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Mon, March 1, 2021 | 13:22

New legislation toughens punishment for perpetrators of fatal child abuse

New legislation toughens punishment for perpetrators of fatal child abuse

The National Assembly has approved a law revision that would step up the punishment for perpetrators of fatal child abuse in the wake of a series of recent deaths of abused children. The bill to revise the act on child abuse crimes passed a plenary National Assembly session Friday. The revised law newly codifies the crime of child abuse homicide, stipulating the maximum capit...

2021-02-28 09:31

12-year-old boy accused of threatening terrorist attack on Incheon airport

12-year-old boy accused of threatening terrorist attack on Incheon airport

A 12-year-old boy has been accused of uploading a YouTube clip threatening a terrorist attack at Incheon International Airport on March 1, the Independence Movement Day holiday here, according to Incheon International Airport Police, Friday. The police said their international investigation had identified the person who posted the video: a boy who was born in Korea and is now...

Kim Rahn | 2021-02-26 13:15

Bill passed on heavier punishment for child abuse resulting in death

Bill passed on heavier punishment for child abuse resulting in death

A revision bill calling for heavier punishment in child abuse cases resulting in death passed the committee stage, Thursday, after the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee forwarded it for a vote by lawmakers. The revision comes amid public anger over a series of cases of child abuse that resulted in death, including that of a 16-month-old baby girl killed by...

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-02-25 16:08

Court temporarily halts 6-month suspension of cable channel MBN

Court temporarily halts 6-month suspension of cable channel MBN

A Seoul court has granted an injunction to temporarily lift the suspension order given to MBN, a local cable TV channel last year over accounting fraud, judicial sources said Wednesday.

2021-02-24 20:24

9 foreign nationals detained in relation to alleged assault

9 foreign nationals detained in relation to alleged assault

Police have arrested nine foreign nationals in a recent assault case that sparked public outrage after video of the attack went viral on social media, officials said Tuesday. The Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency said the suspects from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were detained on charges of beating and injuring two migrant workers in Hwaseong, about 40 kilometers south of Se...

2021-02-23 20:52

'They could have saved my mother': Police under fire for 'slow response' to urgent call

'They could have saved my mother': Police under fire for 'slow response' to urgent call

Police have drawn criticism for their “slow response” to a victim's desperate call for help before she was stabbed to death by a man last week. According to a petition on the Cheong Wa Dae website, posted Monday by a person who claimed to be a daughter of the victim, police officers arrived at the attacker's home in Gwangmyeong about 50 minutes after the call.

Lee Gyu-lee | 2021-02-23 19:37

Ex-county governor jailed for hiring gangster to threaten journalist

Ex-county governor jailed for hiring gangster to threaten journalist

The former Uiryeong County governor has been put behind bars for hiring a gangster to threaten a journalist who was critical of him when he was in office. The Changwon District Court's Masan branch court sentenced Oh Yeong-ho, 72, to two years and four months in prison.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-02-22 16:57

Kolon Life executives acquitted of falsifying data of gene therapy drug

Kolon Life executives acquitted of falsifying data of gene therapy drug

Two Kolon Life Science executives were acquitted Friday of involvment in the company's allegedly fraudulent report on a key ingredient in its gene therapy drug. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the ruling to the drugmaker's two executives, surnamed Cho and Kim, who were indicted on charges including fraud related to the company's suspected illegalities in the deve...

2021-02-19 15:39

McDonald's worker arrested for filming coworkers undressing

McDonald's worker arrested for filming coworkers undressing

A worker at a McDonald's branch in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, has been arrested for repeatedly filming his coworkers in a unisex changing room. Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency said Thursday that the 25-year-old man, who had worked in the branch from June 2019 to December 2020, has been accused of secretly recording videos of his coworkers undressing in the changi...

2021-02-18 18:25

3 hours next to pervert on bus: 'I still retch thinking about it'

3 hours next to pervert on bus: 'I still retch thinking about it'

A woman who had to endure three hours on a bus sitting next to a pervert said she is still traumatized by the experience even after a month.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-02-18 16:25

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