Seoul, April 28 (IANS) An appeals court in South Korea on Tuesday sentenced Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) to a two-year prison term on charges of accepting illegal political funds from the Unification Church. The Seoul High Court handed down the sentence after finding him guilty of accepting 100 million won (US$68,000) in January 2022 from a church official seeking favours from the former administration of President Yoon Suk Yeol, reports Yonhap news agenc…
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Seoul, Feb 5 (IANS) South Korea’s Police on Thursday requested arrest warrants for a lawmaker and a former Seoul city councillor embroiled in a bribery scandal linked to the 2022 local elections.The warrants were sought for Rep. Kang Sun-woo, an independent who formerly belonged to the ruling Democratic Party (DP), and Kim Kyung, who until recently served as a Seoul city councillor, reports Yonhap news agency.Kim is accused of offering 100 million won (US$68,500) to Kang in exchange for a DP nom…
Seoul, Dec 24 (IANS) A special counsel team indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday on charges of receiving dozens of opinion poll results for free in violation of the Political Funds Act. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team announced the indictment in a notice to the press, saying it also indicted Myung Tae-kyun, a self-proclaimed power broker, on charges of providing the opinion polls to Yoon.Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, have been accused of receiving the results of 58 opinion…