SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting August 14, automakers in South Korea will face a significant shift in how sudden acceleration incidents are handled. Under a new amendment to the Motor Vehicle Management Act, manufacturers who fail to submit relevant data about vehicles suspected of sudden acceleration will see those vehicles presumed defective. This presumption [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Arrest warrant hearings for two YouTubers suspected of blackmailing and extorting popular “mukbang” star Tzuyang will take place on Friday morning, according to sources on Wednesday. The Suwon District Court, located south of Seoul, will hold the hearings at 10:30 a.m. for Lee Jun-hee and Jeon Kuk-jin, known by [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – For Samsik (a pseudonym), a 34-year-old man who has been in a same-sex relationship for 11 years, the recent Supreme Court decision recognizing health insurance dependency status for same-sex couples brought tears of joy and a sense of long-awaited acknowledgment. “Even after loving someone for so long, it was always [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – In a move to ensure equal access to justice for non-Korean speakers, the National Court Administration of South Korea inaugurated a Court Interpretation Center at the Seoul Eastern District Court on July 17. The center, which began operations on July 1, aims to provide consistent interpretation services to courts nationwide [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean appeals court has rejected a lawsuit filed by civic groups in Busan seeking to prevent the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) from releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. The 5th Civil Division of the Busan High Court, presided over by Judge [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ruled that the government was justified in denying national merit status to a man who was executed by North Korean forces during the Korean War after moving rice on orders from South Korean troops. According to legal sources on July 15, the 8th Administrative Division [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A Samsung Electronics Co. engineer who died from leukemia after working in the company for 14 years was recognized as a victim of a workplace accident, nearly nine years after his death, a civic group said Monday. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the bereaved family [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has upheld the government’s decision to revoke the citizenship of a Pakistani man who concealed his polygamous marriage when applying for naturalization. The Seoul Administrative Court ruled against the plaintiff, identified only as Mr. A, who had sued the Ministry of Justice to overturn the cancellation [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea TV Broadcasting System (KTV), a government-affiliated broadcaster operating under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has filed a lawsuit against a singer who posted a satirical video of President Yoon Suk Yeol and his staff performing a choral piece, police sources confirmed on July 11. The Mapo [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has filed a suit to reverse an international tribunal’s recent order to pay US$32 million in compensation to U.S. hedge fund Mason Capital over a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates, officials said Thursday. The suit filed by the government is in response to the Permanent [...]