SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of parents is preparing to take legal action against a controversial policy that bars student athletes from competing if they fail to meet minimum academic standards, a measure aimed at fostering student-athletes who are also strong academically. The Parents’ Alliance for South Korean Athletes has recently hired a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Wednesday sentenced a deepfake crime suspect to five years in prison after finding him guilty of producing about 400 fabricated pornographic videos and distributing about 1,700 such videos online. The Seoul Central District Court handed out the sentence to the 28-year-old suspect, surnamed Park, saying his [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Police will carry out an intensive crackdown on deepfake sex images as a recent series of such crimes stoked fears that any woman could fall victim, officials said Tuesday. During the seven-month crackdown set to begin Wednesday, police will aggressively hunt down those who produce and spread such images, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ruled that a hospital must pay approximately 400 million won in compensation to the family of an American patient who died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism after being discharged following hip fracture surgery. The Seoul Central District Court’s Civil Settlement Division 15 (presided over by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In the wake of heightened safety concerns, partly sparked by an incident involving Suga, a member of the K-pop group BTS, South Korean lawmakers are pushing for stricter regulations on the use of personal mobility devices (PMDs) such as electric scooters and kickboards. Several bills have been introduced in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A Supreme Court panel has revised sentencing guidelines to allow punishments as severe as life imprisonment for those convicted of organized fraud, such as home rental and voice phishing schemes, officials said Tuesday. The Supreme Court’s sentencing committee made the revision during its plenary meeting the previous day, toughening [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against four major K-pop merchandise retailers for unfair business practices, highlighting growing concerns over consumer rights in the booming idol goods market. The FTC announced on August 11 that it would issue corrective orders and impose fines totaling 10.5 million won [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Over half of foreign companies operating in South Korea expect a contentious pro-labor bill being pushed forward by opposition parties will negatively impact their businesses here, a survey showed Monday. In the survey conducted by Mono Research on 100 foreign companies with over 100 employees from July 26 to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) violated copyright law by posting exam questions containing literary and artistic works on its website without proper compensation. The court’s decision, made by the Third Division under Justice Noh Jeong-hee, upholds a lower court’s partial [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 2,500 cases of prohibited items, including live ammunition and Tasers, have been detected during security checks at South Korean airports over the past 4 1/2 years, data showed Sunday. The Korea Airports Corp., which operates 14 international and domestic airports nationwide, and the Incheon International Airport Corp., the [...]