Son of former Korean president obtained secret offshore company amid family’s tax evasion scandal

By Yoojung Lee

Records show son of South Korea’s former president obtained BVI firm amid family’s tax evasion scandal.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… e Korean Center for Investigative Journalism. …"

"… ational Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and reviewed by the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism (KCIJ), also known as Newstapa. Chun …"

"… ing and living in the United States to Singapore when he returned to South Korea in 1989. “I have never taken assets out of the country, and am currentl …"

"… estigious golf resorts. He also donated more than 1,000 million won to the Korea Military Academy, his alma mater.  Prosecutors have come under incre …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… es since 1999. Among his stops: Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. The industry paid fo …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… gn entities. Its clients have included MCI, Viacom, the Embassy of [South] Korea, and Korea Telecom. In December 1986, Rudman was appointed to serve as vic …"

"… . Its clients have included MCI, Viacom, the Embassy of [South] Korea, and Korea Telecom. In December 1986, Rudman was appointed to serve as vice chairman …"

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The military children left behind: Decrepit schools, broken promises

By Kristen Lombardi

While parents sacrifice, children endure deterioration and disrepair

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… geant, has spent five of those years away from her, serving his country in Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan. At her elementary school on an Oklahoma military po …"

"… ear after returning from Iraq, Catie Hunter’s father in January left for Korea – an unexpected tour just when Sgt. Bryan Hunter had decided to retire b …"

So much travel in so little time

By Robert Brodsky

Former DeLay staffer racked up $85,000 in travel in 26 months

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… her travel past the maximum time allowed by rules.On a 2001 trip to South Korea, she and her husband traveled at the expense of a group registered as a fo …"

"… had registered as a foreign agent on Aug. 23, three days before the South Korea trip. Members of Congress and their aides are prohibited from accepting pa …"

"… accepting paid trips from foreign agents.The group stopped first in South Korea for a three-day meeting with government officials arranged by the Korea-Un …"

"… th Korea for a three-day meeting with government officials arranged by the Korea-United States Exchange Council. The council was formed in 2001 with help f …"

FACT CHECK: Obama claims foreign countries pay teachers as well as doctors

By FactCheck.Org

President Obama makes misinformed statement claiming countries with higher test scores, pay their teachers "on par with doctors"

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… lly, the White House cited a study in which Darling-Hammond said Korea pays teachers somewhere between doctors and engineers. Korea is an OECD me …"

"… -Hammond said Korea pays teachers somewhere between doctors and engineers. Korea is an OECD member country and its students scored "significantly above" th …"

"… more than the U.S. But there are no OECD statistics on doctor salaries in Korea, so we could not independently determine if teachers are paid "on par" wit …"

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China steps up its lobbying game

By Marina Walker Guevara

The Chinese government is hiring the best of the best to advance its agenda

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… utive branch and Congress, as well as the media. In a phone interview from Korea, Michael House, a partner in the firm's International Trade Practice Group …"

Suspect in fatal DUI case found in South Korea

By David Jackson, Gary Marx and Nari Kim*

Chicago Tribune and ICIJ reporters located suspect in fatal DUI accident who fled to South Korea more than 10 years ago.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… ties have located international fugitive Kyung Ho Song in his native South Korea, more than a decade after he fled Illinois to avoid being tried for drunke …"

"… s location in December, they have yet to formally request help from South Korean officials, and it is not clear when or if Song might be extradited back t …"

"… homicide and aggravated driving under the influence and absconded to South Korea, government records show.“I was scared,” Song said in the recent inter …"

"… f the accident, Song said in the interview, he had “a couple of shots of Korean liquor” with friends before climbing in his car.But Song denied being d …"

IMPACT: Key vote clears way to stop fish plundering in the South Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Long overdue Chilean vote unblocks efforts to impose binding regulations on fishing quotas across the southern Pacific

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… ear in Santiago, under worldwide scrutiny, governments finally took action.Korea and Russia, both major players in the jack mackerel fishery, ratified the …"

Canadian-owned firm's mega-donation to super PAC raises ‘legal red flags’

By Michael Beckel

Foreigners are prohibited from spending money on U.S. elections, law not so clear on foreign corporations.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Korea":

"… fter Democratic Party fundraisers accepted millions of dollars from China, Korea and other foreign sources. And ahead of the 1994 election, then-chairman o …"

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