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Private Ambulance Operators Charge 9x Legal Fee, Run Uninsured
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (821+ words) Seoul Economic Daily A patient's family member, identified only as A, who called a private ambulance in Seoul on the 6th of this month to transport a relative suffering from mental illness, said, "The company demanded 900, 000 won in cash, nine times…...
Sejong Hotel Union Leader Detained Over Protest Backing Dismissed Teacher
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (261+ words) Seoul Economic Daily Koh Jin-soo, head of the Sejong Hotel branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions' Service Federation, has been referred to prosecutors for participating in a protest demanding the reinstatement of a teacher who was dismissed after…...
Court Rules Semiconductor Worker's Breast Cancer as Industrial Accident
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (186+ words) A worker who developed breast cancer while working at semiconductor plants has been recognized as having suffered an industrial accident in a first-instance ruling. The court determined that hazardous substances and shift work at the factories could have caused the…...
Arrest Warrant Sought for HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk Over IPO Fraud Allegations
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (155+ words) Police have sought an arrest warrant for HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, who is suspected of deceiving investors into selling their shares ahead of the company's initial public offering (IPO). In response to the police's request for the arrest warrant, Bang's…...
Rights Commission Finds Psychiatric Hospitalization by Unqualified Family Violated Freedom
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (195+ words) Victim Hospitalized with Consent from Son and Spouse Spouse Found to Be in Divorce Proceedings, Son Under Restraining Order The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has ruled that involuntarily admitting a patient to a psychiatric institution based solely on…...
Police Seek Arrest Warrant for HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk Over Fraudulent Trading
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (81+ words) First Attempt to Detain Suspect Since Investigation Launched in Late 2024 The Seoul Economic Daily (Commentary) The Editorial Board (Opinion) Store articles and watch your personal category mix with top keywords " the reading pattern that makes you, you. AI PRISM delivers…...
Prosecutors Seek 1-Year Prison Term for Ex-Special Counsel Park in 'Fake Fisherman' Bribery Case
2+ day, 33+ min ago (515+ words) Prosecutors sought a one-year prison sentence on appeal for former special counsel Park Young-soo, who was given a suspended prison term in the first trial on charges of receiving a Porsche rental car and other benefits from a so-called "fake…...
Kim Keon-hee's Telegram Messages to Ex-Justice Minister Revealed in Court
2+ day, 38+ min ago (550+ words) Seoul Economic Daily Telegram messages sent by former first lady Kim Keon-hee to former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae were disclosed during his trial, where Park faces allegations of attempting to quash a prosecution investigation into Kim's acceptance of a luxury…...
Overcrowded Prisons Undermine Korea's Correctional Mission
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (707+ words) Seoul Economic Daily Anyang Prison in Gyeonggi Province, visited on the 19th, is Korea's oldest correctional facility, having opened in 1963. Former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Lee Myung-bak, former South Chungcheong Governor Ahn Hee-jung, "Molar Daddy" Lee Young-hak, and Oh Won-chun all…...
FSS Warns of Virtual Account Scams Tied to Voice Phishing
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (235+ words) Transferring a virtual account to someone else could make the holder a suspected accomplice in crimes such as voice phishing, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) warned. The watchdog issued a consumer alert, saying cases of virtual accounts being abused as…...