Court denies arrest warrant for key suspect in land development scandal

A Seoul court late on Thursday night refused to issue an arrest warrant for the owner of a small company at the heart of a snowballing land development corruption scandal on bribery and other charges.

2021-10-15

Prosecutors drop charges against Seoul Mayor Oh for false information

Prosecutors dropped charges against Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Wednesday over allegations that he spread false information during the Seoul mayoral by-election in April.

2021-10-07

PPP accuses spy chief of orchestrating Yoon smear

The opposition People Power Party (PPP) is accusing Park Jie-won, chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), of conspiring with a whistleblower to derail the presidential candidacy of Yoon Seok-youl.

2021-09-13

Yoon Seok-youl dismisses 'dubious' allegations of complaints

Presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl fiercely rebutted Wednesday allegations of abetting a prosecutor to get the opposition party to file criminal complaints against pro-government figures ahead of last year’s general elections.

2021-09-08

Non-prosecutor appointed vice justice minister

President Moon Jae-in named Kang Sung-kook, a former judge, as new vice justice minister, said the Blue House Tuesday.

2021-07-13

Biggest reshuffle will hamper some high-profile probes

Justice Minister Park Beom-kye reshuffled mid-level prosecutors Friday, reassigning all senior prosecutors running investigations of key members of the Moon Jae-in administration.

2021-06-25

Troubling trends

Even pro-government Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo is resisting the Moon Jae-in administration’s attempt to diminish the independence of the prosecution. On Tuesday, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office squarely opposed Justice...

2021-06-08

Prosecution opposes Justice Ministry's plan to further limit its power

The prosecution on Tuesday formally opposed the Moon Jae-in administration’s plan to require district prosecutors to obtain approvals from the prosecutor general and the justice minister to launch investigations into major criminal cases.

2021-06-08

Bar Association protests as pro-Moon prosecutors get top jobs

The Korean Bar Association on Saturday protested the Justice Ministry’s decision to promote Seoul prosecution chief Lee Sung-yoon to head of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, despite his pending criminal trial for alleged abuse of power to...

2021-06-06

Protecting the powers that be

Prosecutors are strongly opposing Justice Minister Park Beom-kye’s plan to revamp the organization of the top law enforcement agency. They suspect the move is aimed at controlling the prosecution’s rights to directly investigate...

2021-05-24

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