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Sun, January 17, 2021 | 08:27
Calls mounting to punish deepfake porn distributors
Calls mounting to punish deepfake porn distributors
Calls are mounting for the punishment of producers and distributors of deepfake porn, manipulated pornographic videos and photos, involving female celebrities without their consent.
2021-01-15 10:06
Police tracking down 3 suspects behind cash theft at Jeju casino
Police tracking down 3 suspects behind cash theft at Jeju casino
Police on Jeju Island investigating a massive cash theft at a casino said Thursday they have retrieved what appears to be the bulk of the stolen money and are tracking down three suspects. The police investigation began Jan. 4, when Jeju Shinhwa World, one of South Korea's largest integrated resorts, made public the mysterious disappearance of South Korean cash worth 14.56 bi...
2021-01-14 15:23
Supreme Court upholds 20-year prison term for former President Park Geun-hye
Supreme Court upholds 20-year prison term for former President Park Geun-hye
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year sentence for former President Park Geun-hye in a high-profile corruption case, closing the yearslong saga that gripped the country and ultimately removed her from office in 2017. In the sentencing hearing over an appeal filed by prosecutors against a ruling in July that reduced Park's prison term, the country's highest court main...
2021-01-14 11:51
Open chat rooms become breeding ground for criminal activity
Open chat rooms become breeding ground for criminal activity
Concerns are growing over open chat rooms in which users show and encourage various criminal acts such as brutal animal abuse and the sexual exploitation of minors.
Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-01-13 17:00
Shincheonji leader found not guilty of hindering virus effort
Shincheonji leader found not guilty of hindering virus effort
A local court on Wednesday acquitted the leader of a minor religious sect of charges of obstructing the government's response to COVID-19 during an outbreak at his church last year. Lee Man-hee, the 89-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was indicted in August on charges of misleading health authorities on the size and locations of the church's gatherings in ...
2021-01-13 14:48
Trial begins for abusive adoptive mother on murder charge
Trial begins for abusive adoptive mother on murder charge
South Korean prosecutors demanded Wednesday that the adoptive mother who is blamed for the death of a 16-month-old baby girl stand trial on a murder charge.
2021-01-13 13:44
Victim cries as two CEOs found not guilty
Victim cries as two CEOs found not guilty
Cho Soon-mi, one of the victims in the toxic humidifier sterilizer case, sheds tears in front of the Seoul Central District Court, Tuesday, after the court found both Hong Ji-ho, the former CEO of SK Chemical, and Ahn Yong-chan, the former CEO of Aekyung Industrial, not guilty of professional negligence resulting in deaths. The two were accused of manufacturing and selling a ...
Jun Ji-hye2021-01-12 18:42
Two former executives acquitted in humidifier cleaner deaths case
Two former executives acquitted in humidifier cleaner deaths case
A court on Tuesday acquitted the former heads of SK Chemical Co. and the consumer goods company Aekyung Industrial Co. in a deadly humidifier sterilizer case. The Seoul Central District Court found both Hong Ji-ho, the former CEO of SK Chemical, and Ahn Yong-chan, the former CEO of Aekyung Industrial, not guilty of professional negligence resulting in death.
2021-01-12 16:51
Biz owners now face up to more than 10 years in prison for workplace deaths
Biz owners now face up to more than 10 years in prison for workplace deaths
New sentencing guidelines will subject business owners to up to 10 1/2 years behind bars in the event of their employees' deaths owing to lax safety or health protection measures, the top court said Tuesday.
2021-01-12 13:46
Lawyer gets suspended jail term over falsified refugee applications
Lawyer gets suspended jail term over falsified refugee applications
A Korean lawyer has received a suspended jail term for falsifying information in refugee applications for 184 Chinese nationals, the Supreme Court said, Monday. The top court rejected the lawyer's appeal and upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced him to a one-year prison term, suspended for two years, for violating the Immigration Control Act.
Jun Ji-hye | 2021-01-11 15:41
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