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Presidential aide faces charges in bribery scandal

Prosecutors plan to summon for questioning next week Kim Doo-woo, a senior presidential aide, on suspicion that he had shady ties with an arrested lobbyist hired by a corruption-ridden mutual savings bank. “He is likely to be questioned next week,” an official at the Central Investigation Unit at th

Social Affairs Sept. 16, 2011

Han not to run for Seoul mayor

Park closer to becoming opposition flag bearer; ruling party still searching for candidateHan Myeong-sook, a former prime minister, said Tuesday that she would not run for Seoul mayor. “I have decided not to run in the Oct. 26 by-election for Seoul mayor,” Han, who was considered one of the stronges

Politics Sept. 13, 2011

Park denies making shady deal with Kwak

Jailed professor claims money given to Seoul education chief was not bribeThe election graft scandal involving Seoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun took a twist Thursday, after a professor under arrest for taking bribes from Kwak claimed that the money he received was not a bribe.Speaking through hi

Social Affairs Sept. 8, 2011

Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Kwak

After two days of interrogation, prosecutors sought warrant to arrest Kwak No-hyun, Seoul’s education superintendent, Wednesday on allegations that he bought a rival candidate out of last year’s election. Investigators at the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office were said to have reached a conclusion t

Social Affairs Sept. 7, 2011

Kwak questioned over funds for second day

Interrogation focuses on source of 200 million won paid to ParkSeoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun faced a second day of interrogation by prosecutors Tuesday on allegations that he bribed a rival candidate out of the race during last year’s education election. Following the interrogation, prosecuto

Social Affairs Sept. 6, 2011

Kwak questioned over funds for second day

Kwak grilled over election corruption

Interrogation focuses on whether 200 million won was bribeKwak No-hyun, Seoul’s embattled education chief, faced interrogation from city prosecutors on allegations that he paid a rival candidate to quit last year’s election. An expressionless Kwak arrived at the lobby of the Seoul Central Prosecutor

Social Affairs Sept. 5, 2011

Kwak to face inquiry Monday

By Lee Sun-youngSeoul’s education superintendent Kwak No-hyun will present himself before prosecutors Monday to face questioning over allegations that he bought a rival candidate out of the race in last year’s election, his spokesperson said Friday. “The superintendent plans to comply with the summo

Social Affairs Sept. 2, 2011

Kwak resists pressure to resign

By Lee Sun-youngKwak No-hyun, Seoul’s education chief embroiled in an election corruption scandal, said Thursday he would keep his post, resisting mounting calls for him to resign.Kwak, elected last June as superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, is accused of bribing a fellow

Social Affairs Sept. 1, 2011

Doubts over direct election of education chiefs

Some fear backpedaling on education autonomy, others see elections wasting taxpayers’ moneyThe election corruption scandal involving Kwak No-hyun, Seoul’s education superintendent, has many Koreans questioning whether a direct popular vote is the best way to select education chiefs. The city’s first

Social Affairs Aug. 31, 2011

Doubts over direct election of education chiefs

Prosecutors set to summon Kwak

Seoul education chief uspected of bribing former election rivalSeoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun may face subpoena as early as Wednesday in an intensifying probe into allegations that he bought a rival candidate out of race during last year’s election, sources at the prosecution said Tuesday. The

Social Affairs Aug. 30, 2011

'Kwak promised to pay off dropped candidate’

Prosecution secures statements from professor on agreed financial compensationPublic prosecutors investigating election corruption involving Seoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun said Monday they had secured statements that Kwak had promised to pay off a rival candidate during last year’s election ca

Social Affairs Aug. 30, 2011

'Kwak promised to pay off dropped candidate’

‘Kwak promised to pay off candidate’

Public prosecutors investigating election corruption involving Seoul’s education chief Kwak No-hyun said Monday they had secured statements that Kwak had promised to pay off a rival candidate during last year’s election campaign. According to sources at the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office, which l

Social Affairs Aug. 29, 2011

Names being floated for next Seoul mayor

With Oh Se-hoon expected to step down as Seoul mayor, rival political camps were pondering Thursday over who among their members has the best shot at winning the post, which some say is second most influential in Korea after the president. In media reports, a handful of names are being floated as po

Politics Aug. 25, 2011

Names being floated for next Seoul mayor

Oh’s pet projects face uncertainty

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon’s ambitious yet controversial, projects to beautify the capital city face an uncertain future as he is expected to quit after Wednesday’s failed referendum. For the past five years in office, the conservative mayor has single-handedly pushed some costly works in Seoul, defying

Politics Aug. 25, 2011

Failed vote to impact national politics

The conservatives’ defeat in Wednesday’s school meals referendum in Seoul is expected to have a sizable impact on national politics in the run-up to major elections next year, political analysts said. Hong Joon-pyo (left), chairman of the ruling Grand National Party, holds a press conference a

Politics Aug. 24, 2011

Articles by Lee Sun-young