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Hospital professor assaulted 11 medical residents over two years

By Chyung Eun-juThese photos Rep. Yoo Eun-hye released at the National Assembly on Oct. 23 show leg bruising on one of the victimized students from the professor’s assaults. / Courtesy of Rep. Yoo Eun-hyeA Pusan National University Hospital professor assaulted 11 medical residents over two years, leaving victims with serious injuries, according to a National Assembly lawmaker on Monday.The professor attacked the residents with surgical instruments, hit their shins 20 times, assaulted them on the streets and habitually punched their heads in 2014 and 2015.Rep. Yoo Eun-hye from the Democratic Party of Korea released the information, but the aggressor’s name was withheld.The victims’ bodies were covered with bruises that were shown in photos Rep. Yoo released. Some had ruptured eardrums.The victims reported the professor’s violence in August and requested his dismissal. But the school only suspended the professor for three months.“The hospital only asked the professor not to approach the students, while other professors tried to cover up the incident by mee

Oct 24, 2017
Hospital professor assaulted 11 medical residents over two years

Woman sentenced to life imprisonment for poisoning lover's wife

By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-sooThe Supreme Court has confirmed life imprisonment for a woman who killed her married lover’s wife with poison. The top court upheld an appellate court’s verdict.According to court documents, the woman, Han, 48, met Yoo, a married man who became her lover, at a gathering of friends from elementary school in February 2014.Han told Yoo’s wife of their “deep and serious” relationship, hoping this would lead to the couple’s breakup. But instead Yoo’s wife  offered to pay  Han 350 million won ($309,700) if she ended the relationship.In January 2015, Han visited Yoo’s apartment in Songpa-gu, Seoul, with a bottle of soju mixed with potassium cyanide. Yoo’s wife drank the toxic liquid while talking with Han, and died soon after.Han claimed  Yoo’s husband could have killed his wife.But investigators found evidence that Han collected information about how and where to buy potassium cyanide.They also found evidence that her husband was informed of the poisoning plan before hand.”Lee (the

Oct 23, 2017
Woman sentenced to life imprisonment for poisoning lover's wife

North Korean defector caught after escaping from mental hospital

Man claims he wanted to see his wife in North KoreaBy You Soo-sunA man fell short in his attempt to return to North Korea when police caught him in Incheon on Wednesday, 78 days after he escaped from a mental institution.Yoo Tae-joon, 48, was found hiding in Namdong-gu, Incheon, after breaking loose from an ankle monitor at a psychiatric facility in South Jeolla Province where he was detained in police custody for attempted murder.Equipment including a life jacket, swimming fins and a snorkeling mask, which Yoo planned to use to return to North Korea, were found in his room.“I ran because I wanted to see my wife in the North,” Yoo said in a statement. “Send me to North Korea ― the National Intelligence Service here has been preventing me from leaving.”Yoo also testified he hid on a mountain for a day after he escaped, then came to Seoul using public transportation. He then worked in Incheon and Gyeonggi Province to earn money.“I tried to find a way to get to the North, but it was impossible,” he said.According to police, Yoo withdrew 1 million

Oct 22, 2017

Gwanghwamun relit with opposing rallies

By Kim Bo-eunGwanghwamun was filled with opposing groups of protesters over the weekend, a year after large-scale rallies began calling for the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.A group representing the bereaved family members of the Sewol tragedy gathered at Gwanghwamun Square, denouncing Cheong Wa Dae’s alleged fixing of records of reports of the ferry’s sinking to the former president.Earlier this month, Cheong Wa Dae disclosed that records had been manipulated under the Park administration so reports about the ferry’s sinking were made 30 minutes later than they were actually made.“In 30 minutes, the lives of 304 victims could have been saved,” a family member said at the rally.Earlier in the day, a group of office workers called for the arrest of former President Lee Myung-bak, for his alleged irregularities such as the manipulation of public opinion in the 2012 presidential race, as well as defense sector corruption and failed resource diplomacy.“Lee was able to avoid investigations into the irregularities he committed during his term, b

Oct 22, 2017

'Suicide Made': digging for the truth or a witch hunt?

The late singer-songwriter Kim Kwang-seok / Korea Times file photo Documentary suggests alternative fact about singer’s deathBy Kang Hyun-kyungThe late singer-songwriter Kim Kwang-seok is back in the spotlight two decades after his life was cut short in 1996, owing to the recent documentary that raised suspicions about his death.In “Suicide Made” (2017), Lee Sang-ho, director and a journalist who investigated the singer’s abrupt death, claims Kim was murdered and refuted the results of early investigation. Lee points to Kim’s wife, Seo Hae-soon, as the prime suspect.The case was closed in 1996 after the police concluded depression had led the singer to take his life.Lee raised suspicions surrounding Kim’s death to support his murder claim. Kim was found dead a day after he told his “unfaithful” wife Seo that he would file for divorce. Seo called the emergency line 119 to ask for help 20 minutes after she discovered his body on the staircase inside their Seoul home. Seo was the first person to find him dead and her brother, who has

Oct 19, 2017
'Suicide Made': digging for the truth or a witch hunt?

Park Geun-hye boycotts trial after her lawyers resign en masses

A Seoul court said Thursday it will appoint a public defender for former President Park Geun-hye, who has renounced her right to counsel in protest of ongoing court proceedings that she called political revenge against her.The ousted and imprisoned leader, accused of bribery and abuse of power, refused to appear in trial Thursday. She cited health reasons.The court said the court proceeding will be adjourned until a public lawyer is appointed.Park gave up her right to counsel and all her lawyers resigned en masse after the court issued an additional arrest warrant for Park for another six months last week. She was otherwise to be released Monday.Park vehemently objected to the extension of detention and accused the judiciary and prosecution of not being fair with her case. (Yonhap) 

Oct 19, 2017
Park Geun-hye boycotts trial after her lawyers resign en masses
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Veteran crooner convicted of art fraud

Singer Jo Young-nam leaves the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Wednesday, after a hearing on a massive art fraud case involving his paintings. Jo received a 10-month jail sentence with two years of probation for allegedly taking credit for hundreds of paintings done by his assistants. / YonhapBy You Soo-sunSinger Jo Young-nam received a 10-month jail sentence with two years of probation at his trial on charges of art fraud involving hundreds of paintings, Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Court gave the verdict on the grounds that his hired “assistants” did more than merely assist, but participated as individual artists.Jo was indicted in June for earning150 million won ($132,626) by selling the problematic paintings credited to his name between September 2011 and January 2015. He hired other artists to produce the paintings, to which he merely added slight touches before selling them.Jo earlier denied the accusations, saying he “never thought hiring assistants was a problem or illegal.” 

Oct 18, 2017
Veteran crooner convicted of art fraud

Prosecutors expand investigation into spy agency

By Jung Min-hoTwenty-five prosecutors will be assigned to investigate the National Intelligence Service (NIS), which has now been accused of also conducting illegal actions during the Lee Myung-bak administration. It had previously been accused of the same activities under the Park Geun-hye government.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office said Tuesday that eight additional prosecutors will join the special investigation team. The office made the decision to add the investigators in an effort to conclude the case after years of speculation about illegalities at the NIS.The move comes a day after Prosecutor General Mun Moo-il said former President Lee will not be an exception to the rule of law.The size of the team is almost as big as the one the prosecution formed to investigate the Choi Soon-sil scandal. At that time, 32 prosecutors were assigned to the job until Park Young-soo took over later as special counsel.The spy agency conducted an online smear campaign against then-liberal presidential candidate Moon Jae-in in the 2012 presidential election in order to help Park, who

Oct 18, 2017
Prosecutors expand investigation into spy agency

Prosecutors search McDonald's in food-contamination scandal

By You Soo-sunProsecutors searched McDonald’s headquarters in Seoul and its supplier companies, Wednesday, as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations it served undercooked burger patties to children.According to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, prosecutors searched the Seoul office and three of its supplier companies to confiscate evidence.The probe was launched after a woman filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming her five-year-old daughter came down with an illness after eating a Happy Meal burger containing undercooked meat. Her daughter, who was healthy prior to eating the meal, now has to receive dialysis for 10 hours every day for her damaged kidneys.The franchise came under fire earlier this year when a thread of complaints surfaced about uncooked meat which allegedly caused hemolytic uremic syndrome and other viruses for some consumers.  One of the most controversial cases involves seven primary school students and their teacher who said they suffered from gastro enteritis after eating McDonald’s bulgogi burgers in Jeonju, North

Oct 18, 2017

Court challenges UNLIMITED detention of foreigners awaiting deportation

The Seoul High Court has questioned the legitimacy of an Immigration Control Law section that allows foreigners sentenced to deportation to be kept in custody for an unlimited time. / Korea Times fileBy Ko Dong-hwan, Park Si-sooA court has questioned an immigration control law that allows unlimited detention of foreigners awaiting deportation.The Seoul High Court recently filed a petition with the Constitutional Court asking the top court to examine the constitutionality of Article 63, Clause 1 of the Immigration Control Law. It lays the ground for immigration authorities to detain foreigners awaiting deportation, but it doesn’t stipulate a time limit.“Putting foreigners in protective facilities under the law unfairly deprives them of physical freedom, which is equivalent to arrest or imprisonment,” the court said. “When the mandate in question has to be enforced, there must be a legitimate mechanism justifying the action.”The high court filed the petition citing the case of a Chinese man who has been detained since October 2015.The man, whose name

Oct 18, 2017
Court challenges UNLIMITED detention of foreigners awaiting deportation
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