Offenders arrested for selling or buying drugs on the dark web increased by almost 13 times over the past five years, a report from the National Police Agency showed Thursday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday signed off on a motion requesting parliamentary consent to opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's arrest over bribery and other charges, his office said.
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was taken to a hospital on Monday due to deteriorating health as his hunger strike entered the 19th day, officials said..
The National Forensic Service (NFS) will form a new division to tackle the growing number of narcotics crimes in Korea. The government already allocated a portion of next year s budget to form such a division, according to the Ministry of Interior and Safety, Sunday.
Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung appeared before prosecutors Saturday for questioning over his alleged involvement in a company's alleged illegal money transfers to North Korea. Lee, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), showed up at the Suwon District Prosecutors Office in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul, marking his fifth appearance for prosecution questioning. He was last questioned on Aug.