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4d ago
A district court in Gwangju has handed down a suspended prison sentence to a man who abandoned his newborn daughter in a baby box in 2016 ..read more
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4d ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday finalized a suspended prison term for a former vice oceans minister charged with interfering with an independent panel's investigation into the cause of the deadly sinking of the ferry Sewol in 2014 ..read more
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4d ago
Police have booked nine more suspected accomplices in the recently detected installations of spy cameras at about 40 polling stations ahead of the April 10 parliamentary elections, officials said Monday ..read more
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4d ago
Questioning of Kakao founder Kim Beom-su is necessary as part of an investigation into alleged stock price manipulation connected to the firm's takeover of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, a prosecution office said Tuesday ..read more
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4d ago
President Yoon Suk Yeol's mother-in-law, who has been serving a one-year prison term for forgery, is expected to undergo a parole review by the justice ministry next week, sources said Thursday ..read more
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4d ago
A Chinese national was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison Thursday in an appeals trial on charges of secretly filming more than 230 people with cameras hidden in motel rooms in Seoul last year ..read more
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4d ago
Police raided the homes of doctors accused of drawing up a 'blacklist' of interns and resident doctors opting out of a walkout protesting the government's decision to increase the medical school enrollment quota, officials said Friday ..read more
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4d ago
A Chinese dissident, who recently fled to Korea seeking asylum, failed to obtain refugee status after a local immigration office declined to review his application, citing that he did not meet the standards for asylum seekers ..read more
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2w ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling ordering a law school not to disqualify an applicant refusing to comply with an interview date set by the school for religious reasons ..read more
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2w ago
A South Korean national has died in a gunfight with police in Cebu, the Philippines, while allegedly robbing a house with two other Korean companions, local news outlets reported Thursday ..read more