Busan citizens committee seeks ties with international civil society for endorsement of 'Busan Initiative'

The fourth and final suspect behind the narcotics scheme in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, was arrested Thursday in Daegu, according to Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. The offender is currently being questioned for charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act. On Wednesday, a woman in her 40s was arrested for offering high school students drug-infused drinks, claiming that they would increase their ability to concentrate. The incident happened in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, which is also the country’

Every day, there have been an average of 13 reports of vomit being found in Seoul's subway stations and trains since 2020, with alcohol consumption being the primary cause, data showed Thursday. According to Seoul Metro on Thursday, 13,928 vomit-related complaints have been submitted to the company since 2020. According to the survey, the complaints were the most frequent on Fridays, followed by Saturdays, accounting for 18.8 percent and 16.2 percent of the total, respectively. When it come

High-profile lawyer Kwon Gyeong-ae, whose repeated failures to show up to hearings led to her losing a yearslong legal battle over a teen’s death from school bullying, appears to have gone into hiding after promising financial compensation for her blunders to the bereaved family. According to lawyer Yang Seung-cheol, currently representing the bereaved family, it has not been possible to contact 58-year-old Kwon since their phone conversation on Monday. He also said that Kwon gave a writte

Gwangju's Bukbu Police Station announced Thursday it would reward a man for thwarting a kidnapping attempt. The man, a 42-year old identified only by the surname Lee, will be rewarded with 1 million won ($760), for deterring a kidnapper from taking a 9-year-old girl. After witnessing a man approaching a young girl on April 2 at 5:15 p.m., Lee asked them what their relationship was. The man said that he was her uncle and hurriedly left the scene with the young girl. Lee, however, kept follow

A group of middle school students in Sejong City has been accused of repeatedly assaulting and robbing a classmate to finance their online gambling. The gang reportedly stole amounts between 2,000 to 20,000 won from the victim on 20 occasions between December and the end of March. Two of the accused students sent threatening messages demanding money from the victim. The victim's parents claim their son was coerced into providing his bank account number, which the alleged bullies used to rec

Police sought an arrest warrant Friday for the suspected mastermind behind last week's kidnapping and murder of a woman in downtown Seoul. The man, only identified by his surname Yoo, is under suspicion of hiring three individuals to kidnap and kill the 48-year-old woman, according to the Suseo Police Station. The victim was kidnapped in front of an apartment building in Gangnam Ward in southern Seoul and killed, and her body was buried on a hill in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of the capi

BUSAN -- The eight-member delegation of the World Expo organizing body said Busan is a viable candidate to host the World Expo in 2030, and its successful bid could be a starting point to build an inclusive global community as the team wrapped up a five-day on-site inspection of the city. Patrick Specht, president of the Bureau International des Expositions Administration and Budget Committee who led the BIE Enquiry Mission, said Busan's bid to host the quinquennial event is more than viabl

A legal fight that stretched over six years seeking damages for school bullying was thwarted as the plaintiff’s lawyer failed to attend three hearings, the victim’s bereaved family said Wednesday. The plaintiff, Lee Gi-cheol, said the lawsuit seeking damages from education officials, authorities and suspected bullies’ parents ended unfavorably on Nov. 24 due to her lawyer Kwon Kyeong-ae’s repeated absences, via her Facebook account. The South Korean Civil Procedure Act st

Busan welcomes BIE delegation with star-studded 'K-Culture Night'

Police said Friday they have been questioning officials over Thursday's partial collapse of a bridge in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, that killed one person and heavily injured another to look into possible irregularities in the recent maintenance and safety inspections of the structure. At around 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, the pedestrian section of the bridge Jeongjagyo near Jeongja Station in Jeonga-dong, Bundang-gu, partially collapsed due to a yet unspecified cause. The accident killed a 39-

BUSAN -- A regional court rejected a lawsuit that the daughter of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk filed to seek the cancellation of Pusan National University's decision to nullify her admission to its medical school over academic fraud. Last April, the state-run university in the southeastern port city retroactively canceled Cho Min's admission in 2015, after the Supreme Court convicted her mother of forging some of the academic credentials used in the daughter's application. The

The South Korean baseball league said Thursday it has asked prosecutors to investigate a former club executive recently fired for improper contract negotiations. The Korea Baseball Organization said it wants local prosecutors to have a further look into allegations that former Kia Tigers general manager Jang Jung-suk had asked a player for a kickback during contract talks. Jang was fired by the Tigers on March 29 for allegedly asking free agent catcher Park Dong-won for cash in exchange for a lu

A court has ordered the state to pay 100 million won ($757,747) in compensation to a man incarcerated from 1980-81 for distributing leaflets criticizing then military ruler Chun Doo-hwan for his brutal crackdown on a democratization uprising, sources said Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court recently delivered the ruling in a compensation suit filed by Lee Woo-bong, 61, and his family members against the state. The court ordered compensation of 49 million won for Lee and the remainder for