SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Education officials said Wednesday they have asked police to protect children passing by the house of former President Park Geun-hye as protesters continue to gather there to rally against her dismissal. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education made the request in a letter to Gangnam Police Station, saying it [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major business groups face another round of investigations for their alleged involvement in the bribery scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, industry and legal sources said Tuesday.Prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office took over the bribery case late last month when [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The fate of now former president Park Geun-hye is likely a prosecutor’s investigation and possibly an arrest warrant, or so a majority of Koreans hope. But the fate of nine Jindo dogs that Park apparently abandoned at the presidential residence Cheong Wa Dae remains uncertain. A pair of Jindo dogs [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – On Wednesday, South Korea celebrated the 98th anniversary of the March 1st Movement – the 1919 independence movement against Japan’s colonial occupation – but with the nation deeply divided over President Park Geun-hye’s corruption scandal, which has been dominating the country’s airwaves since October 2016. With experts widely speculating [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye was named a bribery suspect on Tuesday as special prosecutors wrapped up their three-month probe into a massive influence-peddling scandal. The probe team, led by Independent Counsel Park Young-soo, suspects that the president colluded with her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil and took bribes from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Tuesday’s impeachment trial for President Park Geun-hye was highlighted by a publicity stunt from a lawyer fighting on behalf of the troubled commander-in-chief. Lawyer Seo Seog-goo unfurled South Korea’s national flag as he turned around to face the courtroom audience as the trial was about to begin. He smiled, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of South Korean artists on Thursday filed a compensation suit against President Park Geun-hye and her former aides over allegations her administration blacklisted cultural figures deemed critical of the government, a lawyers association said. A total of 461 plaintiffs filed the case with the Seoul Central District Court, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Choi Soon-sil, the “female Rasputin” to President Park Geun-hye, who is facing an impeachment trial, screamed “injustice” as she entered the office building of the special investigation team for questioning in a rare public display of confidence. Choi has remained quiet at most of her public appearances, often with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – An exhibition in the lobby of the National Assembly building faced scrutiny Tuesday after it featured a parodied picture of Edouard Manet’s “Olympia”, with the faces altered to portray President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil. The exhibition was organized by Democratic Party lawmaker Pyo Chang-won, who has [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – To many Koreans’ disappointment, a South Korean court rejected on Thursday the arrest warrant for Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong sought by the special prosecution team. But the news has now given courage to other conglomerates to finally express their desire that the prosecutors focus on what they believe [...]