SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Some law firms in South Korea are flourishing under the slogan of “sentence-reducing package for sexual crimes” and provide an apology letter writing service for sexual criminals. Such services, however, turned out to have no effect in court. The Supreme Prosecutors Office analyzed 91 major sexual crime cases reported [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court has ordered the state to compensate the family of a soldier who died on duty after failing to receive proper treatment for leukemia, legal sources said Thursday. The private first class, Hong Jeong-ki, started showing symptoms, such as vomiting, in March 2016, just seven months after [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Administrative Court has designated three one-judge divisions tasked with hearing school violence cases in an effort to cope with a rise in such cases and speed up rulings, sources said Friday. Starting next Monday, the three divisions will be tasked with hearing school violence cases on top [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for using his influence to receive academic favors, including university admissions, for his children. The Seoul Central District Court also found Cho guilty of interfering with an inspection into a corruption case by using his power [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid controversy over a court ruling that an individual making persistent phone calls cannot be punished by anti-stalking law if the calls are not answered, a recent court decision found the defendant guilty in a similar case. Incheon District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 42-year-old man charged with violating [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will introduce a fast-track liability exemption program for the economically-vulnerable class, enabling the bankruptcy procedure to be completed instantly as soon as the court approves the discharge. The Seoul Bankruptcy Court, together with the state-run Credit Counseling and Recovery Service, announced on Thursday that it will implement [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese national has been sentenced to 1 1/2 years behind bars for brokering applications for refugee status in South Korea based on fake religious grounds, sources said Sunday. The 58-year-old broker has been indicted for allegedly colluding with other refugee brokers in China to bring Chinese job seekers [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans living in remote areas such as on islands will now be able to give testimony on a remote basis without directly participating in court trials. Lee Eun-joo, a judge at the Incheon District Court, will remotely interrogate an individual living on Baengnyeong Island near the inter-Korean western [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A district court has ruled that it cannot accept a conscientious objection to mandatory military service based on a recently joined Jehova’s Witness activity after several years of staying out of religious activities. The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old man to 10 months in prison, suspended [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court has ruled that an employee who slipped and died after heavy drinking with a boss should be recognized as a victim of a workplace accident, officials said Sunday. The Seoul Administrative Court sided with the family of the deceased worker in their litigation against the Korea [...]