SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean authorities have concluded that artificial intelligence systems that train on entire news articles or textbooks without permission are infringing copyright, marking the government’s strongest stance yet on data use in the AI era. At a public briefing on Thursday, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has abolished the statute of limitations for sexual violence committed by family members against children and adolescents, a sweeping legal reform aimed at strengthening protections for young victims and increasing accountability for offenders. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday that the National Assembly passed revisions [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has upheld an Army regulation that restricts officers’ off-base leave to areas from which they can return to their unit within two hours, ruling the policy constitutional amid longstanding security concerns on the peninsula. In a unanimous decision delivered Nov. 27, the court rejected a petition [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has ruled that a legal provision imposing aggravated penalties for violating the drunk driving ban three or more times is not unconstitutional, court officials said Monday. The court made the ruling unanimously last Thursday in response to a petition filed by a man who was indicted [...]
JEONJU, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a security guard accused of stealing a 1,050-won snack — a case that drew widespread attention as a modern-day “Les Misérables” story and raised questions about prosecutorial discretion. The Jeonju District Court’s criminal appeals division acquitted the 41-year-old defendant, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that a person can be criminally punished for possessing or transferring a package they believe contains illegal drugs, even if the package in fact contains no narcotics. The decision broadens the scope of liability under the country’s narcotics laws and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-running controversy over price-gouging at Seoul’s iconic Gwangjang Market has escalated into a legal battle, as brick-and-mortar shop owners move to sue street vendors for damages, arguing that repeated scandals have driven customers away and caused significant financial harm. According to interviews conducted by Yonhap News Agency, the Gwangjang [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police have ruled that actress Nana, formerly of the K-pop group After School, and her mother acted in legitimate self-defense when they overpowered an armed intruder who broke into their home in Guri, northeast of Seoul. The Guri Police Department said on Saturday that the suspect, a man [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower-court ruling that sided with Philips Korea in a high-profile dispute over transfer pricing taxes, sending the case back to an appellate court for further review. In a decision disclosed Wednesday, the court reversed a ruling that had canceled most of the 90.5 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has secured a decisive victory in its protracted legal war with Lone Star Funds, closing a contentious chapter that has shaped the country’s financial and political landscape for more than two decades. The U.S. private equity firm—long criticized in Korea as a predatory “vulture fund”—first entered the market [...]