SUWON, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean appeals court has upheld a fine against a YouTuber who was charged with defaming another content creator during a livestream that had only one viewer, establishing that public exposure can exist even with minimal viewership. The Suwon High Court’s Criminal Division 2-1 rejected an appeal on December [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Officials from South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. have filed a criminal complaint against Hanwha Ocean Co. for alleged misrepresentation of facts and defamation in connection with the leak of military secrets, police said Tuesday. They lodged the complaint with the police Friday, alleging that Hanwha Ocean [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A professor is facing a prosecution probe on charges of defaming Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery by calling them prostitutes during a lecture, police said Tuesday. The Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station said it referred Choi Jung-shik, a philosophy professor at Kyunghee University, to the prosecution without detention [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The “You Are the Judge” sentencing experience program offered by the Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission is set to release new content on Friday. This program engages participants in watching videos depicting real-life crimes, presenting arguments from defendants, defense attorneys, and prosecutors. Participants then play the role of a judge, selecting [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Namyang Dairy Products Co. has issued a formal apology for slandering its rival Maeil Dairies Co. in 2019. The company posted a letter of apology on its corporate website on Tuesday. In 2019, Namyang Dairy Products hired an advertisement agency to post malicious and slandering comments against Maeil Dairies [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A 40 year-old woman accused of public slander online against her ex-husband who failed to wire child support payments to her on time was sentenced to a fine in a civil participation trial. The Daejeon District Court sentenced the woman to a fine of 1 million won (US$880) for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum, South Korea’s second-largest internet portal, will temporarily close down comment fields on its entertainment news site in a drastic move designed to crack down on online expressions of defamation and hatred, the portal’s operator said Friday. Yeo Min-soo and Joh Su-yong, co-chief executives of Kakao Corp., which has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – On Aug. 29, the Seoul Central District Court found a film director and a producer innocent, both of whom were accused of defaming late President Rhee Syngman. The director and the producer, referred to only as Kim and Choi, created the documentary film “Hundred Years’ War in Korea”. The film, [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – There is no doubt. Priority seats on public transportation in Korea are designated for those that are in a greater need of comfort, and they can help breed a public culture of respect and civility. But what happens when a man sits in a priority seat for pregnant women? [...]
![[Quote] Former Lawmaker Kang Yong-seok Sentenced to Monetary Penalty](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kang-yong-seok-01.jpg "[Quote] Former Lawmaker Kang Yong-seok Sentenced to Monetary Penalty")
“The defendant stops using derogatory and unrefined words in his public rhetoric.” “Former lawmaker Kang Yong-seok’s remarks made anchorwomen deeply feel disgraceful. Nevertheless, it may not make negative societal impacts on each individual anchorwoman since his remarks were not targeted toward an individual anchorwoman.” “If locking a person in and depriving him of freedom itself [...]