S. Korea indicts Japanese journalist on defamation charges

S. Korea indicts Japanese journalist on defamation charges

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative civic group scuffle with riot police near a building housing the Seoul bureau of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper on Oct. 8, 2014. South Korean public prosecutors the same day indicted Sankei's former Seoul bureau chief on defamation charges over an article on President Park Geun Hye.

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