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September 27, 1988 | SAM JAMESON, Times Staff Writer
Two Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. swimmers apologized to the South Korean people, attributed their theft of a $860 decorative plaster mask to "boyish exuberance," and asked for forgiveness as they appeared before Korean police here Tuesday to undergo questioning prior to possible prosecution. The interrogation was continuing 3 hours after the pair arrived at the Yongsam Police Station. Although the U.S.
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May 14, 1999 | VALERIE REITMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Call it the kimchi capers. A thief breaks into the homes of several prominent citizens, including two Cabinet members and two police chiefs, stealing all kinds of loot. But when the burglar is finally apprehended, he tells prosecutors that his victims have vastly understated their losses. A police chief failed to report a wad of cash-stuffed envelopes the thief had lifted from under a container for the pickled cabbage in the refrigerator, claims the burglar, 32-year-old Kim Kang Ryong.
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May 14, 1999 | VALERIE REITMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Call it the kimchi capers. A thief breaks into the homes of several prominent citizens, including two Cabinet members and two police chiefs, stealing all kinds of loot. But when the burglar is finally apprehended, he tells prosecutors that his victims have vastly understated their losses. A police chief failed to report a wad of cash-stuffed envelopes the thief had lifted from under a container for the pickled cabbage in the refrigerator, claims the burglar, 32-year-old Kim Kang Ryong.
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September 27, 1988 | SAM JAMESON, Times Staff Writer
Two Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. swimmers apologized to the South Korean people, attributed their theft of a $860 decorative plaster mask to "boyish exuberance," and asked for forgiveness as they appeared before Korean police here Tuesday to undergo questioning prior to possible prosecution. The interrogation was continuing 3 hours after the pair arrived at the Yongsam Police Station. Although the U.S.
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