S Korea tycoon jailed for assault
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One of South Korea's richest men, Kim Seung-youn, is jailed for 18 months for attacking staff in a karaoke bar.
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A solicitor jailed for kidnapping his baby and attacking staff at a supervision centre has his sentence cut.
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South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, who was accused in the 1970s of trying to buy influence in Congress in the "Koreagate" scandal, was sentenced to five years in prison for accepting at least $2 million to work on Iraq's behalf to influence the U.N. oil-for-food program.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- South Korean businessman and influence peddler Tongsun Park was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for his role in the bribery scandal surrounding the United Nation's oil-for-food program for Iraq a decade ago.
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SEOUL, South Korea -- Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo was convicted Monday of embezzlement and other charges and sentenced to three years in prison over a slush fund scandal that has weighed on the world's sixth-largest automaker.
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The man who punched Sir Alex Ferguson in the groin has been jailed for 15 months.
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A German banker who stole money from  rich clients to help poor ones has been sentenced to two years  and 10 months in prison, a court said Thursday. The  45-year-old, dubbed by German media as a modern day Robin Hood,  diverted 2.1 million euros ($2.79 million) to clients he felt  were needy while holding a senior position at a savings bank in  the southern region of Tauberfranken.
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A Paris court on Friday ordered French trader Jerome Kerviel to be jailed while investigations continue into massive losses at bank Societe Generale.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Kim Un-yong of South Korea was sentenced to two years in jail by Seoul Appellate Court on Friday, reported South Korean national news agency Yonhap.
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The Philippines has sentenced a US marine to 40 years in jail for the rape of a young woman in an attack a court here described as &quot;chilling, naked sadism&quot;.
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A man wielding a box cutter attacked the leader of South Korea&#039;s main opposition party on Saturday, slashing her face during a campaign rally.
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TORONTO (CP) - A former teacher who violated the trust of his young students at one of Canada's most prestigious schools was handed a three-year prison sentence Friday after being convicted of nine counts of indecent assault.
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One of South Korea's richest businessmen was handed a suspended 1-Â½ year sentence on Tuesday for beating up karaoke bar workers, the latest tycoon in the country to avoid jail despite a criminal conviction.
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A former UBS PaineWebber   employee was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday  for planting a computer "logic bomb" on company networks and  betting its stock would go down.
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A former fashion magazine writer found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman after posing as a firefighter to enter her New York apartment was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on Monday.
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Former investment banker Frank  Quattrone was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in prison,  two months more than the harshest recommended penalty, for  obstructing probes into suspected kickbacks involving some of  the hottest stock offerings of the 1990s.
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AN Indonesian court has sentenced a Muslim militant to 10 years in jail after finding him guilty of involvement in last year&#39;s JW Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta.