SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Overturning a lower court decision, an appellate court rejected a request Thursday to make public diplomatic documents related to South Korea’s 2015 deal with Japan over Tokyo’s wartime sex slaves. The Seoul High Court judged that keeping the relevant documents confidential was proper, saying a possible disclosure of the [...]
ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Centrient Pharmaceuticals (“Centrient”), the leading manufacturer of beta-lactam antibiotics, and a provider of next generation statins and anti-fungals, announced that the Delhi High Court in India has granted an injunction against Sinopharm Weiqida Pharmaceuticals and Sinopharm India, restricting the export and/or import into India of its active [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has found that a 2009 penalty decision by the state antitrust watchdog against U.S. Qualcomm Inc. was not completely lawful, sending the case back to a lower court for reconsideration, court officials said Monday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) fined the global chipmaker 273.2 billion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Thursday ordered the local unit of BMW AG to pay a fine of 14.5 billion won (US$12.9 million) for falsifying documents on gas emissions required by the South Korean government for domestic sales. Finding the automaker guilty of violating the customs law, the Seoul Central [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Wednesday decided to issue an arrest warrant for a man on charges that he killed a doctor while receiving treatment at a general hospital. The Seoul Central District Court said it acknowledges the necessity of detaining the suspect. The 30-year-old suspect, only identified by his [...]
SUWON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A court said Friday it has ordered the South Korean unit of Google Inc. to repay a mother half of the money her son spent on mobile game items using her credit card without her permission. In a suit filed by the mother, the Suwon District Court found the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A Jehovah’s Witness who was given a prison sentence at his first court trial for conscientiously objecting to military service was acquitted yesterday following an appeal. A local court in Changwon found a 24-year-old man not guilty on appeal after he was sentences to 18 months in prison in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly proposed measure to prevent defendants from freely withdrawing their request for a jury in a criminal trial after the case reaches the main district court may be put into place. This is to prevent defendants from abusing the system by asking for a jury then retracting the [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A court ruled last Friday that a surrogate mother is legally the parent of the child she has given birth to, instead of the genetic parents. The Seoul Family Court made the appellate decision against a couple who filed the suit against a local district office for refusing to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul Central District Court trial Wednesday featured a remote video testimony by a witness, the first of its kind to take place in Korea. During a service payment lawsuit between a design firm, the plaintiff, and an exhibitor, the defendant, witness Kim testified about the two firms’ contract [...]