Politics
U.S. seeks $700,000 in assets of ex-Korean strongman
April 25, 2014
The United States on Thursday said it is seeking to recover more than $700,000 in alleged corruption proceeds of South Korea's disgraced former strongman Chun Doo-Hwan.The US Justice Department filed a civil forfeiture complaint in a US federal court in California to confiscate the funds, which were seized in the sale of a house in Newport Beach, California purchased by Chun's son, Chun Jae Yong, in 2005. The house was allegedly purchased with the benefits of the father's corrupt dealings, and t