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Sun, October 21, 2018 | 16:51

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One Indian, two Sri Lankans convicted of fake asylum applications

Three foreigners were given suspended prison terms on Friday for faking asylum applications earlier this year. The Jeju District Court sentenced a 34-year-old Indian man to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for violating the immigration law and obstructing justice with a deceptive scheme.

Investigations | 2018-10-19 15:38

Group nabbed for running DB of prostitution customers

Police have apprehended a group that ran an illegal database application used by prostitution businesses with 18 million mobile numbers of the “customers.” The operator of the app and a staffer were arrested for collecting the mobile numbers of the customers and distributing them to prostitution businesses, while four others who helped develop the app were booked without phys...

Investigations | 2018-10-17 17:28

Police detain naked man at Dongduk Women's University

A naked intruder accused of masturbating at Dongduk Women's University in Seoul has been detained. According to the Jongam Police Station, Tuesday, police caught the 28-year-old, identified as Park, near an apartment at Gwangjin-gu, eastern Seoul, on Monday night after securing and analyzing surveillance footage captured around the university.

Investigations | 2018-10-16 16:27

Teacher faces arrest for allegedly assaulting disabled students

Police are seeking an arrest warrant for a teacher at a Seoul school for the disabled for allegedly assaulting two mentally challenged students. The teacher, 46, surnamed Lee, is suspected of hitting the students, both aged 13, with a broomstick on 12 occasions and spraying water, which was a violation of the Child Welfare Law. The teacher reportedly admitted the offences, bu...

Investigations | 2018-10-16 15:18

Korean Air chairman to face trial for embezzlement

Cho Yang-ho, chairman of Hanjin Group and the country's largest full service carrier (FSC) Korean Airlines was indicted Monday for embezzlement, tax evasion and breach of trust without detention.

Investigations | 2018-10-15 18:18

Calls rising for harsher punishment for juvenile crimes

Calls are once again growing for the government to treat juvenile delinquents in the same way it treats adult offenders amid escalating violent crimes by minors who receive less severe penalties. According to the nation's Juvenile Act, perpetrators aged 14 and under cannot be sent to jail and those under the age of 18, who commit crimes punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment, can only be given a prison term of up to 20 years.

Investigations | 2018-10-15 16:58

Koo Ha-ra to face ex-boyfriend over sex video scandal

Former girl group Kara member Koo Ha-ra will have to confront her hairdresser boyfriend Choi Jong-bum at a police station for questioning about their revenge porn case.

Investigations | 2018-10-15 16:57

Six arrested for smuggling 112kg of meth

Six members of an international drug syndicate have been arrested on charges of smuggling 112 kilograms of meth, police said Monday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the six, including a Japanese, 32, and a Taiwanese, 25, allegedly colluded in smuggling 112 kilograms of meth into Korea on July 6.

Investigations | 2018-10-15 16:39

Campus masturbation video enrages students

Students at Dongduk Women's University have been enraged after a man posted video clips of himself wandering around the campus, naked, and masturbating in a classroom. Police are investigating the case and trying to identify the man after a complaint from the student council.

Investigations | 2018-10-14 16:46

Police search Gyeonggi governor's home for election violations

By Kim Hyun-binPolice searched the home of Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung, Friday, over suspicion he forcefully committed his estranged brother to a mental hospital and lied about it during the local elections in June.Bundang Police Station sent 40 investigators and confiscated two mobile phones from Lee as well as going through several offices in Seongnam City Hall, where he previously served as mayor.“They took my cellphone. I don't know why they had to make a fuss and raid the place,” Lee said. “I will hold an official briefing on my brother's case soon.”...

Investigations | 2018-10-12 17:49

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