Mar 24, 2019

[Newsmaker] Police raid surgeon's office in possible probe against Samsung heiress

The police raided a plastic surgery clinic on Saturday in a possible probe into allegations that Lee Boo-jin, a daughter of Samsung Group patriarch Lee Kun-hee, may have abused an addictive substance...

Mar 22, 2019

[Newsmaker] US apologizes to S. Korean figure skater after controversial incident

The US figure skating team at the world championships has apologized to injured South Korean skater Lim Eun-soo following a controversial incident involving her American rival. The Korea Skating Uni...

Mar 21, 2019

[Newsmaker] Singer Jung Joon-young admits to sex video charges before arrest warrant hearing

Singer Jung Joon-young admitted to the charges against him Thursday, acknowledging he had illegally filmed and distributed sex videos, before heading into the Seoul court for his arrest warrant heari...

Mar 20, 2019

[Newsmaker] Seungri postpones military draft amid Burning Sun probe

The enlistment of K-pop star Seungri has been delayed amid the investigation into the Burning Sun scandal, the Military Manpower Administration announced Wednesday. Seungri filed an application Mond...

Mar 20, 2019

[Newsmaker] Military recruitment agency okays Seungri's request for draft delay

South Korea's military recruitment agency said Wednesday that it has decided to accept a request by Seungri of boy band BIGBANG to delay his military draft amid a probe into sex-for-favors allegation...

Mar 20, 2019

[Newsmaker] 2017 Pohang earthquake probably caused by geothermal plant

South Korea's second-most destructive earthquake, which struck the southeastern city of Pohang in 2017, was probably triggered by an experimental geothermal power plant, the government said Wednesday...

Mar 19, 2019

[Newsmaker] State authority blocks truth, says man who blew open Burning Sun scandal

Kim Sang-kyo, who opened the floodgates of a gamut of allegations, including illegal drug use, sexual assault to police corruption at the Burning Sun club, appeared before the police Tuesday for ques...

Mar 19, 2019

[Newsmaker] Burning Sun head attends arrest warrant hearing

Lee Moon-ho, the head of nightclub Burning Sun marred by allegations of sexual assault, drug use and corrupt ties with the police, attended a hearing on an arrest warrant against him Tuesday. He is s...

Mar 18, 2019

[Newsmaker] Parents of jailed celebrity stock analyst found dead

The parents of Lee Hee-jin, 33, a celebrity stock analyst jailed for illegal stock dealings, were found dead Saturday in an apparent double murder, police said Monday. (Lee Hee-jin' blog) Lee’s f...

Mar 17, 2019

[Newsmaker] Police look into golf-betting allegations against Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Joon-ho

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Sunday that it was looking into allegations that TV stars Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Joon-ho had bet on a game of golf. The police agency’s special crime squad ha...

Mar 17, 2019

[Newsmaker] Police officer booked for alleged role in snowballing scandal involving K-pop stars

A police officer has been booked for investigation over his alleged involvement in the snowballing sex and corruption scandal centering on a former member of famous K-pop band BIGBANG, police said Su...

Mar 15, 2019

[Newsmaker] Prosecutors raid Seoul bourse on Samsung’s accounting probe

Prosecutors raided South Korea’s main bourse on Friday, as part of a probe concerning the accounting fraud by Samsung BioLogics. Officials of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office were sent...

Mar 15, 2019

[Newsmaker] SK Chemicals executive arrested in humidifier sterilizer scandal

An executive of SK Chemicals Co. has been arrested on the charge of destroying evidence on the toxicity of raw materials for humidifier sterilizers supplied to other local companies, court officials ...

Mar 14, 2019

[Newsmaker] SK in crosshairs after probe into toxic humidifier disinfectants reopens

Four high-ranking officials from SK Chemicals attended an arrest warrant hearing Thursday as part of a reopened investigation into toxic humidifier disinfectants that in 2011 were linked to hundreds ...