비영리 독립언론 뉴스타파와 국제탐사보도언론 인협회(ICIJ)가 30일 발표한 조세피난처 3차 명단에는 한국의 대표적인 금융인, 예술인, 기업인, 교육인이 두루 포함됐다.뉴스타파는 이날 김석기 전 중앙종금 사장, 김 전 사장의 부인 연극인 윤석화씨, 이수형 현 삼성전자 준법경영실 전무, 조원표 현 앤비아트제이 대표, 전성용 경동대학교 총장 등 5명이 영국령 버진아일랜드와 싱가포르 등에 페이퍼컴퍼니를 설립해 운영해온 사실을 확인했다고 공개했다. ◇ 김석기 전 중앙종금 사장•연극인 윤석화씨 부부 등이날 명단에서 눈에 띄는 인물은 김석기 전 중앙종금 사장이다. 그는 외환위기 이후 40대 초반에 한누리투자증권, 중앙종금 사장에 오르며 '금융계의 풍운아'로 불렸다. 그러나 주가조작 혐의로 검찰에 수배돼 2000년 8월부터 해외도피 중이다.그는 버진아일랜드에 있는 6개 회사에 이사•주주로 이름을 올렸다. 가장 오래된 것은 1990년 영국령 버진아일랜드에 세운 '프리미어 코퍼레이션'이란 유령회사다

Global market turbulence, beset by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe with slow consumer spending on austerity measures, has made a variety of businesses reluctant to invest, and instead hoard reserves for more rainy days.This business trend has been prevalent since the global financial crisis in 2008 with a series of collapses and bailouts of the financial sector that eventually affected commerce or manufacturing.However, Pernod Ricard SA, a France-based spirits and wine giant, has noticeably

South Korea has asked U.N. human rights agencies to help ensure the safety of nine North Korean defectors who were repatriated to the North from China after being caught in Laos, a senior Seoul official said Thursday. The North Koreans, aged between 15 and 23, fled their country to Laos via China last month. They were forced to return home on Tuesday, a day after they were deported to China from Laos after being rounded up by the Lao authorities on May 10.South Korea had appealed to both Laos an

Three foreign activists disrobed in front of the Justice Ministry on Wednesday to protest against the jailing of a Tunisian member of Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, quickly attracting a crowd of offended Tunisians before the three women were hustled away by police.The trio, one German and two French, approached the entrance to the ministry wearing coats which they took off, revealing naked torsos scrawled with “Breasts Feed Revolution.” Wearing just jean shorts, the women chanted in English “Fr

President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to adopt a joint declaration that includes the "denuclearization" of North Korea, after their summit talks set for late next month, a diplomatic source in Seoul said Thursday. South Korea and China have been in the midst of fine-tuning the language to be used in the joint declaration, the source said on the condition of anonymity. Park is scheduled to visit China late next month for her first summit with Xi since taking office i

이재용 삼성전자 부회장이 아들의 영훈 국제중 입학과 관련해 물의를 빚어 죄송하다고 30일 밝혔다.이 부회장은 사과문에서 "제 아들의 학교 문제로 물의를 빚어 죄송하다"면서 "이 문제로 논란이 일면서 제 아이가 학교를 그만두는 것이  옳다고 생각했다"고 밝혔다. 영훈국제중 입학과 관련해 특혜논란 및 부정 입학 의혹에 휩싸인 이 부회장의 아들은 결국 자퇴를 한 것으로 알려졌다.지난 1월, 영훈초등학교를 졸업한 이 부회장의 아들이 한부모가정 자녀 자격으로 사회적 배려자 전형에 합격한 것이 알려지자 이를 두고 논란이 일었다. 일각에서는 “이 부회장의 가정 역시 한부모 가정이기 때문에 정당한 합격”이라고 주장한 반면 다른 한쪽에서는 “삼성 그룹의 후계자로 꼽히는 이 부회장의 자녀가 사회적으로 혜택받지 못한 가정이라고 보는 것은 무리”라고 주장했다.이를 계기로 서울시교육청이 영훈국제중의 입시 비리 의혹을 감사한 뒤 고발하면서 검찰 수사도 시작됐다.한편 이 부회장의 아들의 입학을 두고 부정입학이

Samsung Electronic Co. vice chairman Lee Jay-yong publicly apologized on Thursday for a controversy involving his son’s admission to the Younghoon International Middle School.“I am sorry for causing public concern involving my son’s school admission,” said Lee, heir-apparent to Korea’s largest conglomerate Samsung Group. “I think it is right for my son to leave the school.Lee’s 13-year-old son did not show up at Younghoon on Wednesday. Disputes arose in January over his admission to the elite in

South Korean display maker Samsung Display Co. kept its dominant position in the market for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels that are 9.1 inches or smaller in the first quarter, data showed Thursday.Sales of smaller display panels by Samsung Display reached $2.24 billion in the January-March period, accounting for 23.5 percent of the global market, according to the data by market researcher DisplaySearch. The first-quarter figure is up 28.5 percent from $1.75 billion in sales a year earlier,

South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Thursday, led by gains in auto-related shares, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) climbed 3.1 points, or 0.15 percent, to 2,004.30 in the first 15 minutes of trading. No. 1 carmaker Hyundai Motor gained nearly 1 percent, with its smaller affiliate Kia Motors jumping nearly 2.4 percent. Its auto-parts maker Hyundai Mobis also advanced 1.2 percent. The local currency was trading at 1,127.85 won against the U.S. dollar a

Britain said Thursday it has sent a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with new information on three further incidents of alleged chemical weapons use by the Syrian government.Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said his government has continued to provide new information to the secretary-general and the head of the U.N. team Ban appointed to investigate alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria.The Syrian government asked Ban to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack by rebe

Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek another term, conditions that will make it difficult for the opposition to agree to U.N.-sponsored talks on ending the civil war. Any deal reached in such talks would have to be put to a referendum, Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem added in a TV interview, introducing a new condition that could complicate efforts by the U.S. and Russia to bring both

Hurricane Barbara made landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Pacific coast Wednesday, the second-earliest landfall since reliable record-keeping began in 1966. At least two people were killed, including a man identified by local officials as a U.S. surfer.The director of civil defense for Oaxaca state, Manuel Maza Sanchez, said a 61-year-old man from Colorado died while surfing at Playa Azul, a beach near the resort town of Puerto Escondido, as Barbara made landfall about

Israel is preparing to build more than 1,000 new settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem as the United States strives to revive dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, an NGO said late Wednesday.Danny Seidemann, director of Jerusalem settlement watchdog Terrestrial Jerusalem, told AFP that contracts for 300 homes in the northeastern settlement of Ramot were signed and another 797 plots were to be offered for sale in the southern Jerusalem settlement of Gilo, near the West bank city of Jerusalem

The U.S. government said Wednesday it remains concerned about reports that financial sanctions on nuclear-armed North Korea are taking a toll on humanitarian aid for the country's people in need."We're aware of them. That's an issue, of course, we remain deeply concerned about," State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said at a press briefing.In March, the U.S. designated the North's Foreign Trade Bank for its role in facilitating the communist nation's proliferation activities. The measure

South Korea's industrial output grew in April for the first time in four months amid still lingering economic uncertainties, a government report showed Thursday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries increased 0.8 percent last month from a month earlier. From a year ago, it grew 1.7 percent, bouncing back from two consecutive months of contractions.The output in the service sector also grew 0.2 percent on-month in Apri

Three months after being dropped from the 2020 Olympics, wrestling won a reprieve Wednesday and made the IOC shortlist for inclusion in the games.Also making the cut were squash and a combined baseball-softball bid.Eight sports were vying for a single opening on the lineup. Eliminated from contention were five sports _ karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and the Chinese martial art of wushu. The IOC executive board will submit wrestling, squash and baseball-softball to the full I

CJ그룹의 탈세 및 비자금 조성 의혹을 수사하고 있는 검찰이 29일 이재현 그룹 회장의 자택을 전격 압수수색했다.검찰은 이날 장충동 빌라촌에 위치한 이 회장의 자택과 자동차에서 각종 내부 보고 문서와 컴퓨터 하드디스크 등을 확보했다. 검찰은 지난 21일에는 중구 남대문로 CJ 본사와 쌍림동 제일제당센터, 장충동 경영연구소, 인재원, 전•현직 재무담당 핵심 임직원 2명의 자택 등 6곳에 수사팀을 보내 회계 장부와 자금 관리 문건, 컴퓨터 하드디스크 등을 확보한 바 있다. 당시 법원은 이 회장 집에 대한 압수수색 영장은 기각한 것으로 알려졌다.검찰은 CJ그룹의 수천억원대 비자금 조성과 수백억원대 탈세 의혹에 이 회장이 있으며 이와 관련된 각종 불법 활동을 지시하고 보고받았다고 영장에 적시한 것으로 전해졌다.또한 이날 검찰은 신한은행 도쿄지점이 CJ그룹의 일본법인이 운영하는 것으로 알려진 팬재팬(주)에 대출해준 240억원과 관련해 신한은행 본점을 압수수색했다. 검찰은 일부 상환된 대출금의

U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon has pushed for stronger military relations with China as part of preparations for a summit next month between President Barack Obama and China's Xi Jinping.However, difficulties establishing trust between the sides were underscored by new revelations Tuesday that China used cyberattacks to access data from nearly 40 Pentagon weapons programs and almost 30 other defense technologies, ranging from missile defense systems to the F-35 joint strike fighter.T

Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday said he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at Internet-linked eyewear such as Google Glass.Google Glass is "not likely to be a mass market item" but Apple is "incredibly interested" in the broader area of wearable computing, Cook said in an on-stage interview at an AllThingsD conference in California.He predicted there will be "tons of companies playing" in the wearable computing sector but sidestepp

South Korea has asked China not to repatriate nine North Korean defectors, who were sent back to China from Laos early this week, to their totalitarian homeland, a senior Seoul official said Wednesday. The nine North Koreans, aged between 15 and 23, were deported to China, on Monday, after being rounded up by the Lao authorities on May 10, Seoul's foreign ministry officials have said. South Korea had asked Laos to send them to Seoul after they fled from their country to the Southeast Asian natio