Dutch police, in close collaboration with their South Korean counterparts, have arrested one Dutch and one Australian teenager on suspicion of hacking into the servers of a telecom operator and a number of universities worldwide, police here said Thursday.Police said they launched the joint probe after a South Korean college student reported a hacking incident into the internal server of Dutch telecom firm KPN in January.The 25-year-old student, whose name was withheld, read a message in one of

Police refuse prosecutors’ investigation requests, citing internal probe casesThe police and the prosecution are once again clashing over investigative powers.This time the police have refused to investigate a number of election rules violations deferred to them by the public prosecutors, saying that the cases fall under the category of internal process. Under the modified Criminal Procedures Act, all criminal investigations are conducted under the direction of prosecutors. However, the prosecut

A Seoul court has accepted prosecutors' request for a warrant to arrest an official of the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) on charges of receiving kickbacks from a party nominee hopeful in return for help in next month's parliamentary elections.The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesd

A Seoul court on Wednesday turned down prosecutors' request for a warrant to arrest the chairman of Himart Co., a major South Korean home appliance retailer, on the charges of embezzlement and corporate malpractice.Sun Jong-koo has been under investigation on his suspected role in stashing company f

Following are excerpts from the final communiqu adopted by leaders of 58 nations and international organizations during the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on Tuesday. The full text is available at http://www.thenuclearsecuritysummit.org/eng_main/main.jsp ― Ed.We reaffirm the essential responsibility and central role of the IAEA in strengthening the international nuclear security framework, and recognize the value of the IAEA Nuclear Security Plan 2010-2013. We will work to ensure that th

More than 30 people in North Korea were executed last year, international human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, reported Tuesday. According to its annual report on capital punishment execution around the world, at least 30 people received the death penalty and were killed, ranking sixth among the list. “In January 2011 unconfirmed reports suggested that more than 200 officials had been detained by the State Security Agency in a move to consolidate the leadership succession of Kim Jong-un

A scaffolding collapse at the nation’s biggest thermal power plant caused one death on Tuesday morning. Thirteen workers fell from a height of about 10 meters when a scaffold set up to assist their maintenance work inside a Boryeong thermal power plant broke down.Ten workers escaped or were rescued by 119 rescue workers right after the accident, and several hours later, three more were rescued, according to a local news report. One worker was reported to have died during treatment at a hospital.

Korean workers are renowned for having the longest working hours in the world. But in terms of official retirement age, they are driven into quitting their jobs earlier than their counterparts in any of the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.Korea does not set the corporate retirement age by law but allows private companies to decide on their own. According to figures from the Employment and Labor Ministry, the average retirement age at workplaces with

Noda’s remarks on Korean sex slaves expected to trigger backlashThe Japanese government on Wednesday approved three new high school textbooks in the latest round of screenings that claim Dokdo as Japanese territory, instantly sparking a strong protest from the Korean government.The Japanese educatio