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Sun, July 3, 2022 | 17:25

Appeals court upholds 30-yr prison term for 2 men for abusing high school alumnus to death

An appeals court on Thursday upheld 30-year prison terms delivered to two men each for locking up their former high school classmate and abusing him to death in 2020.

2022-06-30 16:19

Bodies found in missing family's car in Wando

A barge raises a submerged car from ocean waters near Wando, an island in South Jeolla Province, Wednesday. The Gwangju Police and Wando Coast Guard found three bodies inside the car, presumed to be those of a family from Gwangju that had been reported missing. Joint Press Corps.By Ko Dong-hwanThe police and coast guard have found three bodies inside a car pulled out of ocean...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-06-29 17:00

Prosecution suspends ex-President Lee's imprisonment

The prosecution suspended the imprisonment of former President Lee Myung-bak for three months due to health reasons Tuesday, more than a year and a half after the Supreme Court finalized a 17-year sentence for him for corruption.

2022-06-28 21:06

Air Force raided over suicide of sexually abused servicewoman

An independent counsel investigation team raided the Air Force's headquarters and combat units Tuesday as part of its investigation into the suicide of a servicewoman following alleged sexual abuse by a colleague.

2022-06-28 14:22

Prosecution agrees to suspension of ex-President Lee's prison term

The prosecution recommended that the imprisonment of former President Lee Myung-bak be suspended for three months due to health reasons Tuesday, more than a year-and-a-half after the Supreme Court finalized a 17-year sentence for him for corruption.

2022-06-28 09:49

Police, interior ministry on collision course

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced Monday that it will set up a bureau to control the police, which are expected to surpass the prosecution in size and role once a set of prosecutorial reform measures go into effect. In protest, National Police Agency (NPA) Commissioner General Kim Chang-yong offered to resign, claiming that the bureau will harm the neutrality ...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-06-27 16:56

Woman gets 6-year prison term for murdering disabled daughter

A 54-year-old woman was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for murdering her disabled daughter and attempting to kill herself afterward. The Ansan branch of the Suwon District Court found the woman, whose identity is withheld, guilty of suffocating her 22-year-old daughter, who had intellectual and developmental disabilities, to death at their home in March.

2022-06-24 21:30

Underage offenders: how old is old enough to be criminally charged?

On June 22, Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon visited a juvenile correctional facility for girls in Anyang. Fifty-six girls, all aged under 14, were isolated there from society. The minister was there to check how they were being fed, educated and treated for medical issues. After looking over the environment, Han made the following propositions: what if some of these girls were...

Ko Dong-hwan | 2022-06-24 01:00

Joint probe team launched to target voice phishing scams

A small business owner in his 40s was found dead in Busan on Feb. 25. It was later found that he had been swindled out of more than 160 million won ($123,000) by a telephone scammer before committing suicide. To prevent such tragedies and respond more effectively to voice phishing (or vishing) scams, which have become more sophisticated in recent years, the government will la...

Jung Min-ho | 2022-06-23 17:48

Court hands down rare death sentence for man found guilty in double murder case

A district court imposed a rare death sentence on a 53-year-old man, Thursday, after he was found guilty of killing a woman for money in December last year, and then also murdering an accomplice.

2022-06-23 16:58

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