SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly a year and a half after his 12-year-old son, Lee Do-hyun, died in a suspected case of sudden unintended acceleration, Lee Sang-hoon remains torn by the results of a reenactment test that point to a vehicle defect but offer little solace. On May 27, Lee’s legal team released the [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a powerful display of their demands, around 20,000 nurses (according to organizers) gathered in front of the National Assembly in Seoul on May 23, raising their voices for the enactment of a separate nursing law. After resident doctors left hospitals in protest of the government’s plan to increase medical [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) of South Korea announced on May 27 that it will begin a trial of video conference hearings for labor dispute cases under review, starting from June. After establishing a video conferencing system in December last year and completing preparations such as drafting manuals, the [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As a court decision looms that could determine the fate of Min Hee-jin, the founder of the ADOR record label and the former manager of NewJeans, a fierce legal battle is unfolding between Min and her critics at Hybe, the K-pop juggernaut. According to K-pop industry insiders, 10,000 members of [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) –A marriage can be annulled even after it ends in divorce if there are special circumstances, such as the lack of a substantial marital agreement, the Supreme Court said Thursday, breaking from its precedent set for the past 40 years. Under the previous precedent set in 1984, the top court [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court ordered the state to pay HDC Hyundai Development Co. around 9 billion won (US$6.6 million) in compensation for selling a plot of land used as a former U.S. Army base without decontaminating the soil, judicial officials said Tuesday. In 2016, HDC Hyundai purchased the former Camp [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court in Seoul was to deliver a critical ruling Thursday that would determine the fate of the government’s highly contested plan to increase the nationwide medical school admission quota, officials said. The Seoul High Court will issue a ruling at around 5 p.m. on an injunction filed [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A 12-year-old elementary school student will make her voice heard this week in one of South Korea’s most consequential legal battles over the government’s response to climate change. Han Je-ah, a sixth grader from Seoul, will address the Constitutional Court in person on May 21 during the final hearing for [...]
YEONGDONG, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A court in South Korea has ruled that requiring gender reassignment surgery as a criteria for legally changing one’s gender is unlawful. The Yeongdong Branch of the Cheongju District Court announced on May 8 that it has granted permission for five transgender individuals, including one identified only as Mr. A, [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A smoker fined for lighting up in a designated non-smoking area has failed in a constitutional challenge after the country’s highest courts upheld the citation, ruling that public health interests outweigh individual freedom to smoke outdoors. On April 25, the Constitutional Court unanimously dismissed a petition filed by a [...]