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Jeon Kwang-hoon, a conservative activist pastor, answers reporters' questions before attending his arrest warrant hearing at the Seoul Western District Court in the capital on Jan. 13. [NEWS1]

Conservative pastor arrested over courthouse riot

Jeon Kwang-hoon, a conservative activist pastor, was arrested Tuesday over his alleged involvement in last year's courthouse riot committed by supporters of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.

2026.1.13

Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon speaks to reporters Monday afternoon outside his home in Seongbuk District, central Seoul, shortly before taking a police vehicle to the Seoul Detention Center. [NEWS1]

Rev. Jun back behind bars after bail is revoked

Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, the controversial pastor of a Presbyterian church that sparked Korea’s second-largest coronavirus outbreak last month, was placed behind bars again Monday after a local court revoked his bail.

2020.9.7

Demonstrate modesty first

Jun Kwang-hoon, the controversial pastor under fire for stirring churchgoers of Sarang Jeil Church to defy administrative orders on quarantine actions, fumed at the government upon release from hospital after he tested positive...

2020.9.3

Kang Yeon-jae, center, a lawyer for Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon of the Sarang Jeil Church, reads the pastor’s statement on his behalf Thursday in front of the church in Seongbuk District, central Seoul. [YONHAP]

Conservative pastor calls on churches to fight Moon gov't

Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon of the Sarang Jeil Church adamantly refused to take responsibility for the recent spike in cases Thursday, while calling on churches nationwide to “combine forces” to fight the Moon Jae-in administration’s "injustice."

2020.9.3

New normal

A visitor to Jangwi Traditional Market in Seongbuk District, central Seoul, gets their temperature checked at the entrance on Wednesday.

2020.9.2

Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, pastor of the Sarang Jeil Church, slams President Moon Jae-in Wednesday morning in front of his church in Seongbuk District, central Seoul, shortly after being discharged from the hospital for coronavirus treatment. [NEWS1]

Pastor blamed for virus surge is discharged from hospital

Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, the politically controversial pastor at the center of Korea’s second-largest coronavirus outbreak, slammed President Moon Jae-in Wednesday morning as he was discharged from the hospital for virus treatment.

2020.9.2

A medical professional sinks to the floor Sunday due to dehydration near a fire station in Jeonju, North Jeolla, as health authorities reported a new five-month high of daily coronavirus cases. [YONHAP]

Virus cases keep rising, indoor masks now a must

Korea counted 397 more cases of the coronavirus Saturday, reaching a new five-month high as authorities raised the social distancing level for the entire country to Level 2, forcing the closure of public institutions and several types of businesses.

2020.8.23

A street in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, usually crowded with tourists and shoppers, is seen almost empty Saturday. [YONHAP]

Social distancing level raised across Korea as 332 new cases reported

Korea added 332 new infections of the coronavirus Friday, the highest figure since early March, as the virus rapidly spreads across the country. All 17 major cities and provinces saw at least one new Covid-19 case, including Jeju Island.

2020.8.22

A medical staffer cools off at a Covid-19 testing site in Jeonju, North Jeolla, Thursday, as the coronavirus spreads. [NEWS1]

Virus infects 8 more people from anti-Moon protest

At least eight more people who attended a big anti-Moon Jae-in rally in downtown Seoul last Saturday contracted the coronavirus, health authorities said Thursday, as they scramble to track down some 20,000 people who took to the streets.

2020.8.20

Civil servants at the main Seoul City Hall building in Jung District, central Seoul, evacuate Wednesday afternoon after a worker on the second floor tested positive for the coronavirus. [YONHAP]

Infections from anti-Moon rally start to grow

Ten people from across the nation are believed to have contracted the coronavirus while attending last week’s antigovernment rally in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, health authorities said Wednesday, ringing alarm bells of a possible community spread.

2020.8.19

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