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, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk was arrested Thursday in a court decision that is expected to add traction to the prosecution’s probe into charges over her daughter’s college admission and a financial investment. Following a hearing on Wednesday, a Seoul court approved an arrest warrant for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A government inspection team has discovered 12 cases of misconduct at 15 domestic universities in which minors, including the offspring of professors, are listed as co-authors of academic research papers, the Ministry of Education said Thursday. These wrongdoings were unveiled during the 14th meeting of the ministry’s Education Trust [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In an unexpected move, Justice Minister Cho Kuk offered to resign Monday amid an ongoing probe into corruption allegations involving his family. “I judged I should not add a burden to the president and the government regarding my family affairs. I think the time has come for me to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Supporters of South Korea’s embattled justice minister, Cho Kuk, staged another massive candlelight vigil right in front of the prosecution’s headquarters in southern Seoul on Saturday, as Cho’s wife was grilled again by investigators over her alleged role in the fraud and corruption scandal that has roiled the country [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean political parties are under fire for spurring a divide among liberals and conservatives by politicizing citizens’ rallies over corruption allegations involving the justice minister’s family. In recent weeks, South Koreans took to the streets in Seoul to hold separate demonstrations to voice either their support for or [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A large number of people gathered in Seoul on Saturday to support Justice Minister Cho Kuk and his drive to reform the prosecution despite a widening investigation into corruption allegations involving his family. A candlelight demonstration was held late in the day in southern Seoul where the Supreme Prosecutors’ [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An online survey that measures people’s level of privilege in South Korean society is going viral throughout various online communities following the controversy that a privileged background helped Cho Kuk to be appointed as the new Minister of Justice. In South Korea, where one’s alma mater forms an important [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Students and alumni of South Korea’s three most prestigious universities held candlelight vigils on their campuses in Seoul Thursday night to protest President Moon Jae-in’s appointment of his embattled aide Cho Kuk as justice minister. It is the first time that anti-Cho rallies have been held simultaneously at Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Law professor Cho Kuk’s appointment as South Korea’s justice minister was one rocky road. The liberal darling, tasked with reforming the prosecution, faced expected opposition from conservative lawmakers and underwent friction with state prosecutors. But some of the most dogged and powerful opposition came from a very nonpolitical crowd: [...]