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All posts tagged "prison"

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  K-pop singer sentenced to 18 months in S. Korean prison for smoking marijuana

  SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) — A Seoul court on Wednesday sentenced a male K-pop singer to 18 months in prison for smoking marijuana. The Seoul Western District Court handed down the sentence to Kang Min-ho, better known...

  • Posted July 22, 2015
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  Sunken ferry captain gets life imprisonment for murder

  GWANGJU, April 28 (Yonhap) — The captain of the sunken ferry Sewol was sentenced to a life term for murder at an appeals court here Tuesday. Overturning a lower court ruling that acquitted Lee Joon-seok of murder,...

  • Posted April 28, 2015
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  Human Rights Watch honors N. Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk at annual dinner

  Human Rights Watch, an international organization specializing in human rights advocacy and research, honored North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk at its annual Los Angeles dinner on Nov.11 for his outspoken efforts toward closing down his native country’s...

  • Posted November 13, 2014
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  4-year jail term sought for Sewol owner’s son

  By Kim Rahn Prosecutors called for a four-year jail term for Yoo Dae-gyun, the eldest son of the late Yoo Byung-eun, the de facto owner of Chonghaejin Marine that operated the sunken ferry Sewol, Wednesday. The prosecution...

  • Posted October 8, 2014
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