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Special Counsel Summons Ex-PM For Questioning Over Chief Of Staff’s Appointment

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A special counsel team said Friday it has summoned former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to appear for questioning next week over allegations that a construction company chairman gifted a luxury necklace to former first lady Kim Keon Hee in exchange for his son-in-law’s appointment as Han’s chief of staff. [...]

Ex-PM Han, Ex-DPM Choi Slapped With Exit Ban in Martial Law Probe

SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and former Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok have been banned from leaving the country as suspects in the alleged insurrection case related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law attempt, police said Tuesday. The exit ban was reportedly imposed on Han and [...]