South Korean footballer Hwang Ui-jo has issued an apology for secretly recording intimate moments with his partners without their consent. Prosecutors allege that the 31-year-old striker filmed these encounters with two women on four separate occasions between June and September 2022. EDITOR’S PICKS BBNaija: It Was All Part of the Game – Kassia Apologies to … Read more
Prominent South Korean actor Yoo Ah-in, whose real name is Uhm Hong-sik, was sentenced to one year in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of the illegal use of the anaesthetic drug propofol, according to the Yonhap news agency. Yoo was charged with using propofol 181 times between 2020 and 2022, under the pretence … Read more
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward South Korean waters. EKO HOT BLOG reports that North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward South Korean eastern waters, according to Seoul. According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, “North Korea launched an unknown ballistic missile into the East Sea”. They said that the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria yesterday sent a message of sympathy to the government and people of South Korea in response to the unfortunate loss of more than 150 people in a stampede event in Itaewon, Seoul District. Eko Hot Blog reports that Buhari gave his South Korean counterpart, President Yoon Suk-yeo, the assurance that … Read more
Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country’s Supreme Court upheld a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offences. The conservative Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, had been out on bail awaiting the ruling and was not in court for the decision, but … Read more
The founder and leader of Shincheonji religious group, which is at the center of the rapid rise in South Korean coronavirus cases, apologized “sincerely” to the country today at his first news conference since the nation’s outbreak. The group has faced mounting criticism after more than half of South Korea’s positive cases was linked to the … Read more