SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A 12-year-old elementary school student will make her voice heard this week in one of South Korea’s most consequential legal battles over the government’s response to climate change. Han Je-ah, a sixth grader from Seoul, will address the Constitutional Court in person on May 21 during the final hearing for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday did not approve the questioning of President Park Geun-hye during the review hearings of the scandal-hit president’s impeachment. During the third and final preparatory session held at the courthouse in central Seoul, the justices rejected the parliamentary panel’s request to interrogate President Park [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled that it is constitutional to impose punishment for pornography in which adults take on the role of children, according to the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse. The Korean law protecting youth from sexual abuse defines “child or juvenile [...]
“What if medical doctors talk about the yin and yang and five elements, feel the pulses of patients and do acupuncture? How will the patients feel these practices? They will certainly feel that doctors are decorating themselves with Korean medicine. Licensing Korean herb medicine doctors to use medical equipment is like giving a license to [...]