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Biden, Yoon commit to enhancing economic, technology cooperation against supply chain challenges
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Police mull over online search of criminal suspects' mobile phones
Apr 29, 2022
Police are pushing for the introduction of an online search of criminal suspects' mobile phones and other digital devices, officials said Friday. The National Office of Investigation at the Korean National Police Agency has recently announced a public bid for research services to review the legality of online search activities and its implementation plan, they said. If the online search is allo...
Cryptocurrency exchange head indicted for leaking military secrets to presumed N.K. spy
Apr 28, 2022
The head of a cryptocurrency exchange has been indicted for allegedly colluding with a military officer and leaking military secrets, including login information for the military‘s command and control system, to a presumed North Korean agent in exchange for money, officials said Thursday. The head of the exchange, surnamed Lee, was charged with allegedly violating the National Security Act afte...
Woori Bank employee nabbed for W50b embezzlement
Apr 28, 2022
Woori Bank came under scrutiny for an internal control failure Thursday, after an employee confessed to embezzlement of 50 billion won ($39.4 million). The employee is currently in police custody and investigators are looking to probe the lender’s headquarters to verify the suspect’s statement and seize evidence. The Financial Supervisory Service, the nation’s financial watchdog, said it will l...
Supreme Court confirms jail terms for adoptive parents in death of 16-month-old
Apr 28, 2022
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the convictions of adoptive parents who appealed charges of child abuse and neglect that resulted in the death of their 16-month-old daughter, known by the name Jeong-in. The court approved the convictions against the parents from a lower court and confirmed their jail terms. The mother, whose charges include fatally injuring the victim, was sentenced to 35 y...
S. Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases go under 60,000
Apr 28, 2022
Anticipated lifting of outdoor mask mandate up in the air as President-elect Yoon’s transition team says no
Supreme Court confirms acquittal of ex-judge in alleged power abuse case
Apr 28, 2022
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower courts' acquittal of a former judge accused of meddling in several politically sensitive trials during the previous administration. The top court confirmed a not guilty verdict by a district court and an appellate court for Lim Seong-geun, a former senior justice of the Seoul High Court who was indicted in 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstructi...
Defectors' group sends balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to N. Korea
Apr 28, 2022
GIMPO -- A North Korean defectors' group has sent 20 big balloons carrying propaganda leaflets, including those on the news of Yoon Suk-yeol's election as president, to North Korea across the western inter-Korean border, the group said Thursday. Some 1 million anti-Pyongyang leaflets were sent over to North Korea in the latest leaflet campaign carried out in Gimpo, west of Seoul, on Monday-Tuesd...
Woori Bank employee turns himself in after embezzling W50b of company funds: police
Apr 28, 2022
An employee of Woori Bank, one of South Korea's largest domestic banks, has been taken into custody after he turned himself in for embezzling about 50 billion won ($39.5 million) from the company, police said Thursday. The employee, whose identity was withheld, confessed to his actions at Namdaemun Police Station in central Seoul at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to officials. The confe...
S. Korea reports 57,464 new cases amid slowdown of omicron wave
Apr 28, 2022
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases went down to fewer than 60,000 on Thursday as most of the country's virus restrictions have been lifted amid the slowdown of the omicron wave. The country added 57,464 new COVID-19 infections, including 21 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,144,065, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Thursday's tally...
S. Korea ‘one step closer toward a return to normal’
Apr 27, 2022
Severe cases drop to 500s for first time in about nine weeks
Nominee denies scholarship interference amid snowballing accusations
Apr 27, 2022
Kim In-chul, the nominee for deputy prime minister and education minister, denied allegations that his family unfairly received Fulbright scholarships from an association he was closely related to, arguing all procedures were fair. On Wednesday, the parliamentary confirmation hearing team for the Education Ministry representing Kim released a statement denying the allegations brought against his...
COVID-19 response: What Yoon plans to do differently
Apr 27, 2022
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol comes into office as South Korea’s huge omicron wave is subsiding. Daily cases have been falling for six consecutive weeks, now down by nearly 80 percent from the peak in mid-March. The presidential transition team’s COVID-19 task force on Wednesday unveiled a plan illustrating how the new administration would handle the recovery phase of the pandemic. Last week in...
Fine dust levels to soar to 'very bad' in central S. Korea due to yellow dust
Apr 27, 2022
Fine dust will rise to "very bad" levels in South Korea's central region, including the greater Seoul area, on Wednesday morning due to the influx of yellow dust originating from deserts in northern China and Mongolia, the state weather agency said. The density of fine dust particles smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter, known as PM 10, will reach "bad" levels in the eastern Gangwon Province ...
S. Korea logs over 80,000 new COVID-19 cases
Apr 26, 2022
Total COVID-19 caseload surpasses 17m
Bus drivers withdraw strike in Seoul, buses continue to operate normally
Apr 26, 2022
Other planned strikes by unionized bus drivers in different regions across the country have also been canceled or postponed
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