Ex-SKorean leader Park gets 24-year prison term SEOUL, SKOREA: Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison on Friday, a year after she was driven from office and arrested over a corruption scandal that saw months of massive street... Women 06 Apr, 2018
Samsung heir to be released free on suspended jail term SEOUL: A South Korean appeals court Monday handed down a 2 ½-year suspended jail sentence for corruption to Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, clearing the way for him to be freed after nearly a year in prison and return to the company's... 05 Feb, 2018
Supporters of SKorea ex-leader Park ask UN body to probe her detention conditions Parks supporters question her medical care in detention Justice ministry says Park receiving proper care Park has chronic back pains, difficulty sleeping: media SEOUL: Supporters of former South Korean president Park Geun-hye have... Women 26 Sep, 2017
Hong Kong's first female leader a 'tilted bridge' over troubled water HONG KONG: Carrie Lam, who was sworn in as Hong Kong's first female leader on Saturday, is a former student activist who climbed the rungs of the civil service over 36 years, and a tough, capable and possibly divisive Beijing-backed... Women 01 Jul, 2017
North Korea calls for execution of ex-South Korea leader over 'assassination' plot SEOUL: North Korea said on Wednesday it has issued a standing order for the execution of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her spy chief for what it said was a plot to assassinate its leader, and it demanded that the South hand... Women 29 Jun, 2017
Corruption trial begins for ex-South Korean President Park SEOUL: Former President Park Geun-hye was somber in court Tuesday as she was accused of bribery and leaking government secrets at a criminal trial that could send South Korea’s first female leader to prison for life if she is convicted. In... Women 23 May, 2017
Court decides whether to arrest ousted South Korean president Park SEOUL: A South Korean court began deliberating on Thursday whether to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye, who was removed from office in a corruption scandal involving charges she solicited bribes from the country's largest conglomerate. Park... Women 30 Mar, 2017
Hong Kong's first female leader a "tilted bridge" over troubled water HONG KONG: Carrie Lam, who won an election to become Hong Kong's first female chief executive on Sunday, is a former student activist who climbed the rungs of the civil service over 36 years, and a tough, capable and possibly divisive... Women 26 Mar, 2017
Sunken South Korean ferry slowly emerges three years after disaster SEOUL: A South Korean ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing 304 people, most of them children on a school trip, slowly emerged from a grey sea on Thursday, a sombre reminder of a tragedy that traumatised the country. The ferry, the Sewol,... Women 23 Mar, 2017
South Korea's Park goes home after 14-hour interrogation in graft probe Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left prosecutors' offices early on Wednesday after being questioned in an investigation into a corruption scandal that brought an early end to her political career. Park did not respond to reporters'... Women 22 Mar, 2017
South Korea's Park apologises, promises cooperation in graft probe SEOUL: Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologized to the country on Tuesday as she arrived at prosecutors' offices for questioning as a criminal suspect in a widening corruption investigation that has already cost her the... Women 21 Mar, 2017
South Koreans celebrate Park's removal, but ousted leader silent SEOUL: A day after a court removed her from power over a corruption scandal, ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye maintained her silence on Saturday as her opponents and supporters divided the capital's streets with massive rallies that... Women 11 Mar, 2017
