A senior male police officer and his female co-worker jumped out of a window of a motel room in Incheon to escape an internal police investigation into their apparent affair, the police said.As police are on full alert to enhance crime prevention across the nation, the two police officers apparently panicked when they were caught together at a motel, police officials said. According to the police, the 33-year-old male senior and the junior female officer working at Samsan Police Station sustaine

Prosecutors said Sunday they indicted the two co-owners of the nation’s largest hostess bar in southern Seoul on charges of facilitating prostitution and tax evasion. The two brothers, surnamed Kim, were arrested early this month on suspicion of arranging over 80,000 cases of prostitution and evading some 3 billion won ($2,685,000) in taxes.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office also charged the chief manager of the room salon “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” without detention. Occupying

A robbery suspect who earned the nickname “Korean Houdini” after breaking out of prison through a very narrow cell window was nabbed Saturday after six days on the run, police said.Choi Gab-bok, 50, was caught on the rooftop of an apartment building in Milyang, 386 kilometers southeast of Seoul, earlier in the day, said Daegu’s Dongbu Police Station. Milyang is about 30 kilometers south from Daegu.Upon a tipoff from a villager in Milyang, police raided an apartment building and arrested the susp

Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae said Sunday that a provision of law should be repealed to ensure sex offenders can be punished without the need for a complaint from their victims.The provision in the current law stipulates that those suspected of sexual offenses are prosecuted only when victims file formal complaints.The loophole could allow sex offenders to get off scot-free as many victims are reluctant to make a complaint because they are afraid of having to confront their assailants and concerne

PAJU (Yonhap News) ― Two construction workers were killed and 12 others were injured Saturday after they fell from a bridge under construction in this city near the northern border, police and emergency officials said.The upper part of the concrete bridge in Paju, north of Seoul, collapsed at around 8:50 a.m., and 14 workers who were working on the bridge fell 15 meters down to the ground, they said. Seventeen were working there starting at 7:30 a.m. to plaster the bridge.The workers were immedi

A detention warrant for the elder brother of South Korea's renowned conductor Chung Myung-whun was sought by prosecutors on suspicion of embezzlement on Sunday.  Prosecutors at Incheon District Prosecutors' Office said the 70-year-old brother is suspected of pocketing billions of won from 14 billion won in subsidies for a joint project with the Incheon metropolitan government called "Incheon & Art

Prosecutors said Sunday they have indicted two owners of South Korea's largest hostess bar on charges of sex trafficking, tax evasion and other illegal activities.The two brothers, identified only by their surname Kim, are suspected of earning more than 6.1 billion won (US$5.4 million) by running a room salon in Seoul and arranging acts of prostitution more than 88,000 times between July 2010 and

Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae said Sunday that a provision of law should be repealed to ensure sex offenders can be punished without the need for a complaint from their victims.   The provision in the current law stipulates that those suspected of sexual offenses are prosecuted only when victims file formal complaints.   The loophole could allow sex offenders to get off scot-free as many victims are

The granddaughter of Korean Emperor Gojong, the 26th monarch of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), lost a trial to reclaim land that she claims was taken over by the government without following due process.Princess Yi Hae-won and 16 other people who are descendants of the dynasty that was stripped of its powers by Japan in the early 20th century had filed a legal suit asking for the return of 12,700

Two construction workers were killed and 12 others were injured Saturday after they fell from a bridge under construction in this city near the northern border, police and emergency officials said.The upper part of the concrete bridge in Paju, north of Seoul, collapsed at around 8:50 a.m., and 14 workers who were working on the bridge fell 15 meters down to the ground, they said. Seventeen were wo

A Seoul court has ruled that the country’s financial regulator should make public its reports that helped Lone Star retain its status as the largest shareholder in a South Korean bank, court officials said Friday.The Seoul Administrative Court made the ruling in a lawsuit filed by a group of employees of the Korea Exchange Bank, the fifth-largest lender in South Korea, against the Financial Supervisory Service, they said.Since 2003, the Texas-based private buyout fund has been the biggest share

The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to allow foreign doctors to practice medicine on a limited scale. The ministry unveiled the plan during a public hearing Friday aimed at opening the door for foreign doctors and dentists to practice while they receive training here. Under the current law, foreigners with a medical license are allowed to practice a limited scope for educational or research purposes after getting permission from the Health Ministry. But due to a lack of actual guidelines an