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Thu, October 17, 2019 | 09:54

Spycam victim found dead in apparent suicide - three months before wedding

A victim of spycam videos, sexually explicit videos of people shot without their knowledge or consent, has been found dead in an apparent suicide - just three months before her wedding. According to police Tuesday, the woman, whose identity is being withheld, was found dead in the flower bed of her apartment at Suncheon in South Jeolla Province, Sept. 24. She was an employee ...

2019-10-02 13:59

Former YG head grilled again for gambling charges

Yang Hyun-suk, the scandal-ridden former CEO of YG Entertainment, was summoned by police for a second time Tuesday and underwent questioning until shortly after midnight about suspicions he had habitually gambled while abroad and committed foreign exchange law violations.

2019-10-02 09:58

Yoon abolishes prosecution's special investigation units

Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl announced plans Tuesday to abolish special investigation units in all prosecution offices nationwide, excluding those at three key offices, as part of reform measures. The move comes a day after President Moon Jae-in sent a direct order to him to initiate major prosecutorial reforms to increase public trust in the organization.

2019-10-01 21:39

Suspect caught for unprovoked assault in public bathroom

Police apprehended a man Tuesday for allegedly launching an unprovoked assault on a woman in a public restroom.

2019-10-01 15:50

Daughter of ex-Herald Corp. chief caught smuggling drugs

A daughter of Hong Jung-wook, a former chairman of Herald Corp. and an ex-lawmaker of the Grand National Party, the precursor of the Liberty Korea Party, has been caught smuggling various illegal drugs.

2019-09-30 20:51

Man arrested for allegedly beating 5-year-old stepson to death

A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of beating his five-year-old stepson to death, according to police. The alleged murder took place only a month after the boy was brought home from a child protection center, where he had stayed following the stepfather's beating and abuse two years earlier.

2019-09-29 18:15

Justice minister's wife faces questioning over alleged corruption this week

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has been in discussions with representatives of the wife, Chung Kyung-shim, over when to question Chung and she is likely to show up at the prosecutors' office this week, according to the source. Chung, a university professor, has been already indicted on charges of fabricating a college president's citation for use in her daught...

2019-09-29 16:49

Prosecutors search police agency over collusion in Burning Sun scandal

Prosecutors searched the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) headquarters in northwestern Seoul, Friday, looking for evidence that could back allegations of cozy ties between the police force and Burning Sun nightclub.

2019-09-27 17:04

Korea to open comprehensive relief center dedicated to sexual crime victims

South Korea will open a comprehensive state body to assist victims of sexual crime in a bid to help them with the process of notifying police, according to the gender ministry on Friday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family reported the plan to a meeting of government ministers in charge of social affairs, held earlier in the day.

2019-09-27 14:55

Police begin probe into professor over remarks on wartime sexual slavery

Police have launched an investigation of a conservative professor who allegedly called Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery "prostitutes" during a school lecture, a Seoul prosecution official said Friday. A civic group filed a complaint with the prosecution Monday against Lew Seok-choon, a sociology professor at Yonsei University in Seoul, on charges including lib...

2019-09-27 14:37

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