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Court hands down first sentence in property development scandal involving Democratic Party leader

The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Kim In-seop to five years in prison and imposed a restitution of 6.35 billion won for lobbying the Baekhyeon-dong development project. The DP chief Lee Jae-myung has been on trial since November last year.

2024.2.13

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung enters the Seoul Central District Court to attend his trial on Daejang-dong development and other consolidated cases on Dec. 19. [YONHAP]

DP leader Lee Jae-myung legally challenging year [REWIND 2023]

Starting with his first summoning by the prosecutor’s office on Jan. 10, Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung spent 2023 dealing with various legal problems, some quite extraordinary.

2023.12.24

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Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, center, waves to supporters after being discharged from Green Hospital in Jungnang District, northern Seoul, Monday afternoon, where he was hospitalized for deteriorated health while undergoing a hunger strike. [YONHAP]

Prosecutors indict DP chief Lee Jae-myung over corruption charges

Prosecutors indicted Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung over corruption charges related to the land development project in Baekhyeon-dong in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Thursday morning.

2023.10.12

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, walking with a cane, enters the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District in southern Seoul on Friday. [YONHAP]

DP leader Lee Jae-myung attends first trial on his corruption, bribery cases

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung appeared at the Seoul Central District Court on Friday for the trial related to the development scandals in Daejang-dong, Wirye and the sponsorship of Seongnam FC, owned by the city.

2023.10.6

Former President Moon Jae-in, left, holds hands with Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, right, at the Wonjin Green Hospital in Myeonmok-dong, Seoul, on Tuesday.[YONHAP]

Ex-President Moon meets hospitalized DP's Lee Jae-myung

Former President Moon was in Seoul for the first time since leaving office to attend a fifth-anniversary event of the Sept. 19 Pyongyang Declaration held in Yeouido, Seoul, on Tuesday.

2023.9.19

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung speaks in front of supporters and the media before entering the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on Thursday for questioning. [NEWS1]

Arrest me or stop scheming, DP chief dares prosecutors

Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung on Thursday threw down the gauntlet to prosecutors by calling on them to arrest him before the National Assembly reconvenes next month.

2023.8.17

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Democratic Party Chair Lee Jae-myung plans to submit a written statement to prosecutors on Thursday when he is arraigned by the prosecution to investigate suspicions over the Baekhyeon-dong redevelopment project.

2023.8.16

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung attends the party's meeting at the National Assembly on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Prosecutors summon DP's Lee Jae-myung over alleged favoritism in development project

Lee accused the government of targeting him as a diversion from their own crisis. Bae So-hyeon, a close aide to Lee, received a 10-month prison sentence and 160 hours of community service for violating election laws and spreading false information.

2023.8.10

Rep. Lee Jae-myung, new leader of the Democratic Party (DP), speaks during a party supreme council meeting held in Gwangju on Friday. [YONHAP]

DP head Lee Jae-myung summoned for questioning on election law violations

The prosecution on Thursday summoned Lee Jae-myung, the newly elected leader of the Democratic Party (DP), for questioning next week over an ongoing probe on allegations of election law violations.

2022.9.2