Articles by Kim Yon-se
Kim Yon-se
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Sewol owner’s son gets three years in jail
The Incheon District Court on Wednesday sentenced the late ferry owner Yoo Byung-eun’s eldest son Yoo Dae-kyoon to three years in prison for embezzlement and breach of trust.Dae-kyoon, 44, was indicted on Aug. 12 on charges of pocketing company funds worth 7.39 billion won ($6.79 million) at seven units of Chonghaejin Marine Co., the operator of the sunken Sewol, between May 2002 and December 2013.Yoo Dae-kyoon (Yonhap)The court also handed down a four-year prison term for the deceased’s Yoo’s f
Social Affairs Nov. 5, 2014
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Saenuri to probe defense industry corruption cases
The ruling Saenuri Party will form a task force to look into allegations of corruption in the defense industry, the party’s floor leader said Wednesday.Corruption involving military officials and defense firms became an issue during the recent parliamentary audit of the government that ended last week.President Park Geun-hye has denounced corrupt dealings in defense acquisition programs as “actions serving the interests of the enemy” and vowed to use “exemplary punishment” to root them out.One m
Politics Nov. 5, 2014
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Number of temp workers grows 320,000 in 5 years
The number of nonregular workers surpassed 6 million this year for the first time since the government began collecting related data in 2002 amid public debate over their pay and conditions. According to Statistics Korea, the number of contract employees came to 6.07 million as of August 2014, up 130,000 from a year earlier.This year also saw an increase of more than 5 percent, or 320,000 individuals, compared with five years ago, when the number stood at 5.75 million.The steady growth of the to
Social Affairs Nov. 4, 2014
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KEITI to draw investment for green start-ups
The state-run agency for environment-related technology has moved to increase investment in eco-friendly industries by teaming up with a group of quasi-financial firms that mostly invest in venture start-ups.The Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute will sign a business alliance with the Korean Venture Capital Association on Tuesday on finding new growth avenues by drawing more financial investors for venture start-ups with green technologies.The two parties are scheduled to hold a
Social Affairs Nov. 3, 2014
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Police, Justice Ministry rank high in civil servant crimes
Policemen and Justice Ministry officials were found to have comprised a large portion of the blacklist of civil servants who committed crimes last year, according to statistics released by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Sunday.Out of the total crimes by civil servants in 2013, the police agency topped the list with 1,202 police officers or other employees engaging in offenses, followed by the Ministry of Justice with 264 lawbreakers, including prosecutors or other staff.The National Tax Service
Social Affairs Nov. 2, 2014
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Citizens to protest deal to keep U.S. military unit in Dongducheon
Citizens of Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, will hold a mass rally this week to protest a recent South Korea-U.S. deal to retain an American artillery brigade in the city, a local civic group said Sunday.Last month, Seoul and Washington agreed to retain the 210th Fires Brigade under the 2nd Infantry Division in Dongducheon, north of Seoul near the tense inter-Korean border, until “the mid-2020s” to bolster deterrence against North Korea.A 2004 bilateral deal had called for relocating the U.S. mi
Social Affairs Nov. 2, 2014
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Police raid hospital over rocker’s death
Police raided the hospital on Saturday that had performed surgery on late rock singer Shin Hae-chul on suspicion that alleged medical negligence might have led to his death, officers said.A day earlier, his wife, only identified by her surname Yoon, filed a complaint with Songpa Police Station against the hospital to look into alleged medical negligence that was blamed for her husband’s death after he received an operation for intestinal adhesions. The hospital has strongly denied the allegation
Social Affairs Nov. 2, 2014
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N.K. repeats call for Seoul to block leaflet scattering
North Korea asked South Korea Saturday to halt the cross-border scattering of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets, declaring that there would be no government-to-government dialogue to improve ties unless its demand is met.The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, claimed that the Seoul government is behind the leaflet campaign being waged by civic activists in the South. Separately, the North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a powerful party organization, took t
North Korea Nov. 2, 2014
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Ex-STX chief gets 6 years for fraud
Former STX Group chairman Kang Duk-soo was sentenced to six years in prison for incurring huge losses to business units, financial firms and investors by rigging the conglomerate’s financial statements and pocketing company funds.The Seoul Central District Court ruled on Thursday that Kang, 64, took the initiative in committing the debt-ridden group’s irregular bookkeeping worth 584.1 billion won ($556.2 million) and embezzlement worth 67.9 billion won.The figures were much smaller than the char
Social Affairs Oct. 30, 2014
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Court to issue verdict on ex-STX chief
The corporate sector is paying close attention to a Seoul court’s upcoming verdict on former STX Group chief Kang Duk-soo over his business malfeasance charges, while the prosecution and the group’s subcontractors differ in their assessment of his “irregularities.”The Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to rule on the case Thursday, which alleges that the ex-STX chairman orchestrated the group’s irregularities including accounting fraud worth more than 2 trillion won ($1.9 billion), embezz
Social Affairs Oct. 29, 2014
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NIS officials jailed for document rigging
A Seoul court handed down jail sentences to several officials of the National Intelligence Service and aides on charges of fabricating documents used as evidence to back up allegedly groundless espionage charges against a North Korean defector.The Seoul Central District Court sentenced a 48-year-old senior NIS official, surnamed Kim, to two and a half years in prison, for forging the Chinese immigration records of Yoo Woo-seong, a 34-year-old defector who was then an employee of the Seoul munici
Social Affairs Oct. 28, 2014
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Former president cleared of rigging Line 9 deal
The prosecution said Tuesday that it had cleared former president Lee Myung-bak of the allegations that he provided the Australia-based Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund with preferential treatment while he was Seoul mayor.A month ago, two consumer advocate groups filed a complaint with the investigative agency against Lee, saying that “former president Lee, during his time as mayor, inflicted great losses on Seoulites by signing an irregular contract with a key shareholder of the Seoul Subway
Social Affairs Oct. 28, 2014
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Death penalty sought for Sewol captain
The prosecution on Monday asked the Gwangju District Court to hand down a capital punishment sentence for sunken Sewol ferry captain Lee Joon-seok on charges of homicide through willful negligence.The 69-year-old Lee has been suspected of escaping from the sinking vessel without taking appropriate measures to evacuate the students and other passengers in waters off Jindo Island, South Jeolla Province, on April 16.The prosecution also called for life imprisonment for three other key crew members
Social Affairs Oct. 27, 2014
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Two-thirds of U.S. soldiers to leave Yongsan
The number of American soldiers at the main U.S. military base in central Seoul is expected to be reduced by two-thirds to around 200 despite a postponement in the transfer of a major military authority, a South Korean defense ministry official said Sunday.South Korea and the United States agreed Thursday to delay again a plan to give Seoul wartime control of its troops. In accordance with the agreement, several facilities, such as the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command headquarters and 8t
Social Affairs Oct. 26, 2014
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Prosecution weighs Sewol captain’s penalty
The prosecution is scheduled to unveil its criminal action against 15 crew members of the capsized ferry Sewol on Monday.A key issue is whether the prosecution will seek capital punishment for the ferry’s caption Lee Joon-seok, 69, during the trial at the Gwangju District Court. He has been charged with homicide through willful negligence.Apart from the possibility of a death penalty, the prosecution could choose to call for life imprisonment for the indicted Sewol captain.On April 16, Lee and o
Social Affairs Oct. 26, 2014
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