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No evidence President Lee ordered North Korea payments, police conclude

Seoul police said there is no evidence Lee Jae Myung ordered Ssangbangwool to send $8 million to Pyongyang and closed the case.

2026.7.14

Court ruling undercuts special counsel push (KOR)

A court sentenced former vice governor Lee Hwa-young to four months in prison, ruling his prosecutors' office drinking-party allegation was false and undercutting calls for a special counsel.

2026.6.22

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Court ruling undercuts special counsel push

A court sentenced former vice governor Lee Hwa-young to four months in prison, ruling his prosecutors' office drinking-party allegation was false and undercutting calls for a special counsel.

2026.6.21

Lee Hwa-young, former vice governor for Gyeonggi, answers lawmakers’ questions after appearing as a witness at a parliamentary audit of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee at the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct. 25, 2024. [YONHAP]

Justice minister orders probe into prosecution's alleged special treatment of ex-Gyeonggi vice governor

Formal investigation into allegations that former Gyeonggi vice governor and underwear maker head were treated to alcohol and a salmon dinner during questioning by prosecutors over their involvement in an illegal remittance to North Korea in 2019.

2025.9.17

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an emergency meeting on rainfall damage at a community center in Sancheong, South Gyeongsang, on July 21. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Lee Jae Myung's trial on payments to North Korea postponed

A court on Tuesday delayed proceedings in President Lee Jae Myung’s trial over suspicions of unauthorized payments to North Korea, effectively pausing all five criminal cases that began before he took office.

2025.7.22

Lee Hwa-young, former vice governor for of Gyeonggi, speaks at a National Assembly hearing on Oct. 25. [NEWS1]

Appellate court sentences ex-Gyeonggi vice governor to 7 years, 8 months for illegal payments to North Korea

An appellate court sentenced Lee Hwa-young, former vice governor of Gyeonggi, to seven years and eight months in prison on Thursday over involvement in underwear maker Ssangbangwool (SBW) Group’s alleged illegal remittances to North Korea.

2024.12.19

Lee Jae-myung’s never-ending judicial risks

The judicial risks for the country are all about judicial delays.

2024.6.11

A methodical move to reverse judicial risks (KOR)

The DP seems to have forgotten a stern punishment from the voters for the arrogance of political parties whether they are a governing party or an opposition.

2024.6.4

A methodical move to reverse judicial risks

The DP seems to have forgotten a stern punishment from the voters for the arrogance of political parties whether they are a governing party or an opposition.

2024.6.3

Silent pressure

The Democratic Party on Monday submitted a motion to appoint a special prosecutor to reinvestigate the remittance of $8 million to North Korea by SBW Group’s former Chairman Kim Sung-tae in 2018.