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Shin Seung-mok, the leader of a civic group supporting the liberal Moon Jae-in administration, speaks to reporters Tuesday in front of the Korean National Police Agency in Seodaemun District, western Seoul, before submitting a complaint accusing a lawyer representing Park Won-soon's former secretary of falsely accusing the late Seoul mayor of sexual harassment. [YONHAP]

Police to cross-examine testimonies of mayor's ex-secretary, Seoul officials

Police said Tuesday that a former secretary of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon who accused him of sexual harassment will soon be summoned alongside her former colleagues at the Seoul city government for a cross-examination of their testimonies.

2020.8.4

Facing calls for reform, Seoul government plans to address gender inequality

The Seoul Metropolitan Government vowed Monday to launch two committees to look into the city office’s work environment for women and devise a master plan for eradicating gender inequality and sexual harassment.

2020.8.3

Human rights watchdog to investigate Seoul mayor's alleged harassment

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea announced Thursday it would “comprehensively” investigate allegations that Park Won-soon sexually harassed his secretary for more than four years, three weeks after the Seoul mayor’s suicide.

2020.7.30

Members of a civic group urging the Seoul Metropolitan Government to respect human rights and gender equality march toward the National Human Rights Commission of Korea in Jung District, central Seoul, Tuesday, as they ask the human rights watchdog to dig into sexual harassment allegations facing the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. [YONHAP]

Human rights watchdog asked to investigate allegations of abuse by Park

Representatives of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s former secretary on Tuesday formally asked the country’s human rights watchdog to investigate Park’s alleged “sexual bullying” of the victim.

2020.7.28

Park ally apologizes for sexual harassment allegations against late mayor

The chair of the ruling Democratic Party's sexual abuse eradication taskforce apologized for the sexual harassment allegations against the late Seoul mayor and suggested the party establish a call center protecting victims of gender-based threats.

2020.7.27

Late mayor's phone unlocked with ex-secretary's help

Police investigating the suicide of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said they unlocked his iPhone Wednesday night, just two days after launching what was expected to be a grueling months-long process.

2020.7.23

The legal representatives of a former female secretary to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who accused him of sexual harassment, hold their second press conference Wednesday in Seoul. [KIM SANG-SEON]

Park's former secretary accuses city employees of 'organized crime'

Representatives of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon's former secretary on Wednesday accused the Seoul Metropolitan Government of “organized crime” intended to hide and distort his wrongdoings.

2020.7.22

Lim Soon-young, the gender rights adviser to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, leaves the Seongbuk Police Precinct in central Seoul on Tuesday morning after answering questions about Park's suicide. [NEWS1]

Police question adviser to late Seoul mayor

Lim Soon-young, the gender rights adviser to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, appeared at the Seongbuk Police Precinct in central Seoul Monday night to answer questions about Park’s suicide.

2020.7.21

Key witness in Park investigation to be questioned

Seoul police officers said Monday that the gender rights adviser to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon — a key witness as they investigate Park’s suicide — has agreed to show up for questioning this week.

2020.7.20

Reporters wait outside the Seongbuk Police Precinct in central Seoul Sunday, where aides to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon were summoned for questioning. [NEWS1]

Investigation into mayor's suicide blocked at many turns

Police investigations into the suicide of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon are going nowhere as one of his key aides refuses to show up for questioning while a local court rejected a police request to access the communication records for Park’s phones.

2020.7.19

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