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Seoul Detention Center
The Seoul Detention Center (; Hanja: 서울拘置所, alternatively Seoul Prison) is a prison in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, operated by the Korea Correctional Service. History The Detention Center was completed in July 1967. According to a 1992 report by the Lawyers for Democratic Society, in 1990 the Detention Center had 1,500 prisoners in the medical section with only one full-time doctor, and prisoners frequently lacked necessary medical treatments. Operations The Center houses an execution chamber. Notable prisoners Current * Yoo Young-chul: South Korean serial killer. Sentenced to death in 2004, awaiting execution. * Yoon Suk Yeol: Former South Korean president. Former * Roh Tae-woo: Former South Korean president *Lee Jae-yong (businessman), Lee Jae-yong: Vice Chairman of Samsung Group * Park Geun-hye: Former president of South Korea who was impeached and sentenced to prison for bribery, abuse of power, and other offenses. * Kang Chang-gu: Serial killer, execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanja
Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, which can be written with Hanja, and () refers to Classical Chinese writing, although ''Hanja'' is also sometimes used to encompass both concepts. Because Hanja characters have never undergone any major reforms, they more closely resemble traditional Chinese and kyūjitai, traditional Japanese characters, although the stroke orders for certain characters are slightly different. Such examples are the characters and , as well as and . Only a small number of Hanja characters were modified or are unique to Korean, with the rest being identical to the traditional Chinese characters. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore have been simplified Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samsung Group
Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous affiliated businesses, most of which operate under the Samsung brand, and is the largest (business conglomerate) in South Korea. Samsung has the world's fifth-highest brand value. Founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company, Samsung diversified into various sectors, including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail, over the next three decades. In the late 1960s, Samsung entered the electronics industry, followed by the construction and shipbuilding sectors in the mid-1970s—areas that would fuel its future growth. After Lee died in 1987, Samsung was divided into five business groups: Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group, Hansol Group, and JoongAng Group. Key affiliates of Samsung include Samsung Electronics, the world's largest information t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Establishments In South Korea
Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts, in an attempt to eliminate the Iron Triangle (Vietnam), Iron Triangle. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 15 – Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. * January 23 ** In Munich, the trial begins of Wilhelm Harster, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison. ** Milton Keynes in England is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisons In South Korea
The Korea Correctional Service () is an agency of the Ministry of Justice of South Korea responsible for correctional services. The Korea Correctional Service is headquartered in Building 1 of the Government Complex-Gwacheon in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, in the Seoul metropolitan area.Home page Archive . Korea Correctional Service. Retrieved on December 23, 2015. "Building #1, Government Complex-Gwacheon, 47, Gwanmun-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 427-700 Republic of Korea." Korean address " 27-700경기도 과천시 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chijon Family
The Chijon Family (), also known as the Jijon Family, was a South Korean gang active between 1993 and 1994. The gang was founded by Kim Gi-hwan, a former convict, along with six other former prisoners and unemployed workers who shared his grudge against the wealthy. The name "Chijon" was given to the gang by prosecutors working on the case.Originally, Kim had named his gang Mascan, believing the word to be of Greek origin and to signify "ambition," although no Greek word with a similar meaning and pronunciation can be identified. Gang Members Kim Gi-hwan (김기환) was the leader of the gang. He was 26 years old (all ages mentioned here are in Korean age). He was reportedly the top student in his class and held an amateur 1-dan rank in baduk ('go (game)' in Japanese). According to his report card, he frequently skipped school due to his family's financial problems. He left school in the first grade of middle school (age 13) because of these difficulties. After leaving school, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oen Bo-hyun
Oen Bo-Hyun (, April 6, 1957 – November 2, 1995) was a South Korean spree killer and rapist who attacked six women in Seoul in September 1994, killing two. Convicted of the murders, he was subsequently executed in 1995. Murders * September 1, 1994 - At around 1 AM, he picked up a karaoke hostess named Kwon in his stolen taxi at the Songpa District, threatening the woman and thereafter raping her on a nearby road. He then drove her to his hometown, where Oen raped her again, and then tied her to a nearby tree with some string. * September 11, 1994 - At around 7:30 PM, in Doksan-dong, Oen threatened another woman with his gun and kidnapped her. He took her to a hill in Hoengseong County, where he raped her and stole 310,000 won in cash. * September 12, 1994 - At around 9:30 PM, he kidnapped Yang Heo in front of the Phospho Building in Seocho-dong, taking her to Hoengseong. The following day, at around 5:30 PM, he dragged the victim to a hillside near Singal-dong, and attempted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Chang-gu
Kang Chang-gu (; 1957 – April 17, 1990) was a South Korean serial killer and rapist responsible for the murders of six women in Gongju and the surrounding area from 1983 to 1987, committed out of his self-described misogynistic beliefs. Convicted and sentenced to death for these crimes, he was subsequently hanged in 1990. Early life Kang Chang-gu was born in 1957 in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province as the youngest of three brothers and one sister, but the family moved to Gongju when he was just two. He lost both of his parents at an early age and had to be looked after by his older brother, rendering his early life difficult. Kang, who had strabismus, limped in one leg due to polio and began suffering from epileptic fits when he was a teenager, was often shunned and bullied by his peers due to his appearance. The fact that girls and later women avoided him with open disgust caused Kang to harbor feelings of resentment towards people of the opposite sex, eventually culminating in a per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division. The newspaper was established in 1892 as the ''Evening Star'' and was later renamed the ''Toronto Daily Star'' in 1900, under Joseph E. Atkinson. Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper reflecting his principles until his death in 1948. His son-in-law, Harry C. Hindmarsh, shared those principles as the paper's longtime managing editor while also helping to build circulation with sensational stories, bold headlines and dramatic photos. The paper was renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971 and introduced a Sunday edition in 1977. History The ''Star'' was created in 1892 by striking '' Toronto News'' printers and writers, led by future mayor of Toronto and social reformer Horatio Clarence Hocken, who became the newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice hourly newscasts and daily sportscasts for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' () is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language, Korean-language daily. It is the oldest active daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. Since the late 1950s, it had been published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, but following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Group in 2015. The president-publisher of ''The Korea Times'' is Oh Young-jin. Description The newspaper's headquarters is located in the same building with ''Hankook Ilbo'' on Sejong-daero between Sungnyemun and Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea. The paper is not to be confused with ''The Korea Daily News'', a 1904 to 1910 newspaper which briefly ran under the title ''Korea Times''. It is also unrelated to another paper by Lee Myo-muk, Ha Kyong-tok and Kim Yong-ui in September 1945. History ''The Korea Times'' was founded by Helen Kim five months into the 1950-53 Korean War. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of South Korea
The president of the Republic of Korea (), also known as the president of South Korea (), is the head of state and head of government of South Korea. The president directs the executive branch of the Government of South Korea, government and is the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. The Constitution of South Korea and the amended Presidential Election Act of 1987 provide for election of the president by direct, secret ballot, ending sixteen years of indirect presidential elections under the preceding two authoritarian governments. The president is directly elected to a five-year term, with no possibility of re-election. If a presidential vacancy should occur, a successor must be elected within sixty days, during which time presidential duties are to be performed by the Prime Minister of South Korea, prime minister or other senior cabinet members in the order of priority as determined by law. The president is exempt from criminal liability (except for insur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye (; ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until Impeachment of Park Geun-hye, she was removed from office in 2017. Park was the first and to date only woman to be elected president of South Korea, and also the first woman to be List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, popularly elected as a head of state in East Asia. She is also the first South Korean president to be born after the founding of South Korea. Her father, Park Chung Hee, was president from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he May 16 coup, seized power in 1961 and whom she served as First Lady of South Korea, first lady under from 1974 until his Assassination of Park Chung Hee, assassination in 1979. Before her presidency, Park was leader of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) from 2004 to 2006 and leader of the Liberty Korea Party from 2011 to 2012. She was also a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
