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Court upholds five-year prison sentence for DP leader's former aide

A court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s sentence of Kim Yong, a close aide to Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung, of five years in prison on charges of bribery and illegal political fundraising.

2025.2.6

Court ruling is a blow to the opposition leader

The court must pick up speed because justice delayed is justice denied.

2023.12.3

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An imminent risk

Lee Jae-myung is in crisis after the court sentenced his associate Kim Yong to five years in jail for illegally receiving money from a real estate developer to help Lee get nominated as the party’s presidential candidate in 2021.

2023.11.30

Kim Yong, a former deputy head of the Democratic Party-affiliated think tank Institute for Democracy, left, attends a court ruling on Thursday at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul. [YONHAP]

DP chief's former aide gets five years for bribery linked to Daejang-dong scandal

A court on Thursday sentenced Kim Yong, a close aide to Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung, to five years in prison on charges of bribery and illegal political fundraising linked to the controversial Daejang-dong development project.

2023.11.30

Lawyer Nam Wook, a key figure in the Daejang-dong development corruption scandal, is surrounded by reporters as he walks to his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]

Lee Jae-myung's 'hidden stake' in project described at trial

A key figure in the Daejang-dong corruption scandal said Monday he heard that Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung held a hidden stake through one of the investors in the project.

2022.11.21

Solid evidence matters

Prosecutors must investigate only based on solid evidence if it really does not want to repeat shameful practices of the past.

2022.11.8

Lee Jae-myung's aide indicted for taking bribes

Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a close aide to Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Jae-myung on charges of taking more than 800 million won ($577,000) in bribes from land developers linked to the controversial Daejang-dong development project.

2022.11.8

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.10.25

Prosecutors speed up their investigation of Democratic Party Chair Lee Jae-myung after arresting Kim Yong, whom Lee called his “closest confidant,” on charges of taking illegal money from a stakeholder in the Daejang-dong development.

2022.10.24

Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Jae-myung, center, is choked up as he speaks to reporters as prosecutors conduct a raid of a think tank located in his party’s headquarters in Yeouido, western Seoul, Monday. [JANG JIN-YOUNG]

Raid succeeds at DP HQ, sparking party outrage

Prosecutors raided a think tank in the Democratic Party (DP) headquarters Monday to look for evidence that an ally of DP chief Lee Jae-myung accepted illegal funds from a scandal-plagued urban development project.

2022.10.24

Vehicles of the prosecution are parked in front of the headquarters of the main opposition Democratic Party in western Seoul on Oct. 24. [NEWS1]

Prosecution raids Korea's DP headquarters over illegal political funds probe

Prosecutors on Monday raided the headquarters of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) as part of an investigation into bribery allegations involving a close confidant of party leader Lee Jae-myung.

2022.10.24

Tag: Kim Yong

Kim Yong

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Court upholds five-year prison sentence for DP leader's former aide

Court ruling is a blow to the opposition leader

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An imminent risk

DP chief's former aide gets five years for bribery linked to Daejang-dong scandal

Lee Jae-myung's 'hidden stake' in project described at trial

Solid evidence matters

Lee Jae-myung's aide indicted for taking bribes

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.10.25

Raid succeeds at DP HQ, sparking party outrage

Prosecution raids Korea's DP headquarters over illegal political funds probe