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December 5, 2019 Politics

Ex-party leader Choo tapped to rein in prosecution

Choo Mi-ae, former chairperson of the ruling Democratic Party, was nominated new justice minister Thursday, amid a power abuse scandal involving Cheong Wa Dae. The five-term lawmaker will succeed Ch...

Prosecutors raid Blue House in power abuse scandal probe

Prosecutors’ investigation into an alleged power abuse scandal involving Cheong Wa Dae intensified Wednesday as prosecutors -- for the third time in the current administration -- raided the president...

December 4, 2019
Social affairs
Prosecutors raid police station over 2018 election-meddling claims

Prosecutors on Monday raided the Seocho Police Station, which was looking into the death of an investigator found dead Sunday amid a power abuse controversy. During the raid, they seized the cellpho...

December 2, 2019
Politics
[Feature] ‘Due process ignored in deporting North Korean fishermen’

“Deeply concerned,” the Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea said in a statement Nov. 7. The same day, South Korea had deported North Koreans for the first time since the 1953 K...

December 2, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] K-pop star Jung Joon-young sentenced to 6 years

The Seoul Central District Court sentenced K-pop star Jung Joon-young to six years and his friend K-pop singer Choi Jong-hoon to five years in prison Friday for sex offenses. The trial court found J...

November 29, 2019
Social affairs
Fresh allegations tie ex-Justice Minister Cho to power abuse

Embattled former Justice Minister Cho Kuk is facing fresh allegations of power abuse. In addition to the corruption scandal involving his family, Cho is suspected of wrongly suspending the internal ...

November 27, 2019
Politics
Court strips immigrant’s citizenship after bigamy discovered

The Seoul Administrative Court ruled Tuesday that the Ministry of Justice can revoke the South Korean citizenship granted to a foreign immigrant if it finds the person married to more than one spouse...

November 26, 2019
Social affairs
Special investigation team secures data records during Sewol sinking

A special investigation unit of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office tasked with reinvestigating the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster on Friday secured communication records of the Coast Guard at the time of the...

November 24, 2019
Social affairs
Democratic Party urges Hwang to quit hunger strike

On Sunday, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea urged Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn of the Liberty Korea Party to halt his hunger strike, which began Wednesday near Cheong Wa Dae in protest of President Moo...

November 24, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Hwang at a loss

“Pray for me,” Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn said softly, audible only to people near him. He was addressing a line of supporters one by one -- most appeared to be in their 50s and beyo...

November 21, 2019
Politics
Ex-Justice Minister Cho refuses to answer prosecutors’ questions

On Thursday morning, ex-Justice Minister Cho Kuk appeared before the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office for a second round of questioning. He reportedly refused to answer prosecutors’ questi...

November 21, 2019
Social affairs
Liberty Korea Party chairman starts hunger strike

Main opposition Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn began a hunger strike Wednesday to protest President Moon Jae-in’s foreign and domestic policies. Hwang demanded Moon extend the military i...

November 20, 2019
Politics
Gangwon governor calls for resumption of Kumgangsan tours

The South Korean government should resume tours to North Korea’s Kumgangsan, Gangwon Province Gov. Choi Moon-soon urged Tuesday. “Resumption of the Kumgangsan tours is the deepest wish of the Korean...

November 19, 2019
Social affairs
Prosecutors indicted ex-Justice Minister Cho’s brother

On Monday, prosecutors indicted former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s brother, Cho Kwon, accused of filing fraudulent lawsuits against a school foundation run by his family and accepting money from job a...

November 18, 2019
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] High Court sides with K-pop singer, orders consulate to reconsider visa denial

The Seoul High Court on Friday upheld a Supreme Court decision in favor of Korean American Steve Seung Jun Yoo, also known as Yoo Seung-jun, requiring the South Korean Consulate in Los Angeles to rec...

November 15, 2019
Social affairs

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