Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the Democratic Party of Korea, faces charges related to the 'SSANGBANGWOOL North Korea remittance' case, and the first trial will resume on April 23rd. It has been 132 days since the trial was paused due to Lee's request for 'recusal of the judge.' He was indicte...
Regarding the 'Baekhyeon-dong development preferential treatment suspicion,' the first trial sentencing date for Jeong Ba-ul (69), chairman of Asia Developer, who faces charges of embezzlement and breach of trust amounting to 48 billion won, has been delayed by one week. The 27th Criminal Division o...
On the 28th, the Korean Bar Association noted that the Constitutional Court must promptly issue a ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial. The association urged a swift ruling from the court through a statement, saying, "We call for the court to act quickly to prevent a prolonged state...
Korean game company NCSOFT won its second trial in a lawsuit claiming that WEBZEN mimicked its games, leading to losses. The damages awarded in the first trial were set at 1 billion won, but this increased to 16.9 billion won in the second trial. This amount is said to be the highest ever in domesti...
On the 27th, prosecutors searched Shin Poong Pharm and Samsung Securities. This is to investigate allegations that former CEO Jang Won-jun, who is the second-generation founder of Shin Poong Pharm, used undisclosed important information to avoid investment losses. The Financial Services Commission's...
The spouse of Mokpo Mayor Park Hong-ryul was sentenced to a suspended prison term for violating the Public Official Election Act, resulting in the invalidation of Mayor Park's election. The Public Official Election Act stipulates that if the spouse of an elected official receives a fine of 3 million...
On the 26th, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was acquitted in the appeal trial of the election law violation case. On that day, the Seoul High Court ruled that Lee's statements claiming he 'did not know the late Kim Moon-ki, who was a key practitioner during his time as m...
On the 26th, the Seoul High Court determined that Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, could not be punished for publicly disseminating false information after stating that he changed the land use of the Baekhyeon-dong site at the request of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tra...
The Seoul High Court on the 26th ruled that Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung did not publish false facts when he stated that he did not play golf with the late Kim Moon-ki, former head of the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, who was a key practitioner in the Daejang-dong case during his ...
As wildfires spread, over 500 inmates from the Northern Gyeongsang Province No. 2 Prison were transferred to other facilities. This is a measure in accordance with the law regarding the execution of sentences and the treatment of inmates. The law states that 'in the event of a natural disaster where...
