SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Friday dismissed former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min’s petition against his arrest, keeping him in custody over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law. The Seoul Central District Court issued the ruling just hours after holding a hearing to review the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team requested an arrest warrant for former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Thursday, a day after questioning her over allegations of election meddling and other irregularities. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team said it filed for the warrant on charges of violations of the Capital Market [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik appeared before special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team Thursday and was questioned as a witness about former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration. “I explained everything the special counsel wanted to know, based on the facts,” Woo told reporters after the questioning. “I hope [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team will make its second attempt to execute a warrant to detain jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday to bring him in for questioning over election meddling allegations involving him and his wife, judicial sources said. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team will make the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The antitrust regulator said Wednesday it has decided to refer the chairman of leading South Korean food company Nongshim Co. to the prosecution for allegedly omitting key affiliate companies from required disclosures to avoid designation as a large business group and to benefit from incentives for small businesses. Nongshim [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team on Wednesday wrapped up its first questioning of former first lady Kim Keon Hee over her alleged involvement in stock manipulation schemes, election meddling and other charges. Kim denied allegations against her, according to judicial sources. The questioning lasted more than seven hours after beginning [...]
SEOUL, August 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that Sungdo ENG, the parent company of Chinese contractor Sungdo Construction, must pay damages — including delayed interest — to a group of Chinese insurers over a 2013 fire at SK Hynix’s semiconductor plant in Wuxi, China. The fire, which broke out in [...]
SEOUL, August 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A wave of civil lawsuits has emerged in South Korea following the country’s first court ruling last month recognizing psychological damages linked to the controversial “December 3 Martial Law” plan, a move that has reignited public scrutiny over the failed emergency military order. According to legal sources, two separate [...]
Experts call for stronger protections as digital surveillance expands beyond physical boundaries SEOUL, August 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As digital technologies reshape the nature of personal relationships, experts are warning that South Korea’s legal system is falling behind in protecting victims of online stalking—an increasingly pervasive form of tech-enabled coercive control. In a recent paper [...]
GIMCHEON, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled in favor of a consumer who faced a 100 million won ($77,000) damages lawsuit after posting a negative review of an online lecture, affirming that such commentary falls under protected freedom of expression. According to the Korea Legal Aid Corporation on Wednesday, both [...]