A Seoul court on Friday sentenced a close associate of former first lady Kim Keon Hee to one and a half years in prison for offering to help a suspect in a stock price manipulation scheme in exchange for money.
The Blue House convened a meeting over the Coupang data leak, summoning not only commerce and technology officials but foreign affairs and intelligence officials as well, as some in the United States react to moves in Korea over the incident.
Korean businesses' spending on lobbying in the United States has more than doubled over the past five years, data showed Wednesday, in line with their efforts to address Washington's industrial policies.
Tongsun Park, 89, a key figure in the major lobbying scandal “Koreagate,” which strained Korea-U.S. diplomatic relations during the Park Chung Hee regime in the 1970s, died Thursday.
A parliamentary committee convened a hearing to look into allegations that the presidential office interfered in a probe of a Marine's death last year.
Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), met with the newly appointed chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) on Friday.
Seoul prosecutors said Monday they were unable to find evidence that political officials had any illegal involvement with an ongoing criminal investigation into SillaJen, which has led to charges against multiple company officials.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap
