South Korean professional baseball player Shin Hyeon-cheol was indicted without physical detention for hitting a man with his car while drunk and fleeing the scene, prosecutors said Thursday.According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Shin crashed into a taxi with his car at 4:37 a.m. on April 8. The owner of the taxi exited the vehicle and blocked Shin’s car. The investigators said an “infuriated” Shin hit the taxi driver with his car multiple times and fled the scene. The driver w

By Cho Chung-unCouncilors from the ruling Saenuri Party in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, on Tuesday railroaded a bill that legally formalized the recent closure of a troubled public hospital, despite fierce protests by the main opposition Democratic Party and the labor union.The bill was approved by a majority of councilors from the ruling party only five minutes after it was brought up to an emergency meeting at the provincial assembly. After a tussle among rival party members, speaker Kim

Prosecutors investigating CJ Group’s suspected creation of a slush fund and tax evasion said Tuesday that they have notified two to three employees of foreign financial institutions to appear for questioning to determine whether the conglomerate opened borrowed-name accounts in those institutions. The food and entertainment conglomerate has been under an intense prosecution investigation into allegations that it has created a secret fund worth tens of millions of dollars, while evading taxes in

The number of foreign nationals in Korea recently exceeded 1.5 million, accounting for about 3 percent of the population, data showed Monday.According to Korea Immigration Service, the number increased by 2.67 percent year-on-year to 1,501,761 as of June 9 and more than doubled the figure from 10 years ago. The increase adds to pressure on Korea to improve its immigration and multiculturalism policies to reduce discrimination and abuse against migrants.The foreign population here hit the 1 milli

The Seoul municipal government said Monday it will cut down subway operations in the summer months as part of efforts to save energy amid concerns over a power shortage following the recent shutdown of nuclear reactors.An electricity shortage overhangs South Korea after it halted the operation of two nuclear reactors in late May while delaying the scheduled operation of two other reactors as substandard control cables had been used in the reactors.Earlier this month, the country issued a warning

Eight people have been indicted on charges of manipulating stock prices by making false regulatory filings and spreading deceptive information via an Internet broadcast in the course of corporate takeovers, prosecution officials said Monday.Two suspects were formally arrested and six accomplices were indicted without detention. The two people, including a suspect surnamed Yang, are accused of making false regulatory filings while taking over two KOSDAQ market-listed firms, the Seoul Central Pros