SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Southern District Court sentenced a defendant referred to only as ‘A’ (49) to 14 months in jail with a stay of execution for three years. The defendant was charged after hitting a pedestrian with his electric kickboard in a state of inebriation. While intoxicated, he rode an [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese students responsible for ripping off banners placed around the Yonsei University campus to promote democracy in Hong Kong have been indicted without detention. The Seoul Western District Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday that eight Chinese students from Yonsei University have been charged with allegations of damaging public property. The [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of Samsung Electronics Co.’s bid to ban the government from disclosing sensitive work environment-related information. The Suwon High Court in Suwon, south of Seoul, said Samsung’s work environment measurement report, which lists toxic materials to which company [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In a key ruling that acknowledged the risks of unsafe work environments on a fetus, South Korea’s top court on Wednesday ruled in favor of nurses who claimed their children’s congenital heart defects should be covered by workplace accident compensation. The Supreme Court ordered the Seoul High Court to [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court said Tuesday it has decided to recommend a maximum of 12 years of imprisonment for drunk driving offenses leading to deaths. The Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission announced a revised sentencing guideline for convicted DUI offenders after a tougher DUI law took effect in December 2018. [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision of the Road Traffic Act, intended to enhance children’s safety in school zones and strengthen punishments for traffic violators in such areas, will go into effect Wednesday, government officials said Tuesday. The revision bill calls for mandatory installation of speed cameras and traffic lights in all child [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment said Monday it will proclaim a revision of the current law regulating humidifier sterilizers this week, seeking to expand the scope of diseases caused by the use of the chemical products and facilitate victims’ lawsuits against their manufacturers. A revision of the Special Act on [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court has ruled in favor of a Korean-American singer who was banned from entering South Korea, a decision that may help him visit the country for the first time in 18 years. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision that was handed down [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday approved a lower court’s not guilty verdict for a South Korean man accused of posting threatening messages on the White House website in 2015. The 38-year-old man, identified only as Lee, was indicted in 2015 on charges of posting two separate messages indicating an [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly has enacted a law to better honor foreign veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War and further improve ties with the countries that took part in the conflict on the side of South Korea, the veterans affairs ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs [...]