While the Democratic Party is engrossed in looking into first lady Kim Keon Hee’s suspicious acceptance of a luxury handbag in 2022, the People Power Party has just found a perfect item for a counterattack.
Multiple packages containing unknown substances, sent from overseas and being delivered to random places in Korea, have recently been raising concern around the country.
Although there can be a limit to the investigation as it requires Beijing’s cooperation, prosecutors must thoroughly probe the possibility of money transfer to North Korea.
Virtual assets may in some cases be securities, the governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) suggested on Thursday.
An additional $1 billion-plus of suspicious transactions have been identified at Korean banks by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said that the volume of suspicious crypto-related transactions at two of the country's largest banks is far higher than earlier reported.
The prosecution and FSS must find the truth behind the case and hold related officials of the banks accountable if there are any. CEOs of those banks must find ways to prevent such murky flows of money.
The prosecution launched an investigation into suspicious foreign exchange transactions reported by Shinhan and Woori Bank last month, local media reported Monday.
In a questioning session Thursday by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, Kim Jin-wook, head of the Corruption...
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