Yeongjongdo, Jan 23 (IANS) A group of 73 South Koreans detained in Cambodia over alleged involvement in online scam operations was forcibly returned home Friday to face investigation.A chartered Korean Air flight arrived at Incheon International Airport at 9:41 a.m. after departing from Phnom Penh, marking the nation’s largest repatriation of criminal suspects from a single country.The suspects had been detained in Cambodia after a joint investigation between South Korean and Cambodian police, a…
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Seoul, Jan 22 (IANS) Seventy-three South Korean nationals who have been detained in Cambodia over alleged involvement in scam crimes will be forcibly returned home for investigation, Cheong Wa Dae said on Thursday.A chartered flight will depart from Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at 8:45 p.m. and return at 9:10 a.m. on Friday carrying the suspects, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung told reporters.The suspects were detained in Cambodia by a joint investigation team and are acc…
Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) Lee Hye-hoon, the nominee to head the newly established Ministry of Planning and Budget in South Korea, came under intensifying political pressure Saturday to step down as suspicions of her husband’s past real estate speculation emerged following revelations of her mistreating an intern while serving as a lawmaker.Lee, a former three-term lawmaker from the conservative bloc, has drawn criticism from both the ruling and opposition parties since her surprise nomination by Presi…
Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) Lee Hye-hoon, the nominee to head the newly established Ministry of Planning and Budget, came under intensifying political pressure on Saturday to step down as suspicions of her husband’s past real estate speculation emerged following revelations of her mistreating an intern while serving as a lawmaker.Lee, a former three-term lawmaker from the conservative bloc, has drawn criticism from both the ruling and opposition parties since her surprise nomination by President Lee Jae…