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South Korean Constitutional Court confirms sacking of president Yoon Suk Yeol who declared martial law

April 4, 2025 World Justice News 0
South Korea’s constitutional court has confirmed the dismissal of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in December after declaring martial law. His decision to send troops onto the streets led to the country’s worst political crisis in decades. The […]
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US soldier who fled to North Korea sentenced for desertion

September 22, 2024 World Justice News 0
Travis King, the US soldier who fled from South to North Korea last year before being returned home, has been sentenced to one year of confinement and dishonourably discharged from the military. He faced charges […]
Staff Sgt Gordon Black
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US soldier jailed for nearly four years in Russia

June 19, 2024 World Justice News 0
A Russian court has sentenced a US soldier to three years and nine months in jail on charges of theft and threatening to kill his girlfriend, state news agencies reported. Staff Sgt Gordon Black was […]
Jung Yoo-jung
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Korean true crime fan murdered stranger ‘out of curiosity’

November 24, 2023 World Justice News 0
A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger “out of curiosity”. Jung Yoo-jung, 23, had been obsessed with crime shows and novels […]
Travis King
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Travis King: Soldier who fled to North Korea ‘charged back in US’

October 23, 2023 World Justice News 0
US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea before being returned home last month, is reportedly facing charges including desertion, and soliciting and possessing sexual images of a child. The charges also […]
Do Kwon
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US regulator charges ‘cryptocrash’ boss Do Kwon with fraud

February 18, 2023 World Justice News 0
US financial regulators have charged failed South Korean cryptocurrency boss Do Kwon and his company Terraform Labs with “orchestrating a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud”. The Singapore-based firm created the Terra Luna and TerraUSD […]
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Squid Game actor O Yeong-su charged with sexual misconduct

November 26, 2022 World Justice News 0
The Squid Game actor O Yeong-su has been charged with sexual misconduct, South Korean officials say. The 78-year-old is accused of inappropriately touching a woman in 2017, according to prosecutors. The woman first filed a […]
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Woman arrested in South Korea after bodies of children found in New Zealand

September 15, 2022 World Justice News 0
A woman has been arrested in South Korea over the deaths of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases bought by a family in a storage-wars style auction. Police had previously said the bodies […]
Cho Ju-bin
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South Korea chatroom sex abuse suspect named after outcry

March 25, 2020 World Justice News 0
A man accused of leading a group that blackmailed girls into sharing sexual videos – which were then posted in pay-to-view chatrooms – has been named after an outcry in South Korea. At least 10,000 […]
Park Geun-hye
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S Korea ex-leader Park and Samsung heir Lee face bribery retrials

August 29, 2019 World Justice News 0
South Korea’s top court has set aside part of jailed former President Park Geun-hye’s conviction and ordered a retrial. The court said separate verdicts should have been reached on the bribery allegations against her and […]

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Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court

November 28, 2025 0
A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling was […]
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Teenagers launch legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children

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Two teenagers have launched a legal challenge over Australia’s ban on social media for children younger than 16. The challenge comes two weeks before the law, a world first, is set to take effect. It is […]
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Major changes to the UK’s asylum system announced

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The home secretary has announced major changes to the UK’s asylum system. Modelled on the policies of Denmark, Shabana Mahmood hopes her proposals will make the country less attractive to illegal migrants and make it […]
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