Sang-dong Mine in Gangwon is assessed to hold the world’s largest reserve as a single mine.
Hwang Sang-moo, senior presidential secretary for civil and social affairs, resigned after making inappropriate remarks about a 1988 knife attack on a journalist, the presidential office said Wednesday.
People Power Party interim leader Han Dong-hoon, left, greets former Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Sang-min on Monday. Lee, a five-time lawmaker, had been with the Democratic Party (DP) for 20 years.
Prosecutors on Tuesday raided the homes of former special counsel Park Young-soo’s daughter and wife, widening their probe into Park’s ties to a prominent land development scandal.
Former special counsel Park Young-soo appeared at a warrant review hearing held Thursday morning to determine whether he should be arrested over corruption allegations tied to a prominent land development scandal.
Prosecutors raided ten locations on Tuesday as part of their probe into allegations that former lawmaker Kwak Sang-do and his son received a large bribe from a company at the center of the Daejang-dong development corruption scandal.
If the prosecution is sure Kwak’s misdeeds are serious, it must come up with a strong case in the second trial.
The Seoul Central District Court rejected allegations that the 5 billion won ($4 million) given by Daejang-dong developer Hwacheon Daeyu to Kwak’s son in March 2021 as a severance and performance bonus was bribery of the former lawmaker.
A close ally of Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Jae-myung was indicted Friday for allegedly taking bribes in a corruption scandal getting closer to implicating the DP leader.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap