Cho Hyun-ah (Heather Cho), 44, the Korean Air heiress who made headlines around the world for the 2014 “nut rage” incident, has filed for divorce.The news came after her sister, Hyun-min, also known as Emily, 35, a Korean Air senior vice president, was caught involved in her own rage controversy recently.Local media reported Monday that Hyun-ah’s husband, a plastic surgeon, filed the suit on April 2.Seoul Family Court judge Kwon Yang-hee is in charge of the case.Cho and her husband married in October 2010 and have twin sons.Last month, shareholders of KAL Hotel Network, a Korean Air subsidiary, approved her return as the company’s president at the annual meeting.Cho was indicted three years ago on charges of violating aviation security and business laws after forcing a plane to return to its gate during a row over how nuts were served.A lower court sentenced her to a year in prison. But she was freed after only five months when an appeals court cleared her of hampering an air route ― the most serious charge.Following Hyu

Apr 30, 2018
Korean Air 'nut rage' heiress facing divorce lawsuit
  • Korean Air 'rage sisters' removed from management
  • VIDEO Korean Air chief's wife allegedly harassing employees
  • Korean Air heiress to be questioned Tuesday
  • Korean Air workers to rise up in arms against abusive chairman family
  • PHOTOS Korean Air heiress' crocodile's tears?
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