SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team indicted former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min on Tuesday on charges of abuse of authority and his role in the short-lived imposition of martial law in early December last year. The team led by special counsel Cho Eun-suk said Lee is accused of playing an active [...]
SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday resisted a special counsel team’s attempt to detain him by lying on the floor of his prison cell wearing only his underwear, the team said. Assistant special counsel Moon Hong-ju, and a prosecutor and an investigator from special counsel Min Joong-ki’s [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A special counsel team said Thursday it will execute a detention warrant for jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol this week to forcibly bring him in for questioning. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team said it plans to send an assistant special counsel, a prosecutor and an investigator to the [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The ruling Democratic Party (DP) launched a special committee Wednesday to assist ongoing special counsel probes into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law bid, corruption allegations involving his wife and the death of a Marine. Three separate special counsel teams are currently investigating Yoon’s failed attempt to [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A special counsel team said Wednesday it has filed for a warrant to forcibly bring in former President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over allegations of election meddling. The request was made shortly after Yoon defied for the second time special counsel Min Joong-ki’s summons to appear for questioning. [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A special counsel team again raided the office of minor party leader Lee Jun-seok on Wednesday as part of its investigation into former first lady Kim Keon Hee’s alleged election meddling. Investigators from special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team searched the office of the New Reform Party (NRP) leader on [...]
Seoul, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense has introduced a revised executive order that would allow military officers, including colonels, to be promoted for acts of integrity — such as refusing unlawful or improper commands during the controversial December 3 martial law planning incident. The amendment to the Enforcement Decree [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Arrested former President Yoon Suk Yeol did not appear for questioning by a special counsel team Tuesday over an investigation into various allegations surrounding his wife, former first lady Kim Keon Hee. Yoon, who is currently in custody at Seoul Detention Center, south of Seoul, did not show up [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected the impeachment of Justice Minister Park Sung-jae over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid in December. The court’s ruling immediately reinstated Park nearly four months after he was impeached by the National Assembly on charges of aiding [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 6 out of 10 South Koreans support impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration, a survey showed Friday, as the Constitutional Court began deliberations to decide whether to formally remove him from office or reinstate him. According to the survey conducted by Gallup on [...]