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Court Recognizes Responsibility of SK Chemical and Aekyung Industrial in Harmful Humidifier Disinfectant Case

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant court ruling, former executives of SK Chemical and Aekyung Industrial were found guilty on January 11 for their involvement in selling harmful humidifier disinfectants. This judgment effectively acknowledges the causal link between all humidifier disinfectant ingredients and lung diseases. The Seoul High Court sentenced former SK Chemical [...]

S. Korea to Launch Patent Infringement Probe into China-made Smartphone Battery

SEJONG, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s trade commission said Thursday it will launch a probe into alleged patent infringement involving a China-made smartphone battery and battery material. The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) said it plans to look into whether the patent by LG Chem Ltd.’s cathode material utilized in battery production, known as [...]

Supreme Court Again Orders Japanese Company to Compensate Korean Forced Labor Victim

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld another appellate court ruling that ordered a Japanese company to compensate the family of a late South Korean forced into wartime labor during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule. The top court handed down the decision on a damages suit filed by the victim’s family [...]

100 Million Won Awarded to 3 People for Reporting Drug Crimes

SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Three people received rewards totaling over 100 million won (US$75,800) for providing information leading to the conviction or arrest of individuals involved in illegal drug crimes, officials said Wednesday. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission said it marks the first time that cash rewards have been given to individuals [...]

National Assembly Set to Approve Prohibition on Dog Meat Consumption

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Assembly was set to pass a special bill banning dog meat consumption Tuesday, paving the way for a legal ban on the practice that has fallen out of favor in recent decades. The ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) have jointly [...]

South Korea’s Supreme Court Rules on the Admissibility of Secretly Recorded Conversations as Evidence

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Supreme Court of South Korea has made a landmark ruling that the admissibility of secretly recorded conversations as evidence in court cases may be denied if they significantly invade personal privacy. The judgment came in the case of an individual referred to only as Choi and three others, who [...]

Supreme Court Affirms Guilty Verdict for Operator of Website Blacklisting Child Support Defaulters

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a guilty sentence for the operator of Bad Fathers, a website publicly blacklisting child support defaulters. The court upheld a lower court’s decision and finalized its suspended ruling of a fine of 1 million won ($763.65) for the 61-year-old website operator, Koo Bon-chang. [...]

Submarine Blueprints Developed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Leaked to Taiwan, Police Investigation Underway

GEOJE, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, currently known as Hanwha Ocean, is embroiled in a security breach involving the leak of submarine blueprints to Taiwan, with the South Korean police conducting an investigation. According to police reports on January 4, the South Gyeongsang Provincial Police Agency has begun an investigation into [...]

Grieving Family Seeks Damages in Lawsuit Following Inmate’s Death Amidst Widespread COVID-19 Outbreak

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The bereaved family of a late prisoner who died of COVID-19 when a mass infection hit a detention center in Seoul has filed a damages suit, accusing the state of failing to protect high-risk inmates like him and neglecting the problem of overcrowding at the facility. The deceased, who was [...]

Former Samsung Employee Faces Indictment Over Suspected Leak of Chip Technology to Chinese Company

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors indicted a former employee of Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday on charges of leaking key semiconductor technologies of the tech giant to a Chinese company in return for money, officials said. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office indicted the employee surnamed Kim, who formerly served as a department [...]