SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a Vietnamese national seeking compensation from South Korea’s government after losing family members and suffering wounds when South Korean marines killed dozens of civilians in 1968 during the Vietnam War. The Seoul Central District Court’s ruling marks the first time [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The surviving family of a South Korean fisheries official killed by North Korean soldiers in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking compensation from Pyongyang for psychological pain due to the fatal incident. In September 2020, North Korea fatally shot the 47-year-old official, who was adrift on its side of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of visually impaired people and their advocates said Thursday they will file a damages suit against McDonald’s Korea and other key restaurant chains, saying the firms’ electronic self-service kiosks violate their basic rights. Self-service kiosks at the stores of the restaurant chains, which also include KFC Korea, [...]