Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s reaction to the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller has drawn criticism across political circles, including from senior Republicans.Mueller, who led the FBI for more than a decade and later oversaw the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, died on Saturday.Shortly after the news broke, Trump posted: “Robert Mueller just died. Good. I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people.”The remarks p…
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Seoul, Feb 2 (IANS) A special counsel team has questioned the top executive of a Coupang Corp. affiliate over allegations of unpaid severance pay for company employees.Chung Jong-chul, CEO of Coupang Fulfillment Services (CFS), a logistics subsidiary of Coupang, appeared at the office of special counsel Ann Gweon-seob in the morning to be grilled as a suspect about the company’s severance pay dispute.Chung and his predecessor, Eom Seong-hwan, are suspected of changing the company’s employment ru…
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration is creating a new assistant attorney general position with nationwide authority to coordinate fraud investigations, saying the effort will begin in Minnesota but expand across the country.“We are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud,” Vance told reporters at the White House on Thursday. “Now, of course, that person’s effor…
Seoul, Dec 29 (IANS) South Korea’s Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team on Monday accused former first lady Kim Keon Hee of illegally intervening in state affairs “behind the curtains” as it announced the final results of its investigation.The team raised the accusation against Kim — the wife of ousted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol — in a press briefing, a day after its 180-day investigation into her corruption allegations officially concluded.”The special counsel investigation co…
Seoul, Dec 26 (IANS) A special counsel team on Friday sought a 10-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol over obstruction of justice and other charges related to his December 2024 imposition of martial law. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team requested the sentence during the final hearing of Yoon’s related trial at the Seoul Central District Court, saying the former president committed a “grave crime” by “privatizing” state institutions with the aim of concealing and justifying his …
Seoul, Dec 23 (IANS) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday denied allegations he sent drones into North Korea to create a pretext for his failed martial law imposition, citing his phone call with then US President-elect Donald Trump to back up his claim. Yoon spoke before the court himself during a closed-door hearing held to decide whether to extend his arrest, on charges of benefiting the enemy and power abuse in connection with his alleged drone deployment to Pyongyang in Oct…