SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) -- Jessi, a Korean American rapper and singer, was summoned by police Wednesday for questioning in a case where her fan was assaulted by a man who was accompanying her at a private gathering last month. The Seoul Gangnam Police Station summoned Jessi to investigate the incident that took place [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Saturday’s arrest of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn’s third son, Kim Dong-seon, has once again brought to attention the somber history of criminal convictions that the chaebol family has suffered over the years. The younger Kim was apprehended by the police on January 5 for assaulting two employees at [...]
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted seven Chinese tourists on charges of beating up a South Korean restaurant owner on Jeju Island last month. The Jeju District Prosecutors’ Office said the defendants are suspected of assaulting the 53-year-old owner of the restaurant, identified only by her [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The country’s top court on Wednesday sentenced a 56-year-old South Korean man to 12 years in prison for attempting to murder the top U.S. envoy to South Korea. The Supreme Court found Kim Ki-jong guilty of attacking Amb. Mark Lippert with a knife at a breakfast function in Seoul [...]
JEONJU, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A taxi driver and a high school student passenger got into a feud when the driver discovered that the student didn’t have enough cash on hand to pay the full fare, as he was short 1,000 won ($0.86). The driver refused to let the student leave the cab, and [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors sought a 17-year prison term for a 56-year-old South Korean man at an appeals court on Tuesday for assaulting the top U.S. envoy to South Korea last year as well as two prison staff. Kim Ki-jong is currently serving a jail term for attacking Ambassador Mark Lippert with [...]