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Prosecution zeroes in on Cho Kuk
An investigation into Justice Minister Cho Kuk is now a possibility as dozens of prosecutors are looking into his suspected involvement in his family’s investment in a private equity fund and alleged attempts to destroy evidence. A number of prosecutors and other staff with expertise in investigating financial crime cases have joined the team scrutinizing Cho’s family at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. They include a prosecutor who investigated stock trade irreg
Social Affairs Sept. 20, 2019
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[News Focus] 57% of Koreans support prosecution reform despite Cho Kuk scandal: poll
SEJONG -- An interest among the people under the Moon Jae-in administration is whether an independent investigative agency, which holds the authority to indict crime-suspected prosecutors or other public officials, will be launched.The agency, which is being pushed in the 20th National Assembly, has been dubbed the Senior Civil Servant Crime Investigation unit.Previous administrations and legislatures had also tried and failed to create such a body, such as the Roh Moo-hyun administration’
Politics Sept. 17, 2019
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[Editorial] Do not obstruct probes
The Justice Ministry is showing signs of attempting to obstruct the prosecution’s investigations into allegations surrounding Minister Cho Kuk.The vice minister and inspector general of the ministry reportedly called the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and proposed setting up a team to investigate the suspicions without receiving commands from Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl. The proposal was made on Sept. 9 when Cho was inaugurated as justice minister.Such an act intervenes in investi
Editorial Sept. 16, 2019
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[Herald Review] ‘Bad Guys’ epitomizes why we love Don Lee
Don Lee, known here better by his Korean name Ma Dong-seok, has a unique place in Korean cinema. Never before had a muscle-bound, middle-aged man -- who looks like he could move a tank with his right hook -- become the image of “cuddly and cute.” What’s more bizarre is that he built the image not by playing family-friendly roles, but by bashing bad guys’ brains on screen.Comparisons of Lee to pro wrestling superstar and Hollywood darling Dwayne “The Rock” John
Film Sept. 4, 2019
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Mouthy ‘nightlife expert’ sniffs out drug scandal ‘By Quantum Physics’
“By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture,” a story about an enormous drug scandal at a nightclub that involves big names, was not actually inspired by the “Burning Sun” drug scandal.“The first draft was written in 2016, and we learned of the (Burning Sun) incident while we were editing the film,” said director Lee Sung-tae, on his upcoming crime movie. “I actually thought I should change that part (about doing drugs in clubs) after one of our young staff
Film Aug. 13, 2019
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Jeju police round up 30 illegal immigrants
A group of immigrants staying illegally in Jeju City were nabbed Monday, according to police.The Jeju Police Agency and the Jeju Immigration Office said Thursday that they caught 30 Chinese immigrants living in a two-story rental home in Aewol, a neighborhood west of the city, without valid visas. Police said the 21 men and nine women, who ranged in age from their 20s to their 50s, have been staying illegally for as long as four months and working on construction sites or farms.Kim Hang-nyun, th
Social Affairs Aug. 8, 2019
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[Elizabeth Drew] To impeach or not to impeach
As the US Congress returns from a 10-day break, the question of whether the House of Representatives (controlled by the Democrats) should formally commence the process of impeaching President Donald Trump for misdeeds committed during his tenure -- and perhaps before -- has split the party. Theoretically, impeachment by the House would be followed by a trial in the Senate. But the Senate, controlled by the Republicans, is considered highly unlikely to convict their party’s standard-bearer,
Viewpoints June 5, 2019
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[Journalism Essay Contest] Winners in humanities category
Following are the winners of the 2019 Herald Journalism Essay Contest organized by Herald Edu in May. -- Ed.[Part 1]Media and Feminism: A South Korean PerspectiveBy Shin Hee-eunDaewon Foreign Language High School“My life is not your porn!" Over the course of eight months in 2019, thousands of South Korean women flooded the streets near Hyehwa Station to protest the proliferating crime of spy-cam pornography, made with clandestine cameras targeting women in a variety of public spaces.
Social Affairs May 30, 2019
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Moon slams main opposition over diplomatic leak
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday criticized the main opposition Liberty Korea Party over developments surrounding the leak of diplomatic information. “It is disgraceful when the country’s diplomatic secrets are leaked, and are being used for political wrangling,” Moon said at Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. He was referring to Liberty Korea Party Rep. Khang Hyo-shang, who used classified information about his telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump to critici
Politics May 29, 2019
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[Elizabeth Drew] Trump is now above the law
Things have gotten ugly in Washington since the release last month of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and they’re about to get uglier. It’s now clear that the United States has an attorney general who believes his job is to protect the president, facts be damned. During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, William Barr, the country’s top law-enforcement official, obfuscated and lied with contempt and
Viewpoints May 9, 2019
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[Francis Wilkinson] Pelosi’s dangerous battle against Trump
This week almost 700 former federal prosecutors, including prominent Republicans, signed a letter saying the Mueller report lays out offenses against Donald Trump that would lead to indictment if committed by anyone who is not president. All of which is another way of saying that a corrupt executive is the problem of the US Congress, not of prosecutors.That leaves House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a pickle. She faces mounting pressure, no doubt from her own conscience as well as from Democratic acti
Viewpoints May 8, 2019
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[Kavita N. Ramdas, James A. Goldston] Trump administration’s assault on assault survivors
The United Nations Security Council has just adopted a resolution aimed at ending the use of sexual violence as a weapon during war. This is a laudable goal, which the United States has long supported. But the resolution will do little to achieve it, and it is America’s fault.Beyond discouraging the use of sexual violence in conflict (including by holding perpetrators to account), Resolution 2467 was supposed to ensure that survivors of such violence receive the support they need. The draft meas
Viewpoints May 7, 2019
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[Feature] Liberal Constitutional Court triggers hopes, concerns
With the recent appointment of two Constitutional Court justices whose views are considered liberal, hopes and concerns are growing surrounding the court’s upcoming rulings on socially divisive issues, including the death penalty and the national security law.Since taking office, President Moon Jae-in has appointed eight justices, including Lee Mi-son and Moon Hyung-bae in April. The appointment of so many justices under a single president is unprecedented, but came about because former Presiden
Social Affairs May 7, 2019
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[Cass R. Sunstein] Mueller left a strong hint on obstruction
In coming to terms with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, we should adopt a principle of neutrality and put entirely to one side our enthusiasm, or our lack of it, for President Donald Trump. It is also essential to emphasize that the report, running to two volumes and some 448 pages, will take some time to absorb.Even so, the most puzzling thing about it is unquestionably a single sentence, repeated several times: “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime,
Viewpoints April 21, 2019
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[News Focus] Bareunmirae Party clashes with ruling party, civic group over independent investigative agency
The minor opposition Bareunmirae Party has presented an unexpected stumbling block for the establishment of an independent agency to uncover wrongdoing by high-level government officials and their relatives. The party supports the core idea behind the government’s plan to form an independent agency, but has sparked contentious debate by proposing that the new agency have a narrower range of authority -- without the power to indict criminal suspects.Last month the Bareunmirae Party put forth its
Politics April 7, 2019
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[Noah Feldman] Trump’s collusion nightmare is over
The summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report submitted to the US Congress on Sunday by Attorney General William Barr can only be described as a significant win for President Donald Trump. Mueller did not find that the Trump campaign coordinated with or colluded with Russian efforts to subvert the 2016 election. And Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump himself committed obstruction of justice.On top of that, Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein determined separ
Viewpoints March 25, 2019
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Trump declares victory now but legal perils far from over
NEW YORK (AP) _ President Donald Trump may be reveling in what he sees as "complete and total exoneration'' from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but his legal perils are far from over.Federal and state investigators in New York are deep into investigations of their own into Trump and those in his orbit, probes that some observers have long viewed as every bit as menacing as Mueller's two-year look into possible collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election."Th
World News March 25, 2019
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Ex-vice minister barred from leaving Korea amid sex crime probe
Former Vice Justice Minister Kim Hak-ui has been barred from traveling overseas amid a fresh probe into allegations of a sex crime in 2013, officials said Saturday. Kim, who retired from public service in March 2013 amid allegations that he attended a sex party hosted by local contractor Yoon Jung-cheon at his villa in Wonju, 120 kilometers east of Seoul, had attempted to leave South Korea on Friday at Incheon International Airport, according to officials at the justice ministry. The ministry
Social Affairs March 23, 2019
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Vietnamese woman in N. Korea murder case loses bid for release
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 14, 2019 (AFP) - A Vietnamese woman suspected of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother lost her bid for immediate release Thursday as Malaysian authorities refused to drop a murder charge, days after her Indonesian co-accused was freed.Doan Thi Huong broke down in tears as a prosecutor announced the attorney-general had rejected a request to free her and her trial would continue. She has been on trial for a year and a half over the 2017 assassination of
World News March 14, 2019
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[David Ignatius] US strikes back at Russia warfare
With little public fanfare, US Cyber Command, the military’s new center for combating electronic attacks against the United States, has launched operations to deter and disrupt Russians who have been meddling with the US political system.Like other US cyberwar activities, this effort against Russia is cloaked in secrecy. But it appears to involve, in part, a warning to suspected Russian hackers that echoes a menacing phrase that’s a staple of many fictional crime and spy thrillers: “We know wher
Viewpoints Feb. 10, 2019
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