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Standoff Over Sanctions Request Drags On Amid Pressure from the Blue House… Will Cho Hee-dae Make a Decision This Week?
With President Lee Jae-myung approving the appointment of Justice Kim Seong-soo, the number of vacant Supreme Court seats has been reduced to one. However, the conflict between the Blue House and the …
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Verdict in Kim Geon-hee’s “Sale of Official Positions” Appeal… First-Instance Sentences for Yeo In-hyeong and Lee Jin-woo for “Participation in Martial Law”
The appellate court ruling for Mrs. Kim Geon-hee, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in the first trial on charges of so-called “bribery for public office”—accepting various monetary and mater…
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[Breaking News] Prosecutors Indict Former President Yoon Suk-yeol Without Detention for Violating the Anti-Graft Act
Prosecutors have filed additional charges against former President Yoon Suk-yeol, alleging that he failed to fulfill his duty to report the fact that Kim Keon-hee had received a luxury handbag, even t…
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Kim Seung-won: “I’m a humanities major; I don’t know about the drug’s efficacy”… Refutes allegations of data manipulation
Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, was questioned during a National Assembly confirmation hearing on the 15th about allegations of fabricated experimental data related to GenenCell’s COVI…
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Chey Tae-won’s Camp Appeals Decision Not to Indict Over ‘100 Billion Won to Kim Hee-young’ Remark… “Distortion of Aggregated Expenditures”
On the 15th, representatives of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won announced that they had filed an appeal against the prosecution’s decision not to indict attorney Lee Sang-won—who represents Noh So-youn…
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Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrants for 8 People, Including OCI CEO, in ‘Trillions of Won Petrochemical Price-Fixing Scheme’
Prosecutors investigating allegations of price-fixing in the petrochemical industry have requested arrest warrants for eight individuals, including OCI CEO Kim Yu-shin and former PKC CEO Jang Young-so…
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Son of Judge Who Dismissed Warrant Works in Rep. Kim Seung-won’s Office… Kim’s Camp: “It’s Not a Favor”
It has been reported that the son of Judge Jeong Mo, a presiding judge at the Seoul Central District Court who is acquainted with Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won, worked as a legislative aide i…
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Prosecutors Summon Executives from PKC, LGCHEM,LTD, and OCI Over ‘Alleged Price-Fixing of Petrochemical Products’
Prosecutors investigating allegations of price-fixing in the petrochemical industry are summoning executives from major companies, including former CEO PaikkwangIndustrial(001340) and an executive fro…
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Cho Young-tak in "Butler Gate" Scandal Acquitted in Second Trial; Charges Dismissed Following First-Instance Ruling
Cho Young-tak, CEO of IMS Mobility, who is accused of embezzling investment funds along with Kim Ye-seong—known as the “butler” to First Lady Kim Keon-hee’s family—was acquitted again in the appellate…
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"130 Million Won in Daily Interest"... Will Chey Tae-won Pay 944 Billion Won to Noh So-young?
A decision will be made on the 14th as to whether the property division lawsuit between Chey Tae-won (65), chairman of #SK Group, and Noh So-young (65), director of Art Center Nabi, will be settled af…