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Han Hak-ja, leader of the Unification Church, leaves the Seoul Central District Court on Sept. 22 after attending a hearing to review her arrest warrant. [YONHAP]

Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja requests bail

Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja, who was arrested and indicted on allegations of collusion between the former President Yoon Suk Yeol administration and her church earlier this year, requested bail on Thursday.

2025.11.14

Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol, attends her first trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 24. She has been indicted and detained on charges including stock manipulation involving Deutsche Motors, political interference, and taking bribes connected to the Unification Church. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee files for bail amid bribery trial

Former first lady Kim Keon Hee requested to be released on bail, citing health concerns, according to legal sources Monday.

2025.11.4

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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing insurrection charges in connection with the Dec. 3 martial law crisis, leaves the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on July 9 after undergoing a pretrial detention warrant hearing. [YONHAP]

Ex-President Yoon's bail hearing set for Friday

A Seoul court will hold a hearing on former President Yoon Suk Yeol's request for bail later this week, legal sources said Tuesday.

2025.9.23

Hong Won-sik, former chairman of Namyang Dairy Products, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Nov. 28, 2024 for a pretrial detention hearing. [NEWS1]

Court grants bail to former Namyang Dairy chairman

A court granted bail to Hong Won-sik, 75, former chairman of Namyang Dairy Products, allowing him to stand trial without detention on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust involving more than 20 billion won ($14.7 million).

2025.5.26

U.S. rapper Chris Brown arrives for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. American R&B singer Chris Brown,was, on May 21, released on bail in an assault case. [AFP/YONHAP]

Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case, allows him to start world tour

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was released on a 5 million British pound ($6.7 million) bail Wednesday while facing allegations that he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.

2025.5.22

Officials from the police and the National Intelligence Service carry out a raid on the headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions's medical workers' organization in Yeondeungpo District, western Seoul, in January. [NEWS1]

Trade union officials accused of espionage released on bail

Three trade union officials accused of conducting espionage and other subversive activities on behalf of North Korea have been released on bail, according to justice officials on Friday.

2023.10.27

Cho Hyun-chun, center, a former head of the now-defunct Defense Security Command, is transferred to Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office on March 28. [YONHAP]

Former DSC chief behind martial law plan released on bail

A military official who was allegedly behind a 2017 plan to impose martial law was released on bail on Wednesday.

2023.6.28

Police officers escort crypto company Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, center, in Podgorica, Montenegro, Thursday. [EPA/YONHAP]

Mastermind behind crypto crash requests bail at $440,000

Do Kwon's lawyers sought his bail in Montenegro for around $440,000 after he pleaded not guilty in court.

2023.5.12

Suh Hoon, former director of the Blue House National Security Office (NSO), is surrounded by reporters at the Seoul Central District Court in central Seoul on Dec. 2. [NEWS1]

Former NSO chief granted bail in 2020 murder at sea case

Suh Hoon, the former chief of the Blue House National Security Office (NSO) arrested for allegedly covering up irregularities surrounding a South Korean fisheries official killed by North Korea soldiers, was granted bail by a Seoul court Monday.

2023.4.3

A sign of Lone Star at a building in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, in 2006 [YONHAP]

U.S. court grants bail to former Lone Star official

The former Seoul branch chief of Lone Star, who led the U.S. equity fund's controversial acquisition of a Korean bank nearly two decades ago, has been released on bail, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.

2023.3.14