SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will soon mandate that large foreign gaming companies designate local representatives as part of a broader effort to enhance consumer protection and enforce gaming regulations more effectively, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on Thursday. The ministry plans to revise the enforcement decree of the Game [...]
JEONJU, South Korea, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted former President Moon Jae-in over charges of bribery in connection with allegations of facilitating the employment of his former son-in-law at an airline. Moon, who served as president from 2017 to 2022, was indicted for corruption, while former lawmaker Lee Sang-jik, [...]
CHANGWON, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has sentenced a YouTuber to prison for publicly disclosing personal information about individuals he claimed were perpetrators in a decades-old sexual assault case—issuing a stern warning against so-called “cyber rippers” who exploit sensational content under the guise of justice. In South Korea, these “cyber rippers” are [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting April 23, 2025, individuals with disabilities in South Korea will be allowed to enter nearly all public and private spaces with assistance dogs, following a newly revised enforcement ordinance and rule under the Disability Welfare Act (ACT ON WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES). Announced by the Ministry of Health [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite growing awareness of labor rights in South Korea, workers at businesses with fewer than five employees continue to face widespread legal exclusion and exploitation, according to a report released Sunday by labor advocacy group Workplace Gapjil 119. The group highlighted recent consultations with employees at small firms who reported [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — In a move to strengthen protections for crime victims, South Korea’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and the Ministry of Employment and Labor have jointly revised internal guidelines to make it easier for affected workers to receive unemployment benefits. Announced on April 16, the new policy allows individuals who leave their jobs [...]
SUWON, South Korea, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have launched an investigation into a man who allegedly killed five of his family members, including his parents and children, officials said Wednesday. The man in his 50s is accused of drugging five family members with sleeping pills and strangling them to death at an apartment [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Air Force unit commanders have been booked in relation to an unprecedented mistaken bombing on a civilian town last month, officials said Monday, as the ministry released the interim probe results of the fighter jet accident. On March 6, two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside [...]
SOKCHO, South Korea, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A heated legal dispute has erupted over the future of the Sokcho Eye, a Ferris wheel perched on the beachfront of Sokcho, as the city government and the developer clash in court over the legitimacy of the project’s permits and their subsequent cancellation. At the center of the [...]
GWANGJU, South Korea, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that the provincial government of South Jeolla must share liability for the mass death of eels at aquaculture farms near a road construction site, marking a rare legal precedent in environmental damage cases tied to public infrastructure projects. The Gwangju District Court’s [...]