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Actress's husband convicted of financial fraud

By Park Si-sooChoi Jung-woon and Yoon Tae-joon / Captured from TV program The husband of actress Choi Jung-woon has been convicted of fraud, the court said Thursday.Seoul Southern District Court sentenced Yoon Tae-joon to 18 months in prison and fined him 500 million won ($442,400) for violating the Capital Market Law.The court also ordered the forfeiture of ill-gotten gains of 418 million won. The court suspended Yoon’s prison term for three years because he had no criminal history.“He committed a grave crime of spreading false information using his personal network and influence, which ended up with stock investors sustaining unexpected losses,” said Judge Shim Hyung-sup.According to court documents, Yoon was appointed CEO of a fashion house’s cultural content division. He then distributed press releases containing false information to inflate the stock price. 

Oct 27, 2017
Actress's husband convicted of financial fraud

Professor fined W10 million for defaming 'comfort women'

An appeals court in Seoul overturned a lower-court acquittal of a professor and fined her on Friday, finding her guilty of charges that she defamed victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery with her book.The Seoul High Court handed down a fine of 10 million won ($8,846) to Park Yu-ha, a Sejong University professor, who was charged with defaming sexual slavery victims, known as "comfort women," with her controversial book "Comfort Women of the Empire."Victims and other critics claimed the book disputes the coerciveness of the "comfort women" system.Friday's verdict overturned the lower court's decision in January that she is not guilty because academic freedom is a basic right guaranteed by the Constitution.Historians estimate that more than 200,000 women, mostly from Korea, were forced to work in front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during the war. Korea was under Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945. The victims are euphemistically called "comfort women.” (Yonhap)

Oct 27, 2017
Professor fined W10 million for defaming 'comfort women'

Suspect in murder of NCsoft president's father admits to killing

A suspect in the murder of NCsoft President Yoon Song-yee's father admitted to killing the 68-year-old man Friday, a day after he was found dead.Police in Yangpyeong, 55 kilometers east of Seoul, said the suspect, a 41-year-old man surnamed Heo, confessed to killing Yoon's father over a parking dispute in Yangpyeong.Heo told police that he was not in his right mind when it happened, and he didn't even know if the victim was alive or not.Police don't believe Heo's confession is reliable, and they will restart their investigation later Friday.Police found three external wounds on the neck of Yoon's father, while his Mercedes was found about 5 kilometers away from his Yangpyeong home.Heo, who was caught in Imsil, 300 kilometers south of the capital, on Thursday afternoon, at first agreed to overnight questioning but confessed to the killing after about an hour into the session and refused further probing, police said.Police said Heo is in real estate consulting business, which they believe is connected with home construction near the late Yoon's residence. They're trying to identify any

Oct 27, 2017
Suspect in murder of NCsoft president's father admits to killing
  • Police arrest suspect of NCSOFT president's father's murder

Police arrest suspect of NCSOFT president's father's murder

By Kim Bo-eunPolice arrested a suspect in the murder of the father of NCSOFT President Yoon Song-yee, Thursday.Yangpyeong Police arrested the suspect, 41, at around 5:45 p.m. on a national highway in Imsil, North Jeolla Province, and are now questioning him.Yoon was found dead near his home in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province earlier in the day.According to the Yangpyeong Police Station, Yoon’s mother found him in a garden next to the parking lot of his home at around 7:30 a.m. An injury was found on his neck.The senior Yoon worked at the Korea Development Bank and served as director of the Korea Securities Finance, retiring in 2002.He is the father-in-law of NCSOFT CEO Kim Taek-jin.Kim was a founding member of the office software developer Hancom and founded the game software maker NCSOFT.He and the junior Yoon became acquainted when the latter became a non-executive director of NCSOFT in 2004, and the two married in November 2007.Yoon graduated from Seoul Science High School and KAIST at the top of her class, then went on to earn a doctoral degree from Massachusetts Institute of

Oct 26, 2017
Police arrest suspect of NCSOFT president's father's murder
  • Suspect in murder of NCsoft president's father admits to killing

Top court orders retrial of teacher rape case

By Kim Bo-eunThe Supreme Court ordered a retrial Thursday of three men convicted of raping a teacher on a remote southwestern island last year.Rulings by lower courts stated that the assailants had not colluded in the sexual assault. The Gwangju High Court handed them sentences of seven to 10 years, citing settlements with the victim.The Supreme Court sent the case back to the Gwangju High Court.“The defendants of this case deny collusion, but evidence shows that the allegations of collusion, which the first and second trials did not recognize, can be acknowledged,” the court said.The three _ surnamed Kim, Lee and Park _ were indicted on charges of raping an elementary school teacher who taught their children on the island of Shinan in South Jeolla Province in May last yearThe men forced the teacher to drink alcohol, took her to her home and attempted to rape her. They failed in their first attempt due to resistance from the victim but raped her after she fell asleep. Lee filmed the scene.Kim was tried for an additional offense of breaking into a studio apartment in Daeje

Oct 26, 2017

Negligent owners responsible for deadly dog bites

Canine aggression pits dog owner against hospital over ‘direct cause’ of victim’s deathBy Kang Hyun-kyung"If your dog bites someone or has a history of aggression, take this seriously." The warning resonates with Koreans after the canine aggression that took the life of the 53-year-old owner of the historic, upscale restaurant Hanilkwan serving authentic Korean cuisine in posh southern Seoul.The victim is identified only by her surname Kim to protect her posthumous privacy.Her death sounded the alarm on aggressive dogs.The surveillance camera footage at the apartment complex where she lived shows how the tragedy began. Kim, along with a couple of her neighbors, is seen inside the elevator on Sept. 30. As the door opened at an unspecified floor, French bulldog “Bugsy” owned by singer Choi Si-won’s family ran toward Kim and bit her near her ankle. A woman who witnessed this outside the elevator snatched the dog out of the elevator. The footage ends there.Kim was hospitalized for treatment. According to Inje University Paik Hospital, she had a mi

Oct 26, 2017
Negligent owners responsible for deadly dog bites

Student attacks girlfriend's mother for opposing their dating

By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-sooA high school student attacked his girlfriend’s mother because she disapproved of their dating, police said Thursday.The student, 17, struck the woman’s head with a blunt weapon at his girlfriend’s apartment complex in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. The woman suffered non-life threatening injuries and is being treated in hospital. The student was caught shortly afterward. Police will seek an arrest warrant for him.The student told police he committed the crime because he was upset about the woman’s repeated opposition to him dating her daughter. Police said the two had dated since June. 

Oct 26, 2017
Student attacks girlfriend's mother for opposing their dating

'아들 데려와야' 日 야스쿠니신사 폭발음사건 母 하소연

야스쿠니(靖國)신사 폭발음 사건 용의자로 지목돼 일본 경찰에 체포된 한국인 전모씨(29)씨의 어머니(오른쪽)가 26일 오전 전북경찰청 기자실에서 기자회견을 하고 있다. 전씨 어머니는 이날 "테러 혐의로 4년형을 선고받은 아들이 일본 교도소에서 고초를 겪고 있다"고 토로했다. / 연합일본 야스쿠니(靖國) 신사 폭발음 사건으로 현지에 수감된 전모(29)씨의 어머니가 아들을 한국에서 형을 살게 해달라 요청했다. 전씨 어머니는 26일 전북지방경찰청에서 기자회견을 열고 "징역 4년을 선고받고 일본 교도소에 수감된 아들의 건강 상태가 좋지 않아 하루빨리 한국으로 데려와야 한다"며 "아들이 일본에서 너무 가혹한 대우를 받고 있다"고 주장했다고.    지난 18일에 일본으로 아들 면회를 다녀왔다는 전씨의 어머니는 "수감 전에는 키 180㎝에 몸무게 90㎏이 넘는 건장한 체격이었는데 몇 달 만에 몰라보게 야위었다"고 말했다.    이어 "아들의 건강 상태가 염려돼 지난 4월부터 법무부와 외교부에 한국에서 형을 살게 해달라고 이송을 요청했다"며 "벌써 반년이 지났는데 이송 여부에 대해서는 들은 바가 없다"고 정부에 서운함을 토로했다.    그러면서 "아들이 사람을 죽인 것도 아니고 누군가를 다치게 한 것도 아닌데 이렇게 떨어져서 지켜봐야 하는 현실이 너무 가혹하다"며 "정부가 나서 아들을 한국으로 데려와야 한다"고 강조했다.    이에 대해 외교부 관계자는 "주기적으로 담당 영사를 교도소에 보내 전씨 건강 상태를 확인하고 있는데 현재 큰 문제는 없는 것으로 알고 있다"며 "다음 면회 때는 우려하시는 부분을 더 세밀하게 보겠다"고 밝혔다.    법무부 관계자는 "국제 수용자 이송에 관한 조약에 따라 지난 4월 외교부를 통해 전씨 이송을 일본에 요청했다"며 "이송은 당사자와 관할 당국 등의 동의가 있어야 하는데 아직 일본이 답을 하지 않은 것으로 알고 있다"고 말했다.    전씨는 2015년 11월 23일 도쿄도(東京都) 지요다(千代田) 구 소재 야스쿠니 신사 화장실에 화약을 채운 시한식 발화장치

Oct 26, 2017
'아들 데려와야' 日 야스쿠니신사 폭발음사건 母 하소연

Supreme Court orders retrial of school teacher rape case

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a retrial for three men convicted of raping a school teacher in a southwestern provincial village last year.The top court sent the case back to the Gwangju High Court, quashing the previous ruling that cleared them of some of the charges, citing the settlement reached with the victim.The high court sentenced each of the defendants -- only identified by their last names Kim, Lee and Park -- to seven to 10 years in jail, reducing the punishment from 17 to 25 years handed down by the lowest court.They were indicted in June last year on charges of colluding in raping the female teacher and inflicting injuries on the victim in an island town in Sinan, about 400 kilometers southwest of Seoul. They also forcedly intoxicated the victim and filmed the scene.The case shocked the public because they were parents of children from the same school where the victim had taught. (Yonhap)

Oct 26, 2017
Supreme Court orders retrial of school teacher rape case

"먼저 간 아들 그리워"…장애인 부부의 외로운 죽음

지난 23일 오후 충북 옥천군 옥천읍 야산에서 청각장애 5급인 A(74)씨와 지적장애 3급인 B(57)씨 부부가 숨진 채 발견됐다. 부부는 마을 뒷산으로 이어진 오솔길 옆 잔디 위에 나란히 누워 잠이 든 듯 편안한 모습이었다. 현장에는 이들이 먹다 남긴 것으로 보이는 커피병만 놓여 있을 뿐, 두 사람의 죽음과 연결지을 만한 단서는 아무 것도 나오지 않았다.    경찰은 외상이 전혀 없는 점에 미뤄 부부가 스스로 목숨을 끊거나 잠이 들었다가 저체온증으로 변을 당했을 가능성 등을 열어놓고 수사하고 있다.    A씨 부부는 2년 전 짧은 생을 마감한 아들을 이 산 중턱 나무 아래 수목장 한 뒤 이곳을 자주 찾았던 것으로 알려졌다.    이웃들은 두 사람에 대해 "비록 몸은 성치 않지만, 착하고 금슬 좋던 사람들"이라고 기억한다.    슬하에 1남 3녀를 둔 A씨 부부는 딸 셋을 연이어 출가시킨 뒤 건강이 좋지 않던 아들과 함께 생활한 것으로 확인됐다.    그러던 중 2015년 아들이 세상을 떴고, 부부는 그때부터 이웃과 왕래를 끊다시피 하면서 고독한 생활을 했던 것으로 알려졌다. 최근들어서는 A씨가 치매 증세를 보이는 등 두 사람의 건강도 급격히 악화됐다고 이웃들은 설명한다.      이웃 주민은 "아들을 여읜 뒤 두 사람이 문밖출입조차 하지 않을 정도로 은둔생활을 했으며, 낯선 사람이 다가서면 '누굴 해치러 왔느냐'고 소리치는 등 극도의 경계심을 보이기도 했다"고 말했다.    차상위 계층인 이들은 65세 이상 노인에게 지급되는 기초연금과 장애수당을 합쳐 25만원 남짓한 정부 지원금으로 어렵게 생계를 꾸린 것으로 전해졌다.    보다 못한 이웃들이 최근 옥천군에 기초생활수급자 지정을 요청했지만, 부양 능력 있는 딸과 B씨 명의 통장에 든 약간의 돈 때문에 심사에서 탈락했다.    옥천군 관계자는 "A씨 부부의 처지가 딱하지만, 부양 의무자 소득이 기준보다 높아 딱히 지원할

Oct 24, 2017
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