SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court has issued the controversial ruling that the anti-stalking law do not apply to individuals making persistent phone calls that are not answered. Incheon District Court recently ruled that a 54-year-old man accused of violating the Act of Punishment of Stalking Crimes was not guilty. The man [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The current civil law invalidating marriages among third cousins and closer relatives does not conform to the Constitution and needs to be revised, the Constitutional Court ruled Thursday. The court said that it is constitutional for the civil law to prohibit marriages between third and closer cousins. But a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Disputes between lawyers and clients over legal fees are growing amid a slump in the legal services market and stiffer competition among lawyers. According to industry sources, the practice of paying lawyers a deposit for their fees is shifting from paying in a lump sum to paying in installments [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Trials for sexual crimes in the military jumped 77.6 percent over the past four years, according to data from military courts. The number of trials for active-duty soldiers accused of sexual crimes amounted to 2,185 between 2018 and last year, according to the data provided to Rep. Kim Seung-won [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading accommodation booking app Good Choice, better known as “Yeogiotte” in Korean, has been ordered by a court to pay up to 400,000 won (US$280) per person to 300 customers who suffered personal information leak, judicial officials said Friday. The Seoul Central District Court ruled Thursday that Good Choice [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court struck down a law that bans those who are fined for emotional child abuse from working at a child care center for 10 years, saying it excessively restricts the basic rights of those subject to the law. The court decision follows a petition filed by a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday proposed tougher countermeasures against stalking suspects, such as the imposition of a restraining order, amid growing societywide resentment over the recent murder of a young subway worker by her alleged stalker. The top court said in a statement that stalking suspects who are under [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean flight attendants formerly employed by China Eastern Airlines Corp. who were laid off just prior to their expected promotion to regular employee status have won in a first-instance court trial. The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday ruled in favor of the 70 flight attendants who sued [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — An international tribunal’s order for South Korea to pay compensation to the U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds is seen as not too bad of a decision, but is nevertheless expected to spark criticism over waste of taxpayer money. The Washington D.C.-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — An international tribunal ordered South Korea to pay the U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds US$216.5 million plus interest, officials said Wednesday, bringing an end to a decadelong legal battle surrounding its sell-off of a local bank. South Korea said it cannot accept the decision and will actively [...]