
Sentences Finalized in Ex-First Lady's Corruption Case
Suspended prison terms and fines have been finalized for three defendants accused of handing bribes to former first lady Kim Keon Hee, following a ruling by the Seoul Central District Court.
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Suspended prison terms and fines have been finalized for three defendants accused of handing bribes to former first lady Kim Keon Hee, following a ruling by the Seoul Central District Court.
Former National Intelligence Service chief Cho Tae-yong has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Seoul Central District Court for perjury and fabricating official documents concerning Yoon's martial law.

A state compensation suit filed by 117 women, alleging forced sexual slavery for US troops in South Korea in the 1950s, has reached the Seoul Central District Court for its first preparatory hearing.

The Seoul Central District Court has issued an arrest warrant for Kim Se-ui, head of the YouTube channel HoverLab, on charges of defaming actor Kim Soo-hyun.

A woman and her boyfriend were each sentenced to a year in prison by the Seoul Central District Court for stealing the ashes of the woman's ex-husband.

Ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day. In a statement released by his lawyers, Yoon maintained that his abrupt and short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024 was done “solely for the sake of the nation and our people”, and dismissed the Seoul Central District Court as biased against him. Yoon, who was removed from office amid a political crisis set...

Former National Intelligence Service chief Cho Tae-yong has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Seoul Central District Court for perjury and fabricating official documents concerning Yoon's martial law.

The Seoul Central District Court said Friday it will conduct an on-site inspection of a residential facility for people with severe disabilities in Incheon, after its chief denied allegations of…

South Korea's Seoul Central District Court is preparing to deliver a first-instance verdict on whether former President Yoon Suk Yeol led an insurrection.