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SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- A court on Wednesday dismissed an injunction request by North Jeolla Gov. Kim Kwan-young to suspend his expulsion by the ruling Democratic Party.
Late Friends actor Matthew Perry's stepmother has asked a judge to hand the maximum possible prison sentence to the woman who sold the drugs that ultimately killed him.
A stone’s throw from the most expensive house in Toorak stands a white Georgian-style mansion shrouded by a large leafy plane tree.
A legal battle seeking recognition of same-sex marriage expanded into South Korea’s southeastern region on Wednesday, as couples in Daegu, Busan and Ulsan simultaneously filed lawsuits against local governments’ refusals to process their marriage registrations.
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In email sent on Tuesday, Hop On Management cites ‘lack of information’ in owners’ earlier petition for a meeting, without providing further details
In email sent on Tuesday, Hop On Management cites ‘lack of information’ in owners’ earlier petition for a meeting, without providing further details
A special counsel team on Wednesday sought a 15-year prison term for former first lady Kim Keon Hee, appealing a lower court ruling that convicted her of taking bribes from the Unification Church but acquitted her of involvement in a stock manipulation scheme and of illegally receiving opinion polling data for free.
Sixty-minute hearing set for July 8 to handle confiscation order that authorities say will ‘cut off funding chains’ for national security offences
Sixty-minute hearing set for July 8 to handle confiscation order that authorities say will ‘cut off funding chains’ for national security offences
A woman convicted of blackmailing footballer Son Heung-min over a pregnancy claim has lost her appeal, with the court upholding her four-year prison sentence.
The late Park Gi-hong, who was wrongfully jailed on espionage charges in the early 1980s, has been cleared of wrongdoing more than four decades later after a court overturned his conviction in a retrial sought by his granddaughter.
A Thai national accused of beating his girlfriend to death denied intent to kill at his first court hearing Wednesday, authorities said.
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Committee says confinement in transit area amounted to arbitrary detention and violated South Korea’s treaty obligations
After nearly two decades of legal sparring, a town on Long Island has been ordered to pay a local Chabad center $19 million, settling claims that officials unlawfully blocked the construction of a synagogue on its rabbi’s property.
The former co-host of the Kyle and Jackie O Show alleges she was ‘pushed too far’ and that Sandliands made reference to her “period time”.
A private lender was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday, with the court ruling that his repeated threats against a single mother in debt to him had caused her suicide.
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Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines — As far as the Bureau of Immigration (BI) is concerned, fugitive gaming tycoon Charlie "Atong" Ang is still in the country because there is no legal exit record.
Nicolaas Bester has been deemed unfit to stand trial over the charge, but a special hearing will go ahead in September. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)
Police officers work near a broken glass door at the scene where two people were struck by gunfire in a shooting at a Burlington store, Dec. 23, 2021, in North Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
Rex Heuermann, charged in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings, appears in Judge Timothy Mazzei’s courtroom at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., for a status conference on Feb. 25, 2025. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, File)
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, Australia, on June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
Two ISIS-inspired bombing suspects were caught musing about blowing up white supremacist Jake Lang and maiming up to 60 victims — both cops and civilians — in dashcam footage from their car ride to an anti-Muslim protest outside Gracie Mansion last month, according to a bombshell indictment.
Rep. Choo Mi-ae, six-term lawmaker and ruling Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for governor of Gyeonggi Province, said Wednesday it was vital to complete semiconductor chip clusters in the province.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court expanded its liberal majority to 5-2 on Tuesday following Chris Taylor’s victory over Maria Lazar in the race for an open seat on the high court.
The lawyer for the woman, reportedly an Indian national, asked for a gag order, citing online posts that were ‘of xenophobic nature’
The lawyer for the woman, reportedly an Indian national, asked for a gag order, citing online posts that were ‘of xenophobic nature’
Sydney-based Aguia Resources has officially marched through a tightly patrolled regulatory gate to become a major fertiliser producer after securing formal MAPA registration, confirming its legal authority to commercialise fertiliser products within Brazil’s vast agribusiness sector.
An appeals court on Wednesday upheld prison terms for a woman and a man for blackmailing football star Son Heung-min with pregnancy claims.
SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Wednesday upheld prison terms for a woman and a man for blackmailing football star Son Heung-min with pregnancy claims.
MANILA, Philippines — The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on her impeachment case said that it filed a petition at the Supreme Court to "seek clarity" on some constitutional questions on the ongoing hearing at the House of Representatives.
MANILA, Philippines — A leading economist and former budget officials warned the Supreme Court that unprogrammed appropriations in recent national budgets pose serious risks to fiscal discipline, transparency, and development goals.
Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick walks onto the court during a time out in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
An appeals court is set to hold the final hearing Wednesday of former first lady Kim Keon Hee's trial on multiple charges, including her acceptance of luxury goods from the Unification Church.
Harvard University researcher Kseniia Petrova, 30, departs the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse after being released on bail from federal custody on June 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)
SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court is set to hold the final hearing Wednesday of former first lady Kim Keon Hee's trial on multiple charges, including her acceptance of luxury goods from the Unification Church.
Liam Parry, 33, faced court on Wednesday on one count of reciting a prohibited expression. (ABC News: Lottie Twyford)
Former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who has always denied wrongdoing, did not immediately apply for bail on Wednesday
Ben Roberts-Smith will remain in custody. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts)
A large crowd of pro-Palestine activists have rallied outside a Brisbane court in support of the first person to be charged under Queensland’s new hate speech laws, as one man was warned by police for holding a sign saying “from the sea to the river”.
SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has convened meetings of ruling party committees under government ministries to discuss the implementation of decisions reached at a parliamentary session last month, state media reported Wednesday.
QUITO (AP) — La Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador admitió el martes una propuesta de ley que permite el cultivo de plantas de cannabis para uso personal y su venta en tiendas reguladas por el Estado. La iniciativa es impulsada por organizaciones sociales.
Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club have come to an agreement that will allow club operations to continue while the parties await the outcome of their court battle.
ATLANTA — I’ll give Jaylen Brown what he desperately desires. Just for the next game, though. It’s painfully obvious he’s angling for villain status at the Garden, which should be earned through on-court performances and not Brown’s method of needling commentary.
Salt Lake City: Taylor Frankie Paul, one of the stars of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, can’t spend unsupervised time with her two-year-old son due to concerns about the volatile behaviour she displayed during confrontations between her and the boy’s father, a Utah court commissioner ruled Tuesday.
Suffolk County is seeking to pull the rug out from under a $112 million class-action payout to immigration detainees who were held longer than legally allowed — claiming the jury’s decision to hand over such a bloated payout was “fundamentally flawed.”