SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has ruled that it is constitutional to punish those who bring marijuana into the country, regardless of how they end up possessing the substance, officials said Wednesday. In a unanimous decision, the court dismissed a constitutional petition filed against the Narcotics Control Act that stipulates heavy [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that it is not against the highest law to punish non-medical workers practicing tattooing. In a 5-4 decision, the court dismissed a constitutional petition by a group of tattooists against the Medical Service Act that outlaws tattooing by people with no medical license. Under [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled against a law that calls for aggravated punishment for repeat drunk drivers because multiple violations are defined as repeat offences no matter how far apart in time they are. The court delivered the non-constitutional decision against the country’s revised Road Traffic Act, dubbed [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled that banning the use of cellphones while driving does not violate the constitution. The court reached a consensus that a provision stipulated in the Road Traffic Act that bans the use of mobile phones while driving is in alignment with the constitution, the court said [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A revised law that practically forced a leading ride-hailing service out of business last year complied with the country’s Constitution, a court ruled Thursday. The justices of the Constitutional Court unanimously ruled as constitutional the law limiting the Tada service to rent out its vans only for tourism purposes [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Associations of small merchants filed a petition on Thursday with the Constitutional Court, asking it to review whether virus-related restrictions violate their basic property rights. The petition is the third of its kind, with the first one filed by bar and internet cafe owners on Jan. 5 and the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A current law banning multiple nationality holders who are 18 years and older from renouncing Korean citizenship unless military service obligations are fulfilled does not conform to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court of Korea said Thursday. The court said some clauses of the Nationality Act imposing obligations and restraints [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has halted interior remodeling work at the courthouse building to give time for newly born birds found in a nest inside the building to grow and fly on their own, officials said Sunday. Construction workers found the nest holding three eggs inside an open-roofed area of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday rejected a petition by Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery against the government’s 2015 deal with Japan on the issue, saying that the matter is not subject to its formal review. The nine-justice panel made the unanimous decision in response to a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court held an open hearing Thursday to decide whether the government’s hikes in the minimum wage infringe on private companies’ freedom of business activity stipulated in the Constitution. Legal representatives and experts for smaller firms and the labor ministry held a heated debate over whether the minimum [...]