South Korean Candidate Faces Inquiry
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Parliament voted to open a fraud investigation against Lee Myung-bak, the leading presidential candidate.
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The agricultural minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, was to face parliamentary questioning on a political scandal.
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South Korea were still lobbying gymnastics and Olympics officials over the gold medal gymnast Yang Tae-young lost as a result of a judging mistake, the team said Thursday.
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South Koreaâs cabinet approved a special counsel to look into securities fraud allegations against president-elect Lee Myung-bak.
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An investigation begins into allegations of "electoral offences" in the Ealing Southall by-election.
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South Korea might put forward a candidate  to take over from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan when his  term expires in 2006, a South Korean official said Sunday.
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A special prosecutor's team questioned South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak on Sunday over allegations of financial fraud a week ahead of his inauguration, a news report said.
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The Finnish government is investigating a North Korean complaint that two of its diplomats were thrown off a train.
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South Korean police are seeking a 26-year-old woman on suspicion of embezzling about $1.4 million to fund a craving for designer shoes, bags and clothes, a spokesman said on Friday.
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The Inquiry focuses how the N.Y. Senate majority leaderâs private business dealings may relate to his position.
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South Korea is seeking independent  verification on the nature of a huge blast in North Korea last  week, which its communist neighbor has said was linked to a  hydroelectric scheme, Seoul's defense minister said on Tuesday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will approve a special counsel to look into fraud allegations against the president-elect despite calls to veto the measure, local media reported on Friday.
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Republican lawmakers on Tuesday asked investigators to examine whether Bush administration efforts to transfer $25 million from a North Korean account would violate money laundering and counterfeit laws.
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Polls opened Wednesday in South Korea's presidential election, with a business-friendly conservative tipped to end a decade of left-leaning rule despite an upcoming fraud investigation.
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A South Korean agency said Thursday it will investigate the academic backgrounds of tens of thousands of civil servants amid a fake degree scandal gripping the country.
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South Korean and U.S. officials are discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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South Koreans went to the polls on Wednesday expected to choose as president a former CEO vowing to knock the economy into shape and stand up to the North, but whose authority could be weakened by a fraud investigation.