SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court will give a verdict on Monday for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong in a retrial of a bribery case involving former President Park Geun-hye. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., faces charges that he bribed Park and her longtime friend, Choi Soon-sil, to win government support [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year sentence for former President Park Geun-hye in a high-profile corruption case, closing the yearslong saga that gripped the country and ultimately removed her from office in 2017. In the sentencing hearing over an appeal filed by prosecutors against a ruling in [...]
SUWON, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Wednesday acquitted the leader of a minor religious sect of charges of obstructing the government’s response to COVID-19 during an outbreak at his church last year. Lee Man-hee, the 89-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was indicted in August on charges of misleading [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Tuesday acquitted the former heads of SK Chemical Co. and the consumer goods company Aekyung Industrial Co. in a deadly humidifier sterilizer case. The Seoul Central District Court found both Hong Ji-ho, the former CEO of SK Chemical, and Ahn Yong-chan, the former CEO of Aekyung [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Police vehicle and firetruck drivers that violate traffic signals or cross the centerline while on duty will be exempt from legal punishment from now on, according to a revised road traffic act promulgated Tuesday. According to the National Fire Agency and the National Police Agency, the revised Road Traffic [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean victims of wartime sexual enslavement won their first legal victory Friday against the Japanese government in a landmark ruling. The Seoul Central District Court ordered Tokyo to make financial reparations of 100 million won (US$91,300) each to 12 “comfort women” who were dragged away from their homes [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Taking photos of body parts covered by tight clothing can also be considered a type of sexual offense, the nation’s top court has said. The Supreme Court said Wednesday it has remanded the case of a man who was found not guilty of sexual crimes to an appeals division [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has appealed a South Korean court’s order to seize its assets held in South Korea soon after the relevant legal process to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor took effect late last month, judicial officials said Monday. The public notifications to Mitsubishi Heavy went [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Students and their parents who recently took the annual national college entrance exam have sued the Minister of Education after an early bell reportedly sabotaged their exam. Students from a women’s high school in Seoul’s Gangseo District and their parents recently sued eight people including Education Minister Yoo Eun-hye, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s wife was sentenced by a Seoul court on Wednesday to imprisonment of four years for academic fraud and financial misconduct. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the jail sentence, together with a fine of 500 million won (US$451,000) and a forfeit of 140 [...]