SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has ruled it is constitutional to punish people for possessing imitation military uniforms for the purpose of selling them, the court said Monday. The nine-justice court upheld a law on the control of military uniforms and outfits, Article 8 of which stipulates the punishment for possessing [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A series of disaster-related bills have been proposed by the National Assembly amid frequent fires, including wildfires in Gangwon Province. Rep. Kang Byong-won of the ruling Democratic Party announced on Thursday that he would propose a revision to the Act for Development of Broadcasting and Communications that requires broadcasters to provide [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country’s strict abortion ban is unconstitutional, a landmark decision that signals major change in various aspects of society. The nine-justice panel made the ruling in a 7-2 vote, in response to a 2017 complaint filed by an obstetrician standing trial for performing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Thursday levied a fine of 15 million won (US$13,200) on Nissan Korea, a local unit of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor, for falsifying emissions and gas mileage figures for some models sold in South Korea. The Seoul Central District Court said Nissan Korea has been found [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — If working moms, hired as temporary workers in a company, skip work due to tasks that collide with taking care of their children, it cannot serve as basis for not hiring them as regular workers, according to a recent court decision. The ruling comes as the Seoul Administrative Court, [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent crash of a Russian cargo ship into Busan’s Gwangan Bridge has legislators in Busan City calling for stricter penal measures for ‘sailing under the influence.’ Busan Nam District’s Rep. Park Jae-ho, a member of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), has proposed a new bill that amends relevant [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Supreme Court ruled last November that a person can conscientiously object to military service if it is indeed based on true conscience. Now, conscientious objectors can be exempted from punishment for not serving in the military as long as they have ‘justifiable grounds’. However, controversy still [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Supreme Court will now decide if standing naked on the balcony of a hotel room amounts to indecent exposure. The issue erupted in controversy after a 30-year-old man, who was seen naked on the balcony of a hotel in Busan, was fined. “Indecent behavior does not [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday recognized the age of 65 as the maximum age that people are physically fit to work, breaking a nearly 30-year precedent that will likely reshape the notion of retirement and impact related industries. In a 10-3 vote, the full bench reversed an appellate court [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Thursday acquitted seven doctors and nurses at Ewha Womans University Hospital of criminal charges brought against them over the deaths of four newborns by bacterial infection at the western Seoul hospital in December 2017. The Seoul Southern District Court said it has found four doctors [...]