SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and former Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok have been banned from leaving the country as suspects in the alleged insurrection case related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law attempt, police said Tuesday. The exit ban was reportedly imposed on Han and [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have detected signs of some call records of a secure phone held by former President Yoon Suk Yeol being remotely deleted, just days after his failed martial law attempt, an official said Monday. The records of Yoon’s calls with Hong Jang-won, former first deputy director of the National [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A meeting of judges nationwide ended Monday without issuing a response to the controversy surrounding presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung’s election law violation case. The extraordinary meeting of the National Council of Judges was held at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, with 87 to [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Judge Jee Kui-youn of the Seoul Central District Court has submitted a statement to the Supreme Court explaining his position on allegations he was treated to multiple visits to an expensive hostess bar, legal sources said Friday. Jee, the presiding judge for former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection trial, [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Wednesday rejected an arrest warrant for a reporter accused of writing a false article on the apprehension of 99 Chinese spies during former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law. The Seoul Central District Court said it rejected the warrant for the reporter, surnamed [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Two senior prosecutors who have faced criticism for allegedly mishandling a probe into former first lady Kim Keon Hee over her alleged involvement in a stock price manipulation scheme have offered to resign, judiciary sources said Tuesday. Lee Chang-soo, chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, and Cho [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A former employee of a South Korean semiconductor supplier has been arrested and indicted for allegedly attempting to leak advanced chip packaging technology overseas, police said Friday. The suspect, a man in his 40s identified only as Kim, was taken into custody on May 9 at Incheon International Airport [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a lawsuit by a man seeking disability registration despite having a borderline intelligence quotient (IQ) score, reigniting debate over legal protections for individuals with mild cognitive impairments. On Thursday, the Seoul High Court dismissed an appeal by a [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) prepares for the final appeal hearing in its landmark ₩53.3 billion ($39 million) lawsuit against tobacco companies, a new survey shows that nearly two-thirds of Koreans believe cigarette makers should be held financially responsible for medical costs linked to lung cancer. The [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly on Wednesday proposed a special counsel investigation into allegations that the Supreme Court interfered in the upcoming presidential election by abusing its judicial authority in the retrial of Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung. The Assembly’s legislation and judiciary committee put forth the bill calling for [...]