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September 24, 2025

Church leader arrested in South Korea for bribing ex-president’s wife

The decision to detain Ms Hak came almost a month after the former first lady was arrested and charged to court on bribery and other fraud offences.

Hak Ja Han [Credit; HJ International]
April 4, 2025

Impeachment: Court sacks South Korea’s President Yoon over martial law declaration

Meanwhile, Mr Yoon still faces criminal insurrection charges over the imposition of martial law in a separate trial that started in February of this year.

Yoon Suk Yeol
June 13, 2023

Ex-Samsung executive charged for stealing trade secrets worth millions of dollars

The unnamed 65-year-old former Samsung worker is accused of stealing clean-room and factory blueprints from the company in 2018 and 2019.

Samsung South Korea HQ