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Tue, September 26, 2023 | 05:52
Lifetime public office ban for sex offenders against minors to be eased to 20-year ban
Lifetime public office ban for sex offenders against minors to be eased to 20-year ban
The lifetime ban on sexual offenders against minors from holding public positions will be eased to a 20-year ban, the interior ministry said Monday, after the Constitutional Court ruled last year that the lifetime ban is excessive.
2023-09-25 17:15
Serial killer transferred to detention center in Seoul equipped with execution chamber
Serial killer transferred to detention center in Seoul equipped with execution chamber
A death row inmate serving time in prison for the serial killings of 21 people has recently been transferred to a detention center in Seoul equipped with execution facilities, judicial officials said Monday.
2023-09-25 14:27
Family of 5 found dead in 3 separate locations
Family of 5 found dead in 3 separate locations
A family of five has been found dead in three different locations in and around Seoul, with police investigating connections into their deaths, officials said Saturday.
2023-09-23 20:42
Appellate court upholds 9-yr prison term for man over filming, distributing sexual videos featuring women
Appellate court upholds 9-yr prison term for man over filming, distributing sexual videos featuring women
An appellate court on Friday upheld a nine-year prison term for a man accused of filming sexual videos of women for years and distributing them online.
2023-09-22 16:18
Police to ban assemblies, demonstrations from midnight to 6 a.m.
Police to ban assemblies, demonstrations from midnight to 6 a.m.
Police will push for a blanket ban on assemblies and demonstrations from midnight to 6 a.m. to minimize public inconvenience from large-scale illegal gatherings, the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) said Thursday.
2023-09-21 18:01
National Assembly passes 4 revisions aimed at improving teachers' rights
National Assembly passes 4 revisions aimed at improving teachers' rights
The National Assembly passed a set of revisions aimed at improving the rights of teachers in classrooms at a plenary session Thursday.
2023-09-21 16:53
Grandson of ex-President Chun indicted without detention over alleged drug use
Grandson of ex-President Chun indicted without detention over alleged drug use
Chun Woo-won, a grandson of late former President Chun Doo-hwan, has been indicted on charges of suspected illegal drug use, prosecutors said Thursday.
2023-09-21 15:18
Top court upholds life sentence for woman over drowning husband for insurance money
Top court upholds life sentence for woman over drowning husband for insurance money
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life sentence for a woman on charges of murder in the high-profile drowning death of her husband in 2019 for a hefty life insurance payout.
2023-09-21 11:49
Sentence raised to suspended imprisonment for activist-turned lawmaker for embezzling donations for sexual slavery victims
Sentence raised to suspended imprisonment for activist-turned lawmaker for embezzling donations for sexual slavery victims
An appellate court sentenced independent lawmaker Youn Mee-hyang to a suspended jail term Wednesday on charges of embezzling funds donated to help support women who were forced into wartime sexual slavery by Japan during World War II.
2023-09-20 20:57
Wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk to be released on parole next week
Wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk to be released on parole next week
Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk's wife will be released on parole next week ahead of the Chuseok holidays after serving one third of her four-year prison term for her involvement in document forgery related to her daughter's college admission, legal sources said Wednesday.
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