Prosecutors in South Korea have raided four major domestic refiners following allegations of oil price fixing, an investigation launched amid rising gas prices exacerbated by the Middle East conflict.

Prosecutors have sought a 10-year prison sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during an appellate hearing. The charges are related to obstruction of justice and his alleged attempts to evade arrest following a failed martial law declaration.

South Korean prosecutors have indicted several young men accused of working for a romance scam ring based in Myanmar, part of a growing network of overseas fraud operations targeting Korean victims. The Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office said Wednesday that nine men aged 23 to 34 who operated out of a crime compound known as KK Park near the Myanmar-Thailand border were charged with joining and participating in a criminal organization. Five suspects were indicted in detention, while thre

South Korean prosecutors have indicted three executives of a drone manufacturing company on charges of repeatedly sending uncrewed aerial vehicles into North Korea, allegedly escalating inter-Korean tensions.

South Korean prosecutors have appealed the life sentence handed down to former President Jun Suk Jeol, citing errors in factual findings, a day after the politician's legal team also filed an appeal.