RE: Korean Embassy clarifies details of earlier GhanaWeb report on alleged arrest of its nationals

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea has written to GhanaWeb to clarify details contained successful an earlier quality communicative with the headline, 'Chinese, Korean nationals arrested successful 12-hour galamsey cognition astatine sites linked to Akonta Mining,' which has since been updated to 'Chinese nationals arrested successful 12-hour galamsey cognition astatine sites linked to Akonta Mining.'

In that report, GhanaWeb elaborate that arsenic portion of the arrested overseas nationals, were immoderate Koreans, but aft its ain investigations, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea successful Ghana has written to the website to clarify that that was not the situation.

"The Embassy of the Republic of Korea writes with notation to the nonfiction published by the Ghana Web quality bureau connected April 18, 2025, titled: Chinese, Korean nationals arrested successful 12-hour galamsey cognition astatine sites linked to Akonta Mining. The nonfiction successful question states that among those apprehended astatine the amerciable mining tract were 2 Korean nationals, alongside Ghanaian and Chinese nationals.

"Following verification with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, the Ghana Police Service, and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), we privation to clarify that nary Korean nationals were among the overseas nationals arrested astatine Samreboi during the operation. The accusation provided by these authoritative sources confirms that the overseas nationals apprehended successful the cognition were not nationals of the Republic of Korea," the rejoinder from the embassy stated.

Read the afloat details of the rejoinder sent to GhanaWeb below:

EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

The Editor
Ghana Web News Agency
Accra, Ghana

May 7, 2025

Subject: Request for Correction of Article Published connected April 18, 2025

Dear Editor,

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea writes with notation to the nonfiction published by the Ghana Web quality bureau connected April 18, 2025, titled: *Chinese, Korean nationals arrested successful 12-hour galamsey cognition astatine sites linked to Akonta Mining*. The nonfiction successful question states that among those apprehended astatine the amerciable mining tract were 2 Korean nationals, alongside Ghanaian and Chinese nationals.

Following verification with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, the Ghana Police Service, and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), we privation to clarify that nary Korean nationals were among the overseas nationals arrested astatine Samreboi during the operation. The accusation provided by these authoritative sources confirms that the overseas nationals apprehended successful the cognition were not nationals of the Republic of Korea.

The Embassy would kindly petition that your outlet issues a correction to the aforementioned nonfiction to bespeak the close facts.

We would admit your punctual attraction to this substance and kindly petition that the correction, erstwhile made, beryllium fixed akin prominence arsenic the archetypal article.

Please bash not hesitate to interaction america should you necessitate immoderate further verification oregon documentation.

Yours sincerely,

Counselor/Consul
Mr. Mincheol SHIN

No.10, Fifth Avenue Extension, Cantonments, P.O.Box GP 13700, Accra, Ghana
+233-302-771-705 / http://gha.mofa.go.kr