SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s move to push for a special law that would exempt doctors from criminal prosecution in the event of medical accidents has sparked controversy among patients and civic groups, raising concerns about privilege. On February 1, the government unveiled a new medical policy package that includes a proposal to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two former senior aides to ousted President Park Geun-hye did not appeal recent court rulings convicting them in connection with an artist blacklist scandal, leading to the finalization of their prison sentences. In a retrial last week, the Seoul High Court sentenced Kim Ki-choon, a former chief of staff [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A woman, who previously drew a 30-year sentence on suspicion of killing her husband by feeding him food and drink mixed with a nicotine solution, was acquitted of murder charges in a retrial by a court on Friday. The Suwon High Court delivered the not-guilty verdict to the 38-year-old [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday ordered the state to compensate victims of human rights abuses at a now-defunct detention facility for vagrants in the southeastern city of Busan, in the second such ruling recognizing state responsibility in the incident. The Seoul Central District Court ordered the state to pay [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification ministry said Wednesday it is closely reviewing legal aspects needed to sue North Korea over its illegal operation of the now-shuttered joint industrial complex in the North’s border city of Kaesong. The Donga Ilbo, a local newspaper, reported Wednesday that the government plans to lodge a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that more than half of South Korean startups are concerned that the Platform Competition Promotion Act (PCPA), pushed forward by the Fair Trade Commission, could adversely affect the startup ecosystem. Startup Alliance, a non-profit organization, surveyed 106 founders and co-founders of domestic startups from January [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized rulings in favor of victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor in lawsuits seeking compensation from their former Japanese employer. The top court delivered the final rulings on three separate compensation suits filed by 23 forced labor victims and 18 family members of other [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court ruled Wednesday against the American technology company Google in a suit the company filed to cancel an antitrust fine imposed for forcing smartphone makers to install its Android OS system. The Fair Trade Commission slapped a fine of 224.93 billion won (US$167.97 million) on Google LLC, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – An appellate court ruled on Wednesday against South Korea’s largest logistics firm, CJ Logistics, in a suit the company filed to reverse a national committee decision striking down CJ’s denial of collective bargaining for a delivery workers’ union. The courier union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A congenital brain malformation in a nurse’s child, believed to be caused by exposure to harmful environments during pregnancy, has been recognized as an industrial accident. This marks the first case since the implementation of the ‘Fetal Occupational Injury Law’ last year. On January 20, the Korea Workers’ Compensation and [...]