SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In a significant shift, South Korea’s Presidential Security Service (PSS) facilitated the execution of a second arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol on January 15, signaling a marked departure from its earlier stance. This cooperation contrasts starkly with the events of January 3, when PSS agents and soldiers from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Sentencing Commission has finalized new sentencing guidelines for previously uncovered crimes, including animal abuse and sexual offenses against protected persons, with a public hearing scheduled for next month. The commission announced on January 14 that it had approved draft sentencing guidelines during its 136th meeting, covering sexual offenses, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court is set to hold the first formal hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial Tuesday with Yoon absent from the proceedings out of safety concerns. The hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. and will be held exactly a month after the National Assembly voted to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major terrestrial broadcasters—KBS, MBC, and SBS—have filed a lawsuit against tech giant Naver for unauthorized use of their news articles in training its generative artificial intelligence models, HyperCLOVA and HyperCLOVA X. This marks the first legal action by South Korean media outlets against a big tech [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has awarded partial compensation to repatriated fishermen who were unlawfully detained, tortured, and falsely accused of espionage after being abducted by North Korea decades ago. However, the damages granted fell significantly short of the amounts sought by the plaintiffs, prompting frustration and plans for an [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A former Marine Corps chief investigator was acquitted on Thursday of subordination charges in a military probe into a young conscript killed during flood-related rescue operations. A court martial in central Seoul delivered the ruling on Col. Park Jung-hun, who was accused of insubordination and defamation of his superior [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has halted the Korea Football Association’s (KFA) presidential election, initially scheduled for January 8, citing significant procedural irregularities. The Seoul Central District Court ruled on January 7 in favor of candidate Heo Jeong-moo, who had filed an injunction to stop the election, claiming the process lacked [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling acquitting a senior judge of bribery and related charges tied to receiving counterfeit golf clubs. According to legal sources on January 8, the Supreme Court’s third division, led by Justice Lee Heung-gu, dismissed the prosecution’s appeal, confirming the not-guilty [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court plans to hold its first pretrial hearing on the impeachment trial of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Jan. 13, judicial officials said Monday. The court has informed the legal representatives of the National Assembly and the prime minister that it would hold the first preparatory hearing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – President Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal defense team on Monday filed complaints with the prosecution against the head of the state anti-corruption agency and 10 others over last week’s attempt to execute a warrant to detain the impeached president. An attempt by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) [...]