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Choe Jae-hyeong, chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, right, speaks at the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee on Monday. [YONHAP]

BAI head refutes ruling party, stands by Wolsong probe

The head of the nation's supreme audit institution on Monday refuted the ruling party's argument that public servants should be given leeway in implementing the president's campaign pledge.

2021.2.23

Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu, center, leaves the Daejeon Detention Center on Tuesday after the Daejeon District Court rejected the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant. [NEWS1]

Court rejects request for former Energy Minister Paik's arrest

A local court rejected the prosecution's request for an arrest warrant on former Energy Minister Paik Un-gyu Tuesday.

2021.2.9

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Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu. [YONHAP]

Prosecution requests arrest warrant for former energy minister

The prosecution requested a warrant to detain a former Moon Jae-in administration energy minister on charges of abusing his power to shut down the country's second-oldest nuclear reactor.

2021.2.5

Wolsong nuclear plant in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang. [YONHAP]

Plant contamination called a gamma ray in a teacup

The ruling and opposition parties are facing off over a media report about groundwater contamination by a radioactive material at the Wolsong nuclear plant, the country's second oldest.

2021.1.12

Prosecutors and investigators raid the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in Sejong on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Energy Ministry, KHNP, Korea Gas raided on Wolsong 1

Prosecutors raided the Energy Ministry and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) to see whether they falsified data to justify the early closing of the country’s second-oldest nuclear reactor.

2020.11.5

Chae Hee-bong, president of Korea Gas Corporation, attends a National Assembly hearing on Oct. 20, 2020. The Board of Audit and Inspection recently said Chae, former presidential secretary for industrial policy, had pressured the Energy Ministry to shut down the Wolsong I nuclear reactor without a proper study, which he denies. [YONHAP]

Criminal probe was considered in connection with nuclear reactor shutdown, watchdog agency chief says

The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) previously considered, but ultimately declined to seek a criminal investigation into a presidential aide who allegedly ordered the Energy Ministry to shut down the country’s second-oldest nuclear reactor...

2020.10.27

Main opposition People Power Party's floor leader Joo Ho-young speaking at a party meeting at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

PPP vows charges over closure of Wolsong-1

The main opposition party said Wednesday it will make a criminal complaint against those involved in the controversial early closure of a nuclear power plant and alleged obstruction of a state investigation of the case.

2020.10.21

National Assembly workers look at copies of a report submitted by the Board of Audit and Inspection on the government's decision to shut down the Wolsong I nuclear reactor. [YONHAP]

BAI slams Wolsong I nuclear plant shutdown process

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power decided to shut down the country’s second-oldest nuclear reactor due to a faulty assessment that unfairly underestimated the economic advantage of keeping it alive, the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) said Tuesday.

2020.10.20