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Samsung Ex-Executive Charged With Stealing Secrets For Chinese Factory
A former Samsung executive has been charged with stealing company secrets for a copycat computer chip factory in China, and is being held in detention pending trial, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
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Terraform Founder Do Kwan Arrested in Montenegro, South Korea to Seek Extradition of Crypto Fugitive
South Korea will seek the extradition of fugitive crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon, prosecutors told AFP Friday, after the Terraform founder was arrested in Montenegro and hit with US fraud charges.
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South Korea Asks KuCoin, OKX to Freeze Bitcoin Tied to Terra's Do Kwon: All Details
South Korean prosecutors have sent requests to crypto exchanges KuCoin and OKX, asking them to freeze Bitcoin linked to Terra's Do Kwon, who is wanted by the authorities after his Terra stablecoin ecosystem collapsed in May, wiping out an estimated $60 billion (roughly Rs. 4,89,000 crore). A total of 3,313 Bitcoins, which are worth around $67 milli...
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South Korean Court Issues Warrant Against Terra's Do Kwon, Five Other Affiliates: Report
South Korean prosecutors investigating the collapse of Terra-LUNA have issued an arrest warrant for Terraform Labs cofounder and chief executive officer Kwon Do-hyung, also known as Do Kwon.
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South Korea Hits Dozens With Travel Bans Amid Terraform Labs Crypto Probe
South Korean prosecutors have barred dozens of people connected to Terraform Labs from leaving the country as they expand an investigation into a $40 billion collapse of the company’s cryptocurrency that devastated traders around the world.
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South Korea Puts This Crypto Company's Staff On No-Fly List
Several employees of South Korea-based Terraform labs, the company behind the stablecoin TerraUSD, which collapsed last month and roiled cryptocurrency markets, cannot leave the country, prosecutors said.
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New South Korea President - Former Security Hawk With Tough Stand On N Korea
South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol is a political novice who shot to public attention as a prosecutor for his uncompromising investigations into some of the country's most high-profile corruption scandals.
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Seoul Opens Probe Into Kim Yo Jong For Inter-State Liaison Office Blow Up
Seoul prosecutors have opened an unprecedented probe into North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister over Pyongyang's blowing up of a liaison office last month, officials said Thursday.
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South Korean Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant For Samsung Heir
South Korean prosecutors have asked for an arrest warrant for Samsung vice-chairman and heir Lee Jae-yong as part of an investigation into a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung units, their office said Thursday.
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South Korean City Seeks Murder Charges Against Sect Founder Over Coronavirus
Seoul's city government has asked prosecutors to press charges, including murder, against the founder of a secretive religious sect for failing to cooperate in containing the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
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South Korea To File Complaint Against BMW For 'Delayed' Response To Engine Fires
South Korea's transport ministry said it would file a complaint against German luxury carmaker BMW with prosecutors for allegedly delaying recalls and concealing defects that led to several engine fires in the country this year.
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South Korea Launches Probe Into Apple's Practice to Slow Down iPhones
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it has formally assigned the case to the intellectual property-related crime unit.
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Daughter Of South Korea's 'Rasputin' Chung Yoo-Ra Arrested In Flight
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea's president was arrested by prosecutors on a plane bound for Seoul, reports said Wednesday.
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South Korea Orders Vehicle Recalls For Hyundai, Kia After Whistleblower Report
South Korea's transport ministry also asked the prosecutor to investigate if the carmakers allegedly covered up the five flaws, which affect a total of 12 models, including the Elantra, Sonata, Santa Fe, and Genesis.
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South Korea Ousted President Probed For 14 Long Hours Over Graft Charges
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left prosecutors' offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigation into a corruption scandal that brought an early end to her political career.
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Samsung Ex-Executive Charged With Stealing Secrets For Chinese Factory
A former Samsung executive has been charged with stealing company secrets for a copycat computer chip factory in China, and is being held in detention pending trial, prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday.
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Terraform Founder Do Kwan Arrested in Montenegro, South Korea to Seek Extradition of Crypto Fugitive
South Korea will seek the extradition of fugitive crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon, prosecutors told AFP Friday, after the Terraform founder was arrested in Montenegro and hit with US fraud charges.
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South Korea Asks KuCoin, OKX to Freeze Bitcoin Tied to Terra's Do Kwon: All Details
South Korean prosecutors have sent requests to crypto exchanges KuCoin and OKX, asking them to freeze Bitcoin linked to Terra's Do Kwon, who is wanted by the authorities after his Terra stablecoin ecosystem collapsed in May, wiping out an estimated $60 billion (roughly Rs. 4,89,000 crore). A total of 3,313 Bitcoins, which are worth around $67 milli...
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South Korean Court Issues Warrant Against Terra's Do Kwon, Five Other Affiliates: Report
South Korean prosecutors investigating the collapse of Terra-LUNA have issued an arrest warrant for Terraform Labs cofounder and chief executive officer Kwon Do-hyung, also known as Do Kwon.
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South Korea Hits Dozens With Travel Bans Amid Terraform Labs Crypto Probe
South Korean prosecutors have barred dozens of people connected to Terraform Labs from leaving the country as they expand an investigation into a $40 billion collapse of the company’s cryptocurrency that devastated traders around the world.
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South Korea Puts This Crypto Company's Staff On No-Fly List
Several employees of South Korea-based Terraform labs, the company behind the stablecoin TerraUSD, which collapsed last month and roiled cryptocurrency markets, cannot leave the country, prosecutors said.
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New South Korea President - Former Security Hawk With Tough Stand On N Korea
South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol is a political novice who shot to public attention as a prosecutor for his uncompromising investigations into some of the country's most high-profile corruption scandals.
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Seoul Opens Probe Into Kim Yo Jong For Inter-State Liaison Office Blow Up
Seoul prosecutors have opened an unprecedented probe into North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister over Pyongyang's blowing up of a liaison office last month, officials said Thursday.
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South Korean Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant For Samsung Heir
South Korean prosecutors have asked for an arrest warrant for Samsung vice-chairman and heir Lee Jae-yong as part of an investigation into a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung units, their office said Thursday.
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South Korean City Seeks Murder Charges Against Sect Founder Over Coronavirus
Seoul's city government has asked prosecutors to press charges, including murder, against the founder of a secretive religious sect for failing to cooperate in containing the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
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South Korea To File Complaint Against BMW For 'Delayed' Response To Engine Fires
South Korea's transport ministry said it would file a complaint against German luxury carmaker BMW with prosecutors for allegedly delaying recalls and concealing defects that led to several engine fires in the country this year.
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South Korea Launches Probe Into Apple's Practice to Slow Down iPhones
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said it has formally assigned the case to the intellectual property-related crime unit.
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Daughter Of South Korea's 'Rasputin' Chung Yoo-Ra Arrested In Flight
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea's president was arrested by prosecutors on a plane bound for Seoul, reports said Wednesday.
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South Korea Orders Vehicle Recalls For Hyundai, Kia After Whistleblower Report
South Korea's transport ministry also asked the prosecutor to investigate if the carmakers allegedly covered up the five flaws, which affect a total of 12 models, including the Elantra, Sonata, Santa Fe, and Genesis.
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South Korea Ousted President Probed For 14 Long Hours Over Graft Charges
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left prosecutors' offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigation into a corruption scandal that brought an early end to her political career.
