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 [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Thursday ruled in favor of the comprehensive real estate holding tax, a controversial additional tax burden imposed on expensive house owners. The Seoul Administrative Court rejected two lawsuits filed separately by two Seoul residents demanding that comprehensive real estate holding taxes levied on their respective [...]
WONJU, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A 38-year-old man was sentenced to one year in prison Monday for stalking his ex-girlfriend, including calling her 1,023 times in just 24 days, despite a restraining order from a court. The Wonju branch of the Chuncheon District Court also found the defendant, whose identity has been withheld, guilty [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Upholding a lower court ruling, a Seoul appeals court on Thursday acquitted a former Army captain charged with having sex with a fellow male soldier. The Seoul Northern District Court cleared the former captain, whose identity was withheld, of charges that he violated the Military Criminal Act that calls [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice issued an advance legislation notice on Tuesday with respect to the revision of the Act on the Use of Electronic Documents in Civil Procedures. Current laws require litigants to submit by person their litigation documents such as land register, building register and certificate of corporate [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the failure by bus companies to provide equipment to board wheelchairs of handicapped passengers was in violation of the Disability Discrimination Act. The top court reached the decision in the case launched by three handicapped plaintiffs against the central government, the Seoul and Gyeonggi [...]