8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (282+ words) Korea Forest Service Launches Intensive Autumn Crackdown on Illegal Forest Activity Sept. 14 to Oct. 31, Targeting Unauthorized Harvesting of Forest Products DAEJEON — "Harvesting forest products without the landowner's consent is an illegal act that strips foresters of their livelihood." The Korea…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (226+ words) Probe Into Suspected Violation of Serious Accidents Punishment Act The Ministry of Employment and Labor has launched a second round of compulsory investigation into the death of a subcontractor worker who was crushed by machinery at the Pyeongtaek plant of…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (257+ words) Seoul Economic Daily South Korea's Korea Communications Standards Commission has asked Google to delete personal information about victims of digital sex crimes that was exposed to an outside institution, and has begun a joint response with international organizations The commission…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (408+ words) Police to Step Up Patrols in Areas Dense With Single-Person Households Staying Home Firm Response Planned for Domestic Violence, Stalking and Other Relationship-Based Crimes Traffic Volume Seen Rising 11.8%, With Officers Concentrated at Peak Points Police will focus preventive assessments and…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (215+ words) en.sedaily.com South Korea's Korean Intellectual Property Office is pushing ahead with a consolidation that will cut the number of institutions under its wing from six to four The agency said on the 11th that it will merge the Korea…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (251+ words) Separate 'Landing Pages' Guided Users to New Web Addresses Sites Grew to 23 to Evade Government Blocking Banner Ads Brought in 70 Million Won in Profit A working programmer and an accomplice have been arrested for distributing about 110,000 illegal videos, including illegally…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (124+ words) Decision on Indicting MBK and Homeplus Executives Expected Soon MBK Partners Chairman Michael Byungju Kim was summoned by prosecutors for questioning as a suspect in the Homeplus case. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office's anti-corruption investigation division 2, led by senior…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (254+ words) One-Year Prison Term Suspended for Two Years Over Political Funds Law Violation Acquitted of Leaking Industrial Complex Site Information Two Younger Brothers Acquitted; Kang Hye-kyoung Fined 9 Million Won CHANGWON — The Changwon District Court sentenced former lawmaker Kim Young-sun to one…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (130+ words) Prosecutors have arrested the head of an illegal lending operation after supplementary investigation, reversing a police decision not to refer the case that had rested on false testimony from members of the ring. The leader's defense lawyer, who coached the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (239+ words) Visit to Seoul's Dongdaemun Station, Where the New System Is Being Piloted "Burden of Early Adoption, but We Will Minimize Concerns in the Field" Plans Include Staffing Increases and Better Working Conditions Kim Jong-cheol, acting commissioner general of the Korean…...