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, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Constitutional Court has ruled that current legislation banning businesses from making inquiries into one’s privacy is not unconstitutional. This includes the ban on using the term “detective” by private investigators in their business dealings. In a previous lawsuit, a former police officer claimed that the ban [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of a public trial at the Constitutional Court of Korea regarding South Korea’s abortion ban, civic groups advocating women’s rights have called for an abolition of the law as it infringes upon women’s rights to equality and happiness. Various women’s rights organizations came together to create an anti-abortion [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Under South Korean constitutional law, able-bodied young men must serve in the military as part of the country’s national defense strategy. On May 16, however, a man was acquitted by Judge Lee Seung-hoon at the Suwon District Court for objecting to military service. The man, who objected to serving in [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a law that restricts subsidies on the purchase of smartphones and other mobile devices. The regulation, which sets the legal limit of subsidies at 330,000 won (US$295), was adopted to bring transparency and stability to the market long distorted by subsidies as telecom [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The largest network of smokers in South Korea asked the Constitutional Court Tuesday to review the constitutionality of the current ban on smoking in all restaurants, saying it infringes on people’s right to happiness. A revised national health law took effect on Jan. 1, expanding the ban that had previously [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court threw out a decades-old law banning adultery on Thursday, reflecting a growing importance of personal choice over marital order in a traditionally group-oriented society. In a 7-2 decision, the nine-member bench ruled that Article 241 of the criminal code was unconstitutional. “The article violates individuals’ freedom [...]