Prosecutors are reportedly considering summoning Police Commissioner General Cho Hyun-oh in a libel investigation over remarks he made that indicated the late former President Roh Moo-hyun amassed slush funds. The investigation prompted by complaints by Roh’s family is expected to shed new light on the bribery scandal involving Roh. He killed himself on May 23, 2009, as the prosecution tightened...

By Kirsty Taylor and Kim Young-won A museum to highlight the plight of Korea’s “comfort women” is to open on May 5. The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan is opening the 2.3 billion won facility in Seoul. It aims to alert the world to the ongoing fight for a proper apology from Japan for the sexual slavery imposed upon other nations’ women during World War...

The government said on Sunday that unionized rail workers’ recent decision to walk out to resist the proposed partial privatization of KTX bullet-train operations is clearly illegal and should be scrapped. “An introduction of competition (into the KTX operations) will promote the interest of the people and the nation and is a future-oriented move,” the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Af...

With the Saenuri Party losing its majority in the 19th National Assembly, attention is becoming focused on whether the party will be able to win support from a minor conservative party and unaffiliated lawmakers to exert control in the assembly. Following allegations of plagiarism and attempted sexual assault two Saenuri Party lawmakers-elect ― Kim Hyung-tae and Moon Dae-sung ― left the party, r...

North Korea would consider political ramifications rather than technical issues should it decide to conduct another nuclear test, a senior Cheong Wa Dae official said Sunday. “Whether to conduct a nuclear test or not, that is a matter of a political decision based on its judgment of what impact the test will have on its fate,” he told reporters, declining to be named. His remarks came as the U....

The government will appeal to international society to acknowledge the body of water between Korea and Japan as “East Sea,” instead of or alongside the current name of “Sea of Japan.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Friday announced that a government delegation would attend the 18th general meeting of the International Hydrographic Organization scheduled from Monday through Thursday...

Three more police officers have been arrested on charges of receiving bribes from a big-time Seoul room salon owner now under arrest for tax evasion and other law violations, prosecutors said Sunday. With the additions, a total of 10 incumbent police officers, who formerly served at a police substation in Nonhyun-dong in the affluent southern Seoul district of Gangnam, or at the Seoul Metropolit...

One month into reinvestigation, prosecutors still struggle to identify key suspects After a month of reinvestigation into alleged spying on civilians by the Prime Minister’s Office, prosecutors are still struggling to identify the higher-ups who ordered the surveillance and its cover-up. According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, more than 20 people have been questioned for allege...