Police raided the headquarters of KT&G Monday as part of an investigation into allegations that a subcontractor of the tobacco company bribed a civil servant for favors when selling a factory site.
The Seoul Central District Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the owner of the country's leading newspaper on charges of embezzlement and neglect of duty.
Yang Hanzhong, deputy secretary of the party’s Political & Legal Committee in Inner Mongolia region, has been charged with crimes of bribery and power abuse.
Former President Chun Doo-hwan, who owes a massive fine to state coffers, has made a request to look into the records of a prosecution investigation into his bribe-taking in the 1990s, prosecution officials said Monday.
For those questioning whether the Communist Party of China (CPC) is serious about its anti-corruption drive, the growing number of officials under punishment has shown the party's zero-tolerance to such wrongdoing.
A prominent Chinese activist is taking aim at Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn and a lesser-known manufacturer in a recent report that accuses the companies of environmental violations.
The Chinese military should spare no effort to wipe out corruption and initiate creative reforms to build a modern army capable of dealing with multiple challenges, a professor at the mainland's leading defence university says.
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) on Thursday disclosed details of six cases of scientific misconduct in an effort to deter similar fraud and safeguard research integrity.