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Wed, May 27, 2020 | 09:13
Samsung heir summoned over controversial management succession
Samsung heir summoned over controversial management succession
The prosecution questioned Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong, Tuesday, over the conglomerate's controversial decision to merge two of its affiliates five years ago.
Kim Se-jeong | 2020-05-26 18:27
Civic group under fire for unruly behavior outside Samsung heir's home
Civic group under fire for unruly behavior outside Samsung heir's home
Civic group members who claim to support former Samsung Electronics employees have been drawing public criticism for their unruly behavior, due to a protest in front of company Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong's residence in Seoul.
2020-05-26 16:53
Man jailed for violating self-isolation rules meant to contain virus
Man jailed for violating self-isolation rules meant to contain virus
A court has found a man in his 20s guilty of violating self-isolation quarantine rules, in the first ruling of its kind in South Korea that has waged a protracted fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Park Si-soo | 2020-05-26 14:08
Samsung heir questioned over 2015 merger of key affiliates
Samsung heir questioned over 2015 merger of key affiliates
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was summoned to the prosecution Tuesday to be questioned about suspicions surrounding the top conglomerate's controversial merger of two leading affiliates in 2015. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, appeared before prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office in the morning to face questioning about the Samsung management's d...
2020-05-26 10:13
Court issues arrest warrants for members of Telegram sexual abuse ring
Court issues arrest warrants for members of Telegram sexual abuse ring
A Seoul court on Monday approved warrants to arrest two paid members of a high-profile digital sexual exploitation ring on charges of producing and distributing obscene materials of children and joining a criminal organization. The two unidentified members of the "Baksabang" chatroom on the messaging service Telegram attended their pretrial detention warrant hearing at the Se...
2020-05-26 09:48
Bishop apologizes for priest's sexual abuses after 23 years
Bishop apologizes for priest's sexual abuses after 23 years
Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Incheon, issued a statement apologizing for a priest's sexual abuse of students of a Catholic university about 23 years ago.
Park Ji-won | 2020-05-24 17:06
Prosecutors zeroing in on activist-turned-lawmaker-elect
Prosecutors zeroing in on activist-turned-lawmaker-elect
Prosecutors are speeding up their investigation into suspicions that an activist-turned-lawmaker-elect and a civic group she led embezzled funds donated to help Korean survivors of wartime sex slavery. Prosecutors have conducted search-and-seizure operations at facilities operated by the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by J...
Jun Ji-hye | 2020-05-22 16:08
Prosecutors raid branches of religious group at center of coronavirus outbreak
Prosecutors raid branches of religious group at center of coronavirus outbreak
Prosecutors raided facilities of Shincheonji, a minor religious sect, on Friday as part of their ongoing probe into allegations that the group hindered state efforts to contain the new coronavirus in the early stages of the pandemic. Some 100 investigators took part in the raids into the secretive group's branches nationwide, to seize materials in connection with the charges ...
2020-05-22 15:31
Ex-Busan vice mayor gets suspended prison sentence in bribery case
Ex-Busan vice mayor gets suspended prison sentence in bribery case
Yoo Jae-soo, a former vice mayor of Busan, was given a suspended prison sentence at a Seoul court on Friday after being found guilty of taking bribes, mostly during his earlier stint at a financial watchdog. The Seoul Eastern District Court sentenced Yoo to imprisonment of 1 1/2 years, suspended for three years, and a fine of 90 million won (US$72,820) after convicting him of...
2020-05-22 15:25
Identity revealed: Former ssireum athlete charged with killing two women
Identity revealed: Former ssireum athlete charged with killing two women
Police have revealed the identity of Choi Shin-jong, the suspect charged with murdering two women over four days last month. Choi, 31, once a promising ssireum athlete, is suspected of raping and killing his wife's friend, 34, before dumping her body near a stream in Imsil, North Jeolla Province, April 15. Four days later, he allegedly murdered another woman, 29, and dumped t...
Jung Min-ho | 2020-05-21 14:19
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