Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Special counsel appeals 7-year sentence for ex-interior minister over martial law role

A special counsel team on Wednesday appealed a court ruling sentencing former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min to seven years in prison for his involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law.

2026-02-19

Ex-first lady's former investment manager sentenced to year and half in jail in lobbying case

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.

2026-02-13

Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in national security case

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent.

2026-02-09

Man who did 15 years for sexual assault, murder of student returns to jail for sexually assaulting colleague

A man who had spent 15 years in prison for the sexual assault and murder of an elementary school student received a seven-and-a-half year prison term on Monday for sexually assaulting a colleague.

2026-01-19

Longer prison sentences proposed for child porn convictions

Convictions for producing child pornography could soon carry maximum prison sentences of nearly three decades under a proposal for new sentencing guidelines announced by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

2020-09-15