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Four colleague of Lee Jae-seok, a Coast Guard officer who died while rescuing an older man trapped at a mud flat, hold a press conference at Lee's funeral home in Dong District, Incheon, on Sept. 15. The officers alleged that Coast Guard higher-ups tried to cover up the circumstances of Lee's death. [YONHAP]

Colleagues allege Coast Guard attempted to cover up officer's tragic death

Four colleagues of Lee Jae-seok, a Coast Guard officer who died while rescuing an older man trapped in a mudflat, alleged during a Monday press conference at his funeral home in Incheon that the Coast Guard tried to cover up details of the incident.

2025.9.15

Former President Moon Jae-in and then-National Security Office Director Suh Hoon at a meeting at the Blue House in February 2021. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Former Blue House official arrested for North killing cover-up

Former national security advisor Suh Hoon was arrested Saturday on suspicion of destroying evidence and engaging in a cover-up in the case of a fisheries official killed by North Korean troops.

2022.12.4

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Jeon Ik-soo, the Air Force’s chief legal affairs officer, speaks to reporters on Aug. 24 on his way to be questioned by the special counsel team that investigated the service's handling of the sexual assault compaint and suicide of Master Sgt. Lee Ye-ram. [YONHAP]

Air Force general demoted for covering up sexual assault

An Air Force brigadier general became the first general officer to be demoted in rank in 43 years because of his cover-up of a sexual assault case that led to the suicide of a female officer, military sources said Saturday.

2022.11.27

Special counsel prosecutor Ahn Mi-young announces indictments in connection with the sexual assault and suicide of a female Air Force officer at the Seoul Bar Association's headquarters in Seocho District, southern Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

More indictments in officer's sexual harassment suicide

Five officers and two officials in the Air Force were indicted by a special counsel probe for attempting to cover up the sexual assault of a female Air Force officer or defaming the victim before she committed suicide.

2022.9.13

Former National Intelligence Service chiefs Park Jie-won, left, and Suh Hoon, right.

Spy chiefs accused of chicanery by their own agency

The country's spy agency said Wednesday it filed criminal complaints against two of its former bosses for undermining investigations into North Korea's murder of a South Korean official in 2020 and the repatriation of North Korean fishermen in 2019.

2022.7.7

The Democratic Party's interim leader Woo Sang-ho speaks at a press conference at the National Assembly on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Yoon rejects Coast Guard resignations over Yellow Sea murder

President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday rejected the resignations of Korea Coast Guard leaders over their mishandling of the 2020 disappearance and murder in the North of a fisheries official.

2022.6.26

Lee Rae-jin, left, brother of murdered South Korean official Lee Dae-joon, talks to reporters outside the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office after submitting criminal complaints against three officials of Moon Jae-in administration for allegedly directing a cover-up of his brother's death in 2020. Standing next to him is the family's attorney, Kim Ki-yoon. [YONHAP]

Moon gov't bigwigs accused of coverup of 2020 murder

Relatives of a fisheries official killed by North Korean soldiers in 2020 submitted criminal complaints on Wednesday against high-ranking members of the last administration for allegedly forcing the Coast Guard to say he was trying to defect.

2022.6.23

Army officer attempted suicide as investigation drags on

An Army officer who suffered from sexual harassment attempted to commit suicide, a military source belatedly confirmed on Tuesday as authorities continue to investigate involved persons.

2021.8.24