Talk:List of political scandals in South Korea

Possibly relevant
The following unreferenced sections were present in the now-deleted South Korean scandals. Perhaps someone can reference them if they are relevant.


 * 1973
 * Kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung
 * Tsche Chong-kil
 * 1994
 * Seongsu Bridge collapse (성수대교 붕괴사고)
 * 1995
 * Sampoong Department Store collapse (삼풍백화점 붕괴사고)
 * Slush Fund Scandal
 * 2000
 * Baek Ji Young scandal
 * 2005
 * Hwang Woo Suk
 * 2005
 * Hong Seok-hyun
 * 2006
 * Tongsun Park
 * 2007
 * Shin Jeong-ah diploma forgery scandal

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Piotrus (talk • contribs) 07:26, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Not political scandals
This will be used to create a new list, Scandals in South Korea, perhaps?

Daewoo dissolution and corruption scandal (1999-2006)
Daewoo was a major South Korean conglomerate. Prior to the Asian financial crisis, Daewoo was the second largest conglomerate in Korea. By 1999, Daewoo went bankrupt, with debts of about US$50 billion. Soon after the demise, South Korean prosecutors filed chargers against over 40 top executives, in what BBC described as the Daewoo corruption scandal. Daewoo Chairman Kim Woo-Jung fled to Vietnam, and former Daewoo factory workers put up "Wanted" posters with his picture. Kim returned to Korea in June 2005 and was promptly arrested. He was charged with masterminding accounting fraud of 41 trillion won (US$43.4 billion), illegally borrowing 9.8 trillion won (US$10.3 billion), and smuggling US$3.2 billion out of the country, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency. On 30 May 2006, Kim was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of fraud and embezzlement. On the last day of the trial, Kim tearfully addressed the court, "I cannot dodge my responsibility of wrongly buttoning up the final button of fate."

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Piotrus (talk • contribs) 05:40, 28 August 2018 (UTC)