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Military personnel jailed for battery

The top court has upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced two members of the military to two years in prison, each, for habitually assaulting their subordinates, Thursday. “We found the suspects guilty after reviewing the evidence,” the Supreme Court said in the ruling.

Investigations | 2018-08-16 15:47

Presidential aide questioned in link to opinion-rigging scandal

A close presidential aide was questioned on Wednesday about his links to the online opinion-rigging scandal that has rocked the nation for months. Baek Won-woo, President Moon Jae-in's secretary of civil affairs, presented himself for questioning at the office of the special counsel in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul, concerning his alleged involvement in the online comment manipu...

Investigations | 2018-08-15 22:15

Park may face additional charge of meddling in court ruling

Former President Park Geun-hye, now in jail after being found guilty of corruption, will be questioned over an allegation that she was involved in an abuse of power scandal by the upper levels of the judiciary. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Wednesday its investigators had searched the foreign ministry and found evidence of Park's involvement. In the scan...

Investigations | 2018-08-15 16:29

Online broadcasters seek sexual content for more viewer attention

An online platform known for its adult content recently aired a piece in which a man, who identifies himself as broadcast jockey, a live streaming show host, asked a female Chinese tourist to have a drink with him near Hongik University in Seoul, commonly called Hongdae, late at night. It was apparent that the young woman was not able to fully communicate in Korean, but the m...

Investigations | 2018-08-15 16:29

You can get away with distributing nude selfies, says university group

Distributing nude selfies taken by someone else does not transgress Korea's sexual violence laws, according to a student body at Hanyang University.

Investigations | 2018-08-15 09:24

Court finds ex-governor not guilty of rape

A Seoul court has found former South Chungcheong Province Governor An Hee-jung not guilty of raping his former secretary. In one of the highest-profile #MeToo cases here, the Seoul Western District Court said Tuesday there was insufficient evidence that An used his authority to have sexual relations with the plaintiff, Kim Ji-eun, against her will.

Investigations | 2018-08-14 16:42

Spycam is big money operation in S. Korea's porn industry

Secretly filming women in motel rooms or toilet stalls to upload online as “porn” is a multimillion-dollar business operation in Korea. According to some recent media reports, online storage platforms here rake in tens of millions of dollars a year - partly by allowing, even encouraging, its heavy uploaders to share spycam content.

Investigations | 2018-08-14 16:30

Cash courier arrested over $200,000 heist

A courier, 32, was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing 235 million won (about $208,000) from the armored cash truck he was assigned to, Cheonan police station said. He allegedly took the money while his colleagues were busy servicing the ATM in front of a mall on Aug. 7.

Investigations | 2018-08-14 16:10

Ex-presidential aide grilled in top court's power abuse scandal

Former Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-choon showed up for prosecution questioning Tuesday over his suspected role in the Supreme Court's alleged attempt to trade verdicts for policy favors.

Investigations | 2018-08-14 10:44

Gov't to ban kids' access to hate websites

The government is seeking to prevent children's access to online communities that advocate hate and discriminatory speech against selective groups of people. The move aims to counter a social rift triggered and widened by extremist, gender-divided online communities _ the extreme conservative site Ilbe, frequented almost exclusively by men, and the extreme feminist website WO...

Investigations | 2018-08-13 16:54

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