The prosecution has virtually concluded its investigation into alleged professional negligence as it additionally indicted a former SK Chemicals employee who made PHMG, a toxic substance used in Oxy's humidifier disinfectant.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on June 21 indicted

The case of Cho Hyun-ah, a 45-year-old former vice president of Korean Air who allegedly assaulted her husband and abused her child, has been handed over to the prosecution.The Seou Suseo Police Station said on June 26 that it sent Cho's alleged injury charge under the Criminal Law to the prosec

A representative council of residents of radon detected apartments has applied to the Korea Consumer Protection Board for the relief of radon damages against POSCO E&C.According to Rep. Lee Jeong-mi of the Justice Party, a member of the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee, the re

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said on June 25 that it imposed 52 million won in fines on McDonald's Korea along with a correction order as it did not entrust the franchise deposit to designated financial institutions and did not provide advance information disclosure letters to franchise hopef

For the second time this year, prosecutors have launched a raid on Hyundai and Kia Motors. The move is aimed at finding additional points of suspicion over the cover-up of production defects, including Theta II engine, and the alleged violation of recall rules. According to an official of Hyundai Mo

LG Uplus will join hands with U.S. PTC Corporation, a leader in global Internet of Things and augmented reality solutions, to develop smart agricultural services utilizing information and communication technologies.LG Uplus said on June 25 that it will develop a smart agricultural service called "Tr

Samsung C&T's construction unit has won the order for the Thi Vai LNG Terminal work, which was propelled by Vietnam's state-run gas company Petrovietnam Gas Corporation.Samsung C&T formed a consortium with the local company Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) and won the proje

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction said on June 24 that it has signed a contract with the UAE nuclear power plant operator Nawah Energy Company in Abu Dhabi on a maintenance project for the Barakah nuclear power plant.Nawah CEO Mark Reddemann, Mohamed Al Hammadi, CEO of the Emirates Nuclear Ener

Hana Tour is set to stand trial for leaking information of hundreds of thousands of customers and exercising power trip on its business partner.The Seoul District Prosecutor's Office said on June 19 that it has indicted a Hana Tour corporation and Mr. A, head of its headquarters without detentio

Hyundai Construction Equipment, an affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), will be questioned by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that it has extorted self-driving technology for unmanned forklift from a small and medium-sized company that was in partnership.According to the Kyu

Com2us said on June 21 that it will launch its own service of its subsidiary Novacore's "Dragon Sky.""Dragon Sky" is a highly popular Idle Shooting RPG in Korea and Taiwan, and Com2us is able to provide its own services through the preparation process after the acquisition of the developing comp

Thirty LG Electronics executives and employees, including Vice Chairman Cho Seong-jin and union leader Bae Sang-ho, practiced corporate social responsibility. The volunteer work was arranged as part of the "LG Electronics Volunteer Day" event.On June 19, Vice Chairman Cho and executives and employee

Dongwon Industries was sued on June 18 (local time) for allegedly being a co-defendant of StarKist Co., its U.S.-based subsidiary, in connection with a "dolphin protection rule." Dongwon Industries announced this on June 19 through the Korea Exchange's disclosure.The 16 individual U.S. consumer

The Korea Exchange delayed its decision to impose membership sanctions on Merrill Lynch Securities. The Korea Exchange held a meeting of its market monitoring committee on June 19 and said it will resume a meeting on member sanctions against Merrill Lynch Securities in July.The exchange was schedule

Netmarble said on June 19 that it has released Kamael Cinematic videos for the first time ahead of a new races Kamael update that will appear in mobile MMORPG's "Lineage 2 Revolution."The video is available on official communities, Facebook and YouTube. The video shows the characteristics of the

Nexen Tire made an announcement on June 14 (Korean time) that it has signed a strategic partnership with Plug and Play, a global corporate innovation platform and startup accelerator.Nexen Tire is planning to form a partnership with Plug and Play in order to develop advanced technologies for the fut

SK E&C has succeeded in winning a contract for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for PDH Plant in Belgium.SK E&C said on June 18 that it has signed a FEED contract with global chemical company INEOS to build a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Antwerp petrochemical complex in Belgium. Ahn Jae

The Ministry of Environment said on June 13 that it has filed a complaint against Hanwha Total that caused the leak of the oil vapor for two days from May 17 for "failing to report immediately" under the Chemicals Management Act." Hanwha Total reported the accident to the Seosan Fire Station at 12:3

Citibank Korea's labor union is getting into the act for solving the Japanese military sexual slavery problem. The bank union jointly organized a regular Wednesday rally with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on June 12 to solve the Japanese military

Samsung Electronics said on June 16 that Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong held a meeting with presidents of IT and mobile (IM) at its Suwon office on June 14.President Ko Dong-jin of IM, President Roh Hee-chan of Management Support, and President Roh Tae-moon of Wireless Business Department announced the