SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly man hurled a Molotov cocktail at a vehicle carrying Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su on Tuesday, police said. The attack happened at 9:10 a.m. when the 74-year-old suspect, only identified by his surname Nam, threw the firebomb at the car as it was entering the top [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food and drug watchdog said Monday it has filed a response to Philip Morris Korea Inc.’s lawsuit over the disclosure of information on its research on harmful substances found in alternative tobacco products. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it has selected a local law [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — People with serious criminal records including sexual abuse, child abuse, and robbery will be banned from working for parcel delivery services for as long as 20 years. The South Korean government passed a revised bill of the Truck Transportation Business Act that includes the above limitations as well as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A new law that would entitle each spouse to half of the other’s national pension funds upon divorce after a marriage period of one year or longer is being pushed forth. Under current laws, couples must be married for five years of more to be entitled to the same [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lawyers representing forced labor victims who won a case at Korea’s Supreme Court for their past misery paid a visit to the head office of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSM), the Japanese company that was ordered to pay damages, in Tokyo, Japan only to have the door [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A district court in Changwon issued a sentence of three months and an additional probational period of one year to a 21-year-old man who was found guilty of insulting two army female supervisors during his military service. During his tenure as a non-commissioned officer within the Korean army, the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie on Sunday called on the South Korean government to provide support for hundreds of Yemenis until they safely return home, the UN Refugee Agency said. Jolie is visiting South Korea. Her visit to Seoul follows that of UNHCR [...]
GWANGJU, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly woman in her 80s strapped in a wheelchair and a grey-haired gentleman sat in the front row of a court room in Gwangju yesterday. They are victims of forced labor by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan. This was the second of three court cases against the Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that religious and conscientious beliefs are to be considered valid reasons for refusing the military service mandate, overturning its decision from 14 years ago. In a 9-4 vote, the full bench led by Chief Justice Kim Meong-su delivered the decision and ordered an appellate [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The two Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N Command (UNC) on Thursday wrapped up the process of disarming the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Seoul’s defense ministry said. As of 1 p.m., they completed the work of withdrawing military posts, armed troops and firearms from the JSA [...]