SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A man who stunned the nation for having allegedly abused his nine-year-old stepdaughter brutally for nearly four years was put behind bars on Monday after a court issued a pre-trial detention warrant against him. The Milyang branch of the Changwon District Court approved the police’s request for a warrant [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday rejected an arrest warrant for former Justice Minister Cho Kuk in a probe into his suspected role in ending an inspection into bribery allegations involving a former Busan vice mayor. Earlier this week, prosecutors filed for an arrest warrant for Cho, former senior presidential [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign criminals being detained or arrested in South Korea will be presented with a warrant written in their own language under a government bid to prevent discrimination against aliens in legal proceedings, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (SPO) said that prosecutors will use an arrest warrant translated [...]
SUWON, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ was arrested Friday over his alleged use of drugs. The Suwon District Court issued an arrest warrant for the 33-year-old Park over allegations that he took drugs together with the granddaughter of the founder of a dairy producer. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Thursday rejected an arrest warrant sought for Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group’s de facto leader, dealing a blow to investigators who have been accelerating the probe into an influence-peddling scandal centered on President Park Geun-hye and her friend. On Monday, an independent counsel team looking into [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The special team of prosecutors probing the corruption scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye has requested an arrest warrant for Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairman and de facto leader of Samsung Group, on charges of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury. This marks the first time that officials have issued a warrant [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An arrest warrant for a former lawmaker and husband of President Park Geun-hye‘s cousin was issued Wednesday over bribery-taking suspicions, court officials said. The Uijeongbu District Court approved the arrest of the 77-year-old, identified only by his surname Yoon, citing fear of flight or destruction of evidence. Yoon is [...]