SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. has virtually won a U.S. lawsuit against BOE Technology Group Co., with Washington’s trade watchdog imposing a near 15-year import ban on the Chinese rival’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made a preliminary [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Six South Korean farmers have filed a civil lawsuit against Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and its five power subsidiaries, demanding compensation for climate-related damages. The lawsuit, announced Tuesday during a press conference in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, marks the first legal challenge holding KEPCO and its affiliates accountable for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into K-pop star G-Dragon and Yang Hyun-suk, the founder and chief producer of major agency YG Entertainment, over alleged violation of copyright law. Seoul’s Mapo Police Station began the probe after receiving a complaint in November from a composer who claimed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team raided the nation’s antitrust regulator Monday as part of its widening probe into corruption allegations involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The team led by special counsel Min Joong-ki searched the offices of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) in Sejong, some 110 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Former minor party leader Cho Kuk will be granted a special pardon on the occasion of Liberation Day, the justice ministry said Monday, cutting short his two-year prison term over charges in connection with his daughter. Cho will be granted an exemption of his sentence under the presidential amnesty [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In a recent ruling, South Korea’s Supreme Court determined that a teacher’s use of inappropriate language toward a disruptive student did not constitute emotional abuse under child welfare laws. The case centers on a 4th-grade teacher, identified as A, who was accused of verbally abusing a student, referred to [...]
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 [...]