SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon of K-pop group BIGBANG is set to appear before police Monday for his first questioning over drug use suspicions. G-Dragon, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, has flatly denied the accusations. He is scheduled to arrive at the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency on Monday afternoon for questioning. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than a dozen of second- or third-generation scions of South Korean family-owned conglomerates have been indicted on charges of habitually using and selling marijuana, prosecutors said Thursday. Among them are a 40-year-old man surnamed Hong, a grandson of major dairy firm Namyang Dairy Products Co. founder Hong Doo-young, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An average of more than 200 cases of crimes committed by those high on drugs have been reported annually over the past four years, a lawmaker said Monday. The number of such crimes totaled 221 in 2018, 236 in 2019, 182 in 2020 and 230 last year, showing a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors have launched an investigation into Samsung heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong’s suspected drug use, while the top conglomerate has flatly denied the allegation. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office began the probe after a whistleblower reported the case to the state anti-corruption watchdog, demanding an investigation into the allegation, according [...]
SUWON, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A local court sentenced Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ, to 10 months in prison on Tuesday, suspended two years, for using an illegal drug. Suwon District Court in the city of Suwon, south of Seoul, also ordered the 32-year-old disgraced entertainer to pay a fine [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of narcotics offenders in South Korea rose 19.3 percent in 2016 from a year earlier, due largely to the widespread use of the Internet as a channel to more easily trade the banned substances, a report showed Monday. The tally of drug offenders came to 14,214 at [...]