Most Popular
-
1
Traffic delays expected as railway workers stage slowdown
-
2
Seoul mulls hiring foreign nationals as local bus drivers
-
3
[Campus Now] Women's colleges in crisis: Blasted for gender bias, coed transition proposals
![[Campus Now] Women's colleges in crisis: Blasted for gender bias, coed transition proposals](//res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/19/20241119050069_0.jpg&u=20241120011304)
-
4
W10tr buyback plan fires up Samsung stock
-
5
N. Korea's Kim calls for bolstering nuclear forces 'without limitation,' completing war preparations
![[Campus Now] Women's colleges in crisis: Blasted for gender bias, coed transition proposals](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/19/20241119050069_0.jpg&u=20241120011304)
-
6
Kim Jong-un orders full war readiness to justify NK troop deployments: Seoul
-
7
‘Hangang River,’ not 'Han River': Seoul city
-
8
[From the Scene] Climate change threatens Jeju's mandarin orange business
![[From the Scene] Climate change threatens Jeju's mandarin orange business](//res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/18/20241118050037_0.jpg&u=20241118152502)
-
9
Korea Zinc buyout could jeopardize high-tech supply chains: sources
-
10
DP leader indicted again over alleged misuse of public funds
![[From the Scene] Climate change threatens Jeju's mandarin orange business](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/18/20241118050037_0.jpg&u=20241118152502)
Dongbu Group chairman steps down after sexual assault charges
By YonhapPublished : Sept. 21, 2017 - 15:37
The head of Dongbu Group said Thursday that he has decided to step down from his post after holding himself responsible for the controversy caused by his alleged sexual assault of his secretary.
"I am resigning as Dongbu Group chairman and as chief executive of its affiliates, as I think this personal matter should not become a burden on the group," Kim Jun-ki said in a statement.
"I sincerely apologize for causing trouble for the group, shareholders, investors, customers, and Dongbu's executives and employees."
"I am resigning as Dongbu Group chairman and as chief executive of its affiliates, as I think this personal matter should not become a burden on the group," Kim Jun-ki said in a statement.
"I sincerely apologize for causing trouble for the group, shareholders, investors, customers, and Dongbu's executives and employees."
His female secretary, whose name was withheld, has filed charges with the police claiming that Kim has sexually molested her on a regular basis since February, according to the police in southern Seoul.
The police said they will review the evidence submitted by her. Kim is currently said to be abroad to receive medical treatment.
A Dongbu Group official acknowledged there was partial physical contact between the two but claimed that it was done with mutual consent. (Yonhap)
![[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Rose to drop another prerelease from solo LP](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=642&simg=/content/image/2024/11/19/20241119050073_0.jpg&u=)