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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

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A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]
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US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

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All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]
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Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

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Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]
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