SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Thursday issued an additional suspended prison sentence for former professional baseball player Oh Jae-won on charges of receiving methylamphetamine from his acquaintance. Oh was indicted in May for receiving some 0.2 grams of methylamphetamine from his acquaintance in November last year. It was in addition [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have decided not to refer actor Yoo Ah-in to prosecutors over rape accusations a man filed against him, citing insufficient evidence, officials said Thursday. A man in his 30s filed a complaint with the police in July, accusing the actor of raping him while he was asleep at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop star G-Dragon will officially launch his JusPeace Foundation on Monday, focusing on supporting artistic talent and combating drug abuse. The foundation, whose plan for establishment was announced last year by the singer-rapper, is scheduled to hold its inaugural event in Seoul in the afternoon, Galaxy Corp., G-Dragon’s agency, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop star G-Dragon will donate 300 million won (US$230,000) to set up a foundation to fight against drug abuse, which is a growing concern in South Korea, once considered a country relatively free of drugs, his agency said Monday. G-Dragon named the anti-drug foundation “JusPeace Foundation,” a word that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop star G-Dragon will set up a foundation to fight against drug abuse, which has fast become an increasing problem in the country, his new agency said Thursday, a week after he was cleared of drug allegations. The news was released during a press conference in Seoul hosted by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Lee Sun-kyun of the 2020 Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” will appear before police this week for the second round of questioning over suspected drug use, officials said Thursday. Lee, 48, is scheduled to undergo another round of questioning at the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on Saturday, following the first [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon of K-pop group BIGBANG will voluntarily appear before police for questioning over drug use suspicions next week, his lawyer said Tuesday. “This is for a swift and fair investigation,” Kim Su-hyeon, the lawyer, said in a statement, announcing that the rapper-singer will appear for questioning Monday. G-Dragon is [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Oscar-winning “Parasite” actor Lee Sun-kyun claimed Monday he doesn’t know a third-generation scion of a South Korean family-owned conglomerate, who is currently under an internal police investigation over suspected illegal drug use, his lawyer said Monday. The comments came as the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency has begun the internal [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Offenders arrested for selling or buying drugs on the dark web swelled by almost 13 times over the past five years, a report from the National Police Agency showed Thursday. According to the report submitted to Rep. Cho Eun-hee of the ruling People Power Party, the number of people [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Abuse of opioid medications like painkillers, anorectics and anesthetics is spreading among South Korean teens and 20-somethings. Rep. Kang gi-yun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety showing that there were 61,087 prescriptions for fentanyl patches issued to those [...]