SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Jailed former first lady Kim Keon Hee again exercised her right to remain silent during questioning by a special counsel team Thursday in her third session since her arrest last week, sources said, with the team set to grill Kim once more on Saturday. Kim, the wife of former [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Wednesday ordered the foreign ministry to drop a lawsuit against broadcaster MBC over former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s controversial remarks caught on a hot mic during his visit to the United States in 2022. Under the compulsory mediation, or “decision in lieu of conciliation,” the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team indicted former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min on Tuesday on charges of abuse of authority and his role in the short-lived imposition of martial law in early December last year. The team led by special counsel Cho Eun-suk said Lee is accused of playing an active [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An associate of former first lady Kim Keon Hee appeared for a court hearing Friday for his arrest on charges of embezzlement as part of a special counsel probe targeting the former first lady. Kim Ye-seong, known as the “butler” of the former first lady’s family, arrived at the [...]
UIJEONGBU, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court has upheld fines for two marriage brokers who illegally shared personal information of Vietnamese women with male clients via KakaoTalk, ruling the act violated the country’s marriage brokerage law. On August 15, the Uijeongbu District Court dismissed the appeals of two individuals, identified as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Jailed former first lady Kim Keon Hee will appear for questioning by a special counsel team Thursday, less than two days after her arrest over corruption allegations. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team said Wednesday it was informed by Seoul Southern Detention Center, where Kim was placed in custody earlier [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. has virtually won a U.S. lawsuit against BOE Technology Group Co., with Washington’s trade watchdog imposing a near 15-year import ban on the Chinese rival’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made a preliminary [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Six South Korean farmers have filed a civil lawsuit against Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and its five power subsidiaries, demanding compensation for climate-related damages. The lawsuit, announced Tuesday during a press conference in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, marks the first legal challenge holding KEPCO and its affiliates accountable for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into K-pop star G-Dragon and Yang Hyun-suk, the founder and chief producer of major agency YG Entertainment, over alleged violation of copyright law. Seoul’s Mapo Police Station began the probe after receiving a complaint in November from a composer who claimed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team raided the nation’s antitrust regulator Monday as part of its widening probe into corruption allegations involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The team led by special counsel Min Joong-ki searched the offices of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) in Sejong, some 110 kilometers south [...]