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Ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a trial at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on Sept. 26, 2025.

Special counsel challenges Yoon perjury acquittal

The special counsel appealed a court ruling that cleared former President Yoon Suk Yeol of perjury tied to testimony in ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's insurrection trial.

2026.9.23

Court ruling undercuts special counsel push (KOR)

A court sentenced former vice governor Lee Hwa-young to four months in prison, ruling his prosecutors' office drinking-party allegation was false and undercutting calls for a special counsel.

2026.6.22

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Court ruling undercuts special counsel push

A court sentenced former vice governor Lee Hwa-young to four months in prison, ruling his prosecutors' office drinking-party allegation was false and undercutting calls for a special counsel.

2026.6.21

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol sits inside a courtroom at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on Jan. 16. [YONHAP]

Ex-President Yoon's lawyers deny charges in his perjury trial

Lawyers for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was indicted on charges of perjury in connection with a Cabinet meeting held before his martial law declaration, denied the charges in court Wednesday.

2026.1.21

Coupang interim CEO Harold Rogers, center, takes an oath during a parliamentary hearing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Dec. 30. [NEWS1]

Intelligence service asks parliament to charge Coupang interim chief with perjury

Korea's National Intelligence Service on Tuesday requested that the National Assembly charge Coupang interim CEO Harold Rogers with perjury in a stern response to claims that the NIS meddled in the corporate investigation into a recent data leak.

2025.12.30

Democratic Party leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on March 11 for the first hearing of his trial on charges of corruption and breach of trust tied to the Daejang-dong and Wirye-dong developments in Seongnam, Gyeonggi. [YONHAP]

Appeals court holds first hearing in Lee Jae-myung subornation case

The Seoul High Court on Thursday held the first hearing of prosecutors’ appeal against Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung’s acquittal on charges that he suborned a witness in a previous case to commit perjury on his behalf.

2025.3.11

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung speaks as he leaves the Seoul Detention Center in Euiwang, Gyeonggi, on early Wednesday morning, shortly after the Seoul Central District Court rejected the arrant warrant request filed against him by prosecutors. [YONHAP]

Court rejects arrest warrant request for DP chief

In his decision to dismiss the arrest warrant request against Lee early Wednesday, Judge Yoo Chang-hoon said that prosecutors appeared to lack direct evidence of Lee being involved in several high-profile development scandals.

2023.9.26

Justice minister’s suspicious move

Justice Minister Park Beom-kye invoked his executive power to command senior prosecutors at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office to indict those suspected of making false testimonies against Han Myeong-sook, former prime minister...

2021.3.18