A Seoul court is poised to kick off its trial of Kim Man-bae, the owner of an asset management firm at the center of a high-profile development corruption scandal, this week, legal sources said Sunday.
Violence and harassment towards media professionals were listed among significant challenges to human rights in Korea in a report released by the U.S. Department of State, Monday (local time). The annual report on human rights referred to several events that took place here in 2022 including the presidential office s decision to ban a major broadcaster from boarding the presidential jet in response to media coverage of President Yoon Suk Yeol s hot mic incident.
Corruption accusations are regularly used to settle political scores in South Korea, pointing to broader issues at work behind the scenes as the country’s social crisis. grows.
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