All posts tagged "sung wan-jong"

  • U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech during a symposium of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations at the UN University in Tokyo, Monday, March 16, 2015. Ban attended last weekend the World Conference on Disaster Risk and Reduction in Sendai, northeastern Japan.  (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
    UN chief gets dragged into late businessman suicide scandal

    By Do Je-hae The latest headlines on the Sung Wan-jong bribery scandal are zeroing in on the relationship between the late businessman and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as both hail from the Chungcheong region. Although Ban...

    • Posted April 16, 2015
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    Anti-corruption crusader under siege over alleged bribery

    SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s anti-corruption crusader is under mounting pressure to quit amid a snowballing bribery scandal that rocked the government of President Park Geun-hye. Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo is accused of accepting 30...

    • Posted April 14, 2015
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  • Police search a northern Seoul neighborhood on April 9, 2015, for a businessman who disappeared after facing allegations that he embezzled under former President Lee Myung-bak's energy diplomacy initiative. (Yonhap)
    Missing ex-construction firm head found dead, suicide

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — An ex-head of a local construction firm was found dead here Thursday as he was awaiting trial over alleged embezzlement of company funds. A police dog discovered the body of Sung Wan-jong, former head...

    • Posted April 9, 2015
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