According to evidence presented at a five-day trial, from at least November 2020 to March 2023, Cho demanded "protection" money from karaoke businesses in Koreatown, as well as from drivers of ...

By Jessica Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - One of South Korea's richest businessmen was jailed for 18 months on Monday for abducting karaoke bar workers, punching them and hitting them with a steel pipe.

Prosecutors had detailed how Daekun Cho charged Koreatown's karaoke bar owners protection fees, and controlled doumi — for-hire party girls — and their drivers with the threat of force.

LOS ANGELES — A 39-year-old Woodland Hills man was found guilty Tuesday of dozens of felonies for extorting Koreatown karaoke companies and sometimes violently attacking victims who refused to ...

Coin karaoke booths are compact, with most designed to fit no more than two people. There’s usually one remote control, two microphones, the display screen and a slot to insert money. For 500 ...

In January 2023, Cho assaulted another karaoke driver who for years had paid him in cash and then via Venmo a monthly extortion fee. Cho began accepting electronic extortion payments during the ...

A man who violently extorted Koreatown's karaoke bar owners for money and controlled the neighborhood's for-hire women who entertain guests was sentenced to over 22 years in prison, the U.S ...