The prosecution on Tuesday requested an arrest warrant for a former deputy secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party on corruption charges. The Seoul Central Prosecutors Office said Lee Jung-geun, 59, is suspected of taking about 950 million won ($667,549) from a businessperson between December 2019 and January last year in exchange for promises to lobby officials of the government and public institutions for business favors.
South Korea has advanced its bid to stage next year's Asian Football
Confederation Asian Cup with the appointment of former players Hwang
Sun-hong and Lee Young-pyo as honorary ambassadors, but Australia has
withdrawn from the process.
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