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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A former chief justice of the Supreme Court was indicted Monday on more than 40 counts relating to an alleged massive abuse of judicial power under his leadership. The indictment of Yang Sung-tae comes almost three weeks after the court approved a warrant to place him under pre-indictment detention. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Yang Sung-tae, the 15th Chief Justice of the Republic of Korea, was found to have met with legal counsel working for a law firm that was representing a Japanese corporation accused of committing war crimes while he was still in office. Prosecutors are pointing a finger at the former [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A man in his 70s threw a Molotov cocktail yesterday at Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su, who overlooks South Korea’s Supreme Court. The 74-year-old man referred to only by his last name, Nam, threw the bomb at Chief Justice Kim’s car as it entered the Supreme Court building in Seoul’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly man hurled a Molotov cocktail at a vehicle carrying Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su on Tuesday, police said. The attack happened at 9:10 a.m. when the 74-year-old suspect, only identified by his surname Nam, threw the firebomb at the car as it was entering the top [...]