SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court has allowed the import of lifesize dolls, saying such sex toys for personal use do not corrupt public morals. According to the Seoul Administrative Court on Monday, it has recently overturned a decision by Gimpo International Airport’s customs office to block the import of a mannequin. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Last week’s acquittals of 13 corporate executives in a deadly humidifier sterilizer case were caused by the court’s wrong interpretation of the causal relations between chemicals contained in sterilizer products and victims’ lung-related illnesses, a group of scholars argued Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Court ruled last Tuesday that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean victims of wartime sexual enslavement won their first legal victory Friday against the Japanese government in a landmark ruling. The Seoul Central District Court ordered Tokyo to make financial reparations of 100 million won (US$91,300) each to 12 “comfort women” who were dragged away from their homes [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court has ruled in favor of a non-religious conscientious objector who was indicted for dodging the draft. The Uijeongbu District Court said Monday that it overturned a lower court ruling in the case of a man who was indicted for violation of the nation’s military service law. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court handed down a ruling Friday against the state health insurer in its smoking-related damages suit with three major tobacco companies, citing no direct “legal” links between its increased financial burden and their businesses. The Seoul Central District Court rejected the compensation request filed by the National [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul taxi driver who caused public outrage by blocking an ambulance transferring an emergency patient was handed a two-year prison term by a local court on Wednesday. The Seoul Eastern District Court sentenced the 31-year-old taxi driver to two years in prison on charges of assault, fraud and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Thursday ruled in favor of LG Chem Ltd. against its rival SK Innovation Co. in an electric vehicle (EV) battery patent case. The Seoul Central District Court turned down a civil lawsuit as well as damage compensation filed by SK Innovation against LG Chem in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of workers at Kia Motors Corp. that fixed bonuses should be counted as standard wages, closing the curtain on the almost decadelong legal battle. The Supreme Court confirmed that the automaker should pay its workers back wages, [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Wednesday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics Co. in a class action suit filed by more than 500 consumers over battery explosions of the tech giant’s ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 smartphones released in 2016. The Seoul Central District Court said it rejected the indemnity claim [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of SK Telecom Co.’s termination of 2G service, the company’s 2G customers with mobile phone numbers starting with 011 or 017 lost a lawsuit for protection of their mobile phone numbers in a civil court of appeal. According to industry sources on Wednesday, the Seoul High Court ruled [...]