Prosecutors on Thursday indicted two Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) lawmakers on charges of being involved in a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the main opposition party s 2021 leadership election.
An appellate court upheld a lower court s suspended prison term of four months for Rep. Lim Jong-seong of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea for election law violations Wednesday, a sentence heavy enough to remove him from parliament if confirmed by the Supreme Court.
Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor on January 20 asked South Korea to assist the ministry with technical aspects in relation to satellite systems, meteorology, hydrology and human resource training.
Police raided the home and the office of Rep. Lim Jong-seong of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Friday as part of an investigation into bribery allegations.