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Navy captain arrested for allegedly raping female subordinate

A South Korean female naval officer died in an apparent suicide earlier this week after being allegedly raped by a senior colleague, the Navy said Thursday.Military police arrested the Navy captain who admitted to having sex with her. But he has denied the allegation of sexual assault, according to the Navy.The lieutenant of the Navy's headquarters at the Gyeryongdae compound, some 160 kilometers south of Seoul, was found dead at her single-room home at around 5:40 p.m. Wednesday. She apparently hung herself, said the Navy.A note was discovered, reading, "I won't be in this world probably tomorrow." She did not return to work after a leave, with no contact available.She reportedly told a civilian friend earlier that she had been raped.The Navy withheld personal information on the suspect and the victim including their names and ages. (Yonhap)

May 25, 2017

Mercedes owner stages 'excavator protest' at poor after-sales service

A man parked his S500 Maybach and an excavator outside a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Changwon to demand better after-sales service. / YonhapBy Lee Han-sooPolice have booked a man for parking his luxury Mercedes-Benz sedan and an excavator in front of the brand’s dealership in Changwon and blocking the street in protest at the automaker’s alleged poor after-sales service."After buying the car on Oct. 14, 2015, various problems occurred repeatedly," the owner of the S500 Maybach told Yonhap News Agency. "The 360-degree camera, airbags and various sensors inside the vehicle did not work."He argued that he repeatedly went to the dealership to ask for repairs worth over 240 million won ($210,000).  But the dealership said it could not find the source of the problems the man claimed and told him they could not fix them."I did not park the excavator and my car from the beginning,” the man said. "I had initially installed a placard to notify the locals of the poor after-sales service from the dealership. But the dealership kept denying my car the repairs it needs.&rdqu

May 25, 2017
Mercedes owner stages 'excavator protest' at poor after-sales service

Woman wins 'free coffee for year' in lawsuit against Starbucks

A customer has won a case against Starbucks Korea for falsely promising to provide free daily coffee for a year to 100 competition winners. / Korea Times fileBy Eom Da-solA Seoul court on Wednesday ordered Starbucks Korea to give a woman the money to buy a coffee daily for a year after she sued the brand for a false announcement.Starbucks last December launched a competition to encourage people to share photos of their drinks online. The company promised a free cup of coffee every day for a year to 100 randomly selected winners.The unidentified plaintiff, one of the winners, claimed the company did not offer her 365 coffee coupons, only one. Starbucks told her the prize was “mistakenly written” and originally intended to promise just one tall coffee to winners.The woman demanded Starbucks make a public apology about the mistake, but the U.S.-based global coffee giant refused. She sued the company, demanding compensation of 2.3 million won ($ 2,050), which is the cost of 364 cups of coffee, excluding the cup the company offered.The Seoul Central District Court ordered Star

May 25, 2017
Woman wins 'free coffee for year' in lawsuit against Starbucks

Choi Soon-sil's daughter to be extradited to Korea within 30 days

By Kim Bo-eunDanish authorities said late Wednesday Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter Choi Soon-sil, former President Park Geun-hye’s longtime friend, will be repatriated to Korea. The confirmation of Chung’s extradition comes 144 days after she was arrested in Denmark’s northern city of Aalborg, for staying there illegally.Chung, 21, had filed an appeal to the high court, after a district court ruled in support of her extradition.Korea’s justice ministry said Thursday that it was notified by its Danish counterpart that Chung had dropped her appeal.She is presumed to have dropped the appeal based on the judgment that the high court would be unlikely to overturn the lower court’s ruling.Korean and Danish authorities are discussing the date of Chung’s extradition. According to Danish law, this should take place within 30 days after the decision is made.Chung will remain detained until she is returned.Because there is no direct flight between Denmark and Korea, Chung will have to make a stopover in a third country, from which authorities need approval to mak

May 25, 2017

Nature documentary strikes chord with urbanites yearning for rustic lifestyle

Holding zucchinis, Lee Seung-yoon, the host of the TV series “Into the Wilderness,” stands behind Kim Yong-ho while shooting the first episode that aired in August, 2011. Kim lived in the isolated location in South Chungcheong Province for 30 years without wearing anything but he wore a white shirt only for the photo./ Doo Seung-tack photoTV series ‘Into the Wilderness’ goes popularBy Kang Hyun-kyungSohn Doo-gyu, 59, walks 10 kilometers in the pine forest behind his home in the middle of nowhere in South Chungcheong Province, a ritual he does every morning to “take a wind shower.”His long gray hair is tied back and he wears no shirt. The bearded man said the daily walk is his way of interacting with Mother Nature and it helps him stay healthy by removing toxins from his body. He said a 10-kilometer hike every morning was unthinkable for him two decades ago when he lived in the city.Just like other urbanites, he was tied to a hectic schedule and his urban life was stressful. He had constant acute back pain, an affliction he came to have after a deca

May 25, 2017
Nature documentary strikes chord with urbanites yearning for rustic lifestyle

Choi Soon-sil's daughter in Denmark drops appeal, to face probe in Seoul

A key figure in a political corruption scandal that led to the ousting of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday dropped the appeal of her extradition case from Denmark to Seoul.Danish prosecutors confirmed on Twitter that Chung Yoo-ra will be extradited to South Korea after she dropped her appeal to the High Court of Western Denmark pertaining to her lower court ruling of extradition to Seoul.Chung is accused of receiving inappropriate academic and financial favors based on her mother Choi Soon-sil's ties with Park.Park and Choi -- both jailed -- are accused of having colluded to abuse power and take bribes from Samsung Group and other South Korean conglomerates. Choi had no official position in the Park administration.Choi is standing trial on charges of meddling in state affairs and amassing profits using her connection to the former president.The high court had been set to hold a hearing on Chung on June 8, according to Danish prosecutors.Prosecutors said that Chung will be extradited to South Korea within 30 days. She is expected to be taken into custody by Sou

May 25, 2017
Choi Soon-sil's daughter in Denmark drops appeal, to face probe in Seoul

Korean soldier convicted of gay sex

By Kim Se-jeong  A military court sentenced an army captain to six months of imprisonment suspended for one year Wednesday for sleeping with another male soldier.  The ruling drew quick condemnations from his lawyer and human rights groups.The captain, whose name was undisclosed, collapsed in the courtroom after the verdict was read. Under the ruling, the captain is not obliged to spend time in jail physically as long as he shows good conduct during the next year. The man will be dishonorably discharged if he does not appeal the ruling.Homosexual activity is illegal in the Korean military and can be punished with up to two years in prison if a soldier is caught having gay sex.According to the Center for Military Human Rights Korea, the captain was arrested on April 17 after having sex outside the military compound. There was mutual consent between the two men.“It’s a ridiculous ruling,” Kim In-sook, the captain’s lawyer, told the Associated Press.  The center called the court’s decision a shame.“The government labeled its soldie

May 24, 2017
Korean soldier convicted of gay sex
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Top inspector under pressure to quit

Hwang Chang-hyun, chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI)By Jung Min-hoThe head of the country’s top audit institution is facing increasing calls to quit over the perceived reluctance to carry out a state inspection of a controversial rivers development project.Hwang Chang-hyun, chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI), became the target of tens of thousands of critics online after officials said it would be difficult to launch an audit of the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project anytime soon, despite President Moon Jae-in’s request Monday.The officials reportedly claimed only the prime minister or ministers, but not the president, are legally allowed to issue such an order, which caused a torrent of criticism for “making a lame excuse” in news comment sections.Many people have been raising various suspicions about him and are demanding his resignation.Responding to the negative public opinion, Wednesday, a BAI official abruptly denied that the organization was hesitating, saying an audit may start soon.Yet few believe the job will be d

May 24, 2017
Top inspector under pressure to quit

Korean soldier convicted of gay sex

South Korea's military court sentenced an Army captain to six months in prison, suspended for a year, Wednesday on charges of having sex with a fellow male soldier, a civic group said.The captain, whose identity was withheld, was convicted for violating the Military Criminal Act, according to the Center for Military Human Rights Korea. Under the law, a soldier who commits "sodomy" or "other disgraceful conduct" can face up to two years in prison."It is a bizarre clause that only has a perpetrator, without a victim," the group said in a press release, adding the captain had sexual intercourse at a private place under consent. The defendant, however, will not appeal the ruling, according to an official at the group."The captain was fulfilling his military duty and was originally scheduled to be discharged in April," the official said. "If he appeals the ruling he will have to stay in the military without knowing when the legal battle will be finished." The captain collapsed after the ruling was delivered and was transferred to a nearby hospital but is known to have left the hospital in

May 24, 2017

Search for missing bodies makes progress

By Kim Bo-eunAs the search team has recovered several missing bodies of the sunken ferry Sewol in the past weeks, attention is growing over the whereabouts of other remains.Search officials said Wednesday they found an ID of Lee Young-sook, one of the unaccounted for passengers, from human remains found on the third level of the ferry, in dry dock at Mokpo New Port in the southwestern city on Monday.The remains were recovered, “clothed” in a top and bottom as well as a life vest. The ID card was found in the clothes.Search officials said they will be able to confirm the remains are that of the person on the ID card after the National Forensic Service conducts a DNA test.Lee was on her way to Jeju on the ferry Sewol to meet her son there. The ferry sank off the coast of Jindo, an island in South Jeolla Province, on April 16, 2014, the same morning it departed from Incheon.Meanwhile, inspections confirmed a gold tooth, which was found on the ferry’s third level on May 16, as that of Huh Da-yoon, a Danwon High School student who is among the school’s 250 students

May 24, 2017
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