Yecheon County News Today

The president is inviting criticism that he is abusing his power to shield himself from investigation

A Democratic lawmaker said the bill was structured in a way that the president could be subject to investigation

A Democratic lawmaker said the bill was structured in a way that the president could be subject to investigation

The Marine was caught in the same flood waters during a search for missing persons as a corporal surnamed Chae, whose death is at the center of an alleged coverup

Lee Jong-sup, South Korea’s ambassador to Australia, has given up the post less than a month after he was appointed. The resignation comes as the former minister of national defense ignited controversy after he accepted the job while still under investigation over the death of a marine in July last year. Twenty-year-old Corporal Chae Su-geun died when he was swept away by an overflowing stream during a search a...

(ANN/THE KOREA HERALD) – Less than a month after his appointment, South Korea’s ambassador to Australia, Lee Jong-sup, has resigned from his post. The resignation comes amid controversy involving the former minister of national defense, who accepted the ambassadorship while still under investigation for the death of a marine in July last year. Corporal Chae […]

The main opposition party said Monday they seek to impeach two incumbent ministers accused of peddling their influence in lifting former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup's travel ban. Lee departed for Australia on Sunday to take office as Seoul's top envoy to Canberra, two days after the Justice Ministry lifted his travel ban imposed by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials' in Ja...

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Police said Sunday they have sought an arrest warrant for a man in his 40s on charges of murdering his stepmother and discarding her body in a reed field near his father's home. The man allegedly strangled his stepmother, identified only by her surname Lee, who was in her 70s, to death at her home in Seoul during an altercation on Oct. 19 after he demanded that she give him money she earned from part-time work. ...

The commander of the militarys counterintelligence unit has been appointed as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the defense ministry said Monday, in a wider reshuffle of senior generals.