SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court’s order for Japan to disclose its state assets in South Korea to pay compensation to Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery was aborted due to Tokyo’s refusal to comply, judicial sources said Friday. The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday dismissed the case pertaining to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday ordered Volkswagen, Audi and their Korean unit to compensate local consumers for mental distress caused by their emission manipulation scheme and improper recalls. The Seoul Central District Court issued a ruling on a lawsuit filed by some Korean owners of Audi and Volkswagen cars [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — If working moms, hired as temporary workers in a company, skip work due to tasks that collide with taking care of their children, it cannot serve as basis for not hiring them as regular workers, according to a recent court decision. The ruling comes as the Seoul Administrative Court, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — An obstetrician who ordered a nurse to act on his behalf for 10 hours using the popular KakaoTalk mobile messaging app was able to avoid criminal punishment for the death of the newborn, but has been held liable for damages in civil court. On December 27, the Seoul High [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A regional appellate court ruled Wednesday that Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. must compensate Korean victims of wartime forced labor for their unpaid work, adding to a recent series of rulings in favor of the victims. The Gwangju High Court upheld the lower court decision for three elderly defendants, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court confirmed two appellate court rulings on Thursday that ordered a Japanese company to compensate Koreans for forced labor during World War II. The four-judge bench handed down the decisions on two damages suits against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. It upheld two rulings — one that [...]