by JAMES S. KIM Kidnapping, ransom and money laundering. It sounds like something out of a movie or television show, but in reality, it was one of the eye-opening […]
Tag: crime
OC Resident Kills Army Veteran And Disposes Her Body In A Canyon
by STEVE HAN A jury found Kwang Chol Joy guilty of one felony count of second degree murder after the 55-year-old Santa Ana man was convicted of murdering his […]
Family Found Dead in Queens Apartment Fire, Murder-Suicide Suspected
by REERA YOO A Queens man stabbed his wife and teen son to death before setting their apartment ablaze and slashing his own throat in a grisly murder-suicide, said […]
EXO ‘Sasaeng’ Fan Arrested for Fraud and Embezzlement
by REERA YOO A 21-year-old woman identified as Ms. Nam has been arrested for fraud and embezzlement in her efforts to raise money to chase after her favorite K-pop […]
SEC Charges L.A. Immigration Attorney With Investment Fraud
by REERA YOO Justin Moongyu Lee, 57, a Los Angeles immigration lawyer, was charged Wednesday with running a fraudulent scheme to recruit Chinese and Korean immigration investors for an […]
Crew of Doomed Sewol Ferry Drank Beer While Awaiting Rescue
by REERA YOO At a court hearing on Tuesday, a crew member of the capsized ferry Sewol blamed the captain for escaping the sinking vessel and abandoning more than […]
Man Convicted of Daughter’s Arson Murder Freed After 24 Years
by STEVE HAN A Korean immigrant man whose conviction in the 1989 arson-murder of his daughter was overturned has stepped out of a Pennsylvania prison and into freedom, after […]
Kim Hyun Joong Summoned to Testify Over Battery Charges
by REERA YOO Singer and actor Kim Hyun Joong has been called in for questioning regarding alleged assault and battery charges filed by his girlfriend on August 20th. Kim […]
Parents of 3-Year-Old Left in Hot Car Say Child Must Have Snuck Into Van
by TONY KIM A Fullerton, Calif., couple accused of leaving their 3-year-old in a hot car this past Sunday says that the child must have snuck into their Nissan […]
Fresno Man Sentenced To Three Years After Defrauding Elderly Korean Investors
by RUTH KIM Following a seven-year investigation, Kwan Yong Choi, 72, of Fresno, Calif., was sentenced this week to three years in prison for money laundering and charged $2.1 million […]
Man With Knife Breaches JYP Headquarters, Demands Meeting with CEO
by TONY KIM Authorities arrested a 34-year-old man for trespassing into the JYP Entertainment main headquarters in Seoul yesterday and threatening its employees with a knife, according to South […]
Man Dies In DC Store Robbery
by STEVE HAN Police in Washington, D.C. are searching for two armed men wanted for homicide after a surveillance tape showed them killing a man to rob a liquor […]
Man Claiming To Be God Kills Neighbor With A Sword
by STEVE HAN A man in Watertown, Wis. stabbed two people with a sword and killed one of them, according to local police. Police charged Young Choi, 29, with […]
Asian Americans Question Whether Race Played Role in UC Santa Barbara Killings
by JULIE HA In the aftermath of the frightening rampage near the UC Santa Barbara campus on Friday that left seven people dead, including the suspected killer, some Asian […]
Three Koreans Found Dead at Family’s Restaurant in Philippines
by RUTH KIM Three Koreans—a married couple and their adult daughter—were found dead inside Han Ga Wi Restaurant in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City in the Philippines on Thursday night. The […]
