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Korean Jessica's Law proposed to keep sex offenders far from schools

Sex offenders will be forbidden from living near locations where children are commonly present if a proposed law is passed.

2023-01-26

Serial sex offender kept in jail over new charge

Prosecutors on Sunday obtained an arrest warrant for a 54-year-old serial sex offender due to be released from prison on Monday.

2022-10-17

Farm, fish workers going illegal in large numbers

Nearly 20,000 foreigners who came to Korea to work on farms or in fishing villages have overstayed their visas and gone illegal.

2022-10-04

Lone Star arbitration ruling to be challenged by Korea

Dallas-based Lone Star Funds has been awarded $216.5 million in an arbitration with the Korea government over losses it incurred when it sought to sell a stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB).

2022-08-31

For a better future

According to KT&G, a donation of 180 million won ($133,800) was made to the Justice Ministry to build a Snoezelen controlled multisensory environment room at the National Forensic Hospital in Gongju, South Chungcheong.

2022-08-24

Politicians excluded from Yoon Suk-yeol's first pardons

Former President Lee Myung-bak and former South Gyeongsang Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo are not expected to be pardoned by President Yoon Suk-yeol on Liberation Day next Monday.

2022-08-10

Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon has big immigration ideas

A major priority for Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon will be a new agency to tackle immigration issues, including attracting foreign talent to Korea, aides to Han said.

2022-05-30

Justice Minister tries setting up new probe teams

The Justice Ministry appears to be trying to create a joint investigative division involving regional prosecutors' offices under the direction of new Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon, according to officials Monday.

2022-05-24

Falling into its own trap

At first glance, the argument that Korea will become a republic of the prosecution seems reasonable since a former prosecutor-general was elected president.

2022-04-12

Yoon’s transition team postpones Justice Ministry briefing

President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol's transition team suddenly postponed a briefing it was set to receive from the Justice Ministry on Thursday in another instance of a clash between the outgoing and incoming governments.

2022-03-24

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