Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    A decade lost: Sewol survivors on life after tragedy

    A decade lost: Sewol survivors on life after tragedy
  2. 2

    S. Korea to extend fuel tax cut through June amid Middle East tensions

    S. Korea to extend fuel tax cut through June amid Middle East tensions
  3. 3

    Yoon flounders after election defeat

    Yoon flounders after election defeat
  4. 4

    US confirms $6.4 billion chip subsidy for Samsung

    US confirms $6.4 billion chip subsidy for Samsung
  5. 5

    [KH Explains] How should Korea adjust its trade defenses against Chinese EVs?

    [KH Explains] How should Korea adjust its trade defenses against Chinese EVs?
  1. 6

    Yoon sorry for shortcomings but insists policies were right

    Yoon sorry for shortcomings but insists policies were right
  2. 7

    BTS' Jungkook creates Instagram account for his dog

    BTS' Jungkook creates Instagram account for his dog
  3. 8

    Korea braces for blows from Middle East conflict

    Korea braces for blows from Middle East conflict
  4. 9

    Guterres urges maximum restraint after Iranian assault on Israel

    Guterres urges maximum restraint after Iranian assault on Israel
  5. 10

    Recording of boss cursing in office ruled legal

    Recording of boss cursing in office ruled legal
피터빈트

[Newsmaker] Court approves arrest warrant for ex-conglomerate chairman over sexual assault charges

By Yonhap

Published : Oct. 26, 2019 - 10:26

    • Link copied

A Seoul court on Saturday approved an arrest warrant for Kim Jun-ki, former chairman of DB Group, over alleged sexual assaults.

The Seoul Central District Court approved the arrest warrant, saying among other things that the charges are significant and there is a possibility of Kim attempting to destroy evidence.


(Yonhap) (Yonhap)

Kim, 74, is suspected of sexually assaulting his personal secretary multiple times between February and July in 2017. She filed a complaint later that year.

He was also accused in early 2018 of raping a housemaid in his vacation home multiple times between February 2016 and January 2017.

Kim resigned as DB chairman in September just after news media reported the 2017 complaint. DB is the nation's 43rd-largest conglomerate, and its businesses range from construction and steel to finance.

Kim left for the United States in July 2017 and had stayed there -- for medical treatment, according to him -- ignoring the police's summoning. He returned home on Wednesday, three months after police requested that the Ministry of Justice seek his extradition from the US.  (Yonhap)

More from Headlines