SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Former President Lee Myung-bak has been asked to appear for questioning next week over a string of suspicions of bribery and other irregularities, officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office subpoenaed Lee to come to the office for questioning as a suspect at 9:30 a.m. on March 14, officials said. “It is essential to investigate Lee in order to uncover [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The founder of a local pizza franchise will face trial on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust worth 15 billion won (US$13.4 million), prosecutors said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has indicted Chung Woo-hyun, ex-head of MP Group, for misappropriating company funds, breach of duty and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Fast food chains have long been a staple of modern life in countries around the world, appealing to demographics crossing cultures and age groups. The familiar signs sported by the likes of McDonald’s and Burger King are globally accepted, even comforting to some. However, the recent controversy surrounding an allegedly undercooked [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. fast-food chain McDonald’s is facing further trouble in South Korea as more complaints were filed on Wednesday over undercooked hamburger patties, which allegedly caused at least one girl to become ill. A family, whose identity was withheld, filed a complaint against McDonald’s Korea with the Seoul Central District [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A criminal complaint was lodged against the South Korean unit of McDonald’s on Wednesday by parents who claim that their daughter became permanently ill after eating one of its burgers that was served with undercooked meat. The plaintiffs said their four-year-old girl was diagnosed with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean prosecutors raided Volkswagen AG’s vehicle inspection center Friday as authorities crack down on the German automaker’s tardiness in recalling cars that faked emission tests, officials said. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said computer hard drives and documents on Volkswagen vehicles’ emissions results have been confiscated from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The prosecutors’ office charged a man who circulated false information for the first time after it announced last September that it would respond harshly against spreading false rumors online. An investigation unit in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office arrested and charged a former employee of CJ Group on November [...]