Seoul, July 27 (IANS) A Seoul court on Monday convicted South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol of election law violations, putting the main opposition party at risk of returning nearly 40 billion won (USD 27.3 million) that was reimbursed in campaign expenses for the 2022 presidential election. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of making false statements as the People Power Party (PPP)’s presidential …
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Seoul, July 16 (IANS) South Korea’s police said Thursday they have applied for an arrest warrant for a woman who staged a solo blockade of a vote counting centre last month amid protests demanding a rerun of the June 3 local elections. The woman is accused of standing outside a door to the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul, which had been used as a ballot counting centre, on June 16 and preventing sports groups based at the stadium from entering.The woman had refused to move desp…
Seoul, July 13 (IANS) A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison after finding him partially guilty of accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker.The Seoul Central District Court convicted the jailed former president on charges of violating the Political Funds Act in a ruling that marked a departure from a separate trial where his wife was acquitted on the same charges…
Seoul, July 4 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday rejected criticism by opposition sides that the government’s large-scale regional investment drive is aimed at boosting his approval ratings, saying the three “megaprojects” are designed to create new hope and a future for the country.Earlier this week, the government unveiled its “three megaprojects” initiative, which envisions a national transformation driven by semiconductors, physical artificial intelligence (AI) and AI da…
Seoul, June 28 (IANS) Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are set to announce major investment plans early this week at a meeting presided over by President Lee Jae Myung, the presidential office said on Sunday.The investments will be unveiled during a briefing scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Cheong Wa Dae on the government’s three mega projects aimed at balanced regional development, presidential spokesperson Kang Yoo-jung said.The initiative is jointly pushed by the trade, science, transport and e…
Seoul, June 23 (IANS) A parliamentary special committee on Tuesday conducted its first inquiry into the National Election Commission (NEC) over an unprecedented shortage of ballots during the recent local elections in South Korea. Last week, the National Assembly launched a special 18-member committee to investigate the cause of the shortage of ballots at more than a dozen polling stations in Seoul during the June 3 local elections.”As the chairperson, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for t…
Seoul, June 21 (IANS) Protests demanding a rerun of the June 3 local elections marred by ballot paper shortages entered the 17th day Sunday at a ballot counting site in southern Seoul.Protesters continued to chant slogans and hold pickets claiming election fraud outside SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul’s southern ward of Songpa, which was used as a ballot counting site for the elections.As many as 34,000 people were gathered at the venue as of 3:30 pm, with those in their 20s and 30s accou…
Seoul, June 12 (IANS) South Korea’s justice ministry has approved a request from investigators to impose a travel ban on the former head of the National Election Commission (NEC) amid a probe into shortages of ballots during last week’s local elections, sources said Friday. The ministry took the measure against Roh Tae-ak, former chairperson of the NEC, as well as other key officials upon requests made by a team of investigators probing the case, according to judiciary sources.The move came a da…
Seoul, June 11 (IANS) South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday launched formal procedures for a potential parliamentary investigation into ballot shortages reported during last week’s local elections, with requests for the probe submitted by both the ruling and opposition parties being reported to a plenary session.The head of the Proceedings Division of the National Assembly Secretariat said that the requests for a parliamentary probe were submitted separately by the ruling Democratic Party …
Seoul, June 8 (IANS) A special counsel team in South Korea sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday for violating the election law in the lead-up to his presidential election in 2022. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team made the sentencing recommendation at the Seoul Central District Court during the final hearing of Yoon’s trial on charges of violating the Public Officials Election Act when he was the presidential candidate of the People Power Party (PPP).Yoon …