SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Conflicts over repair costs accounted for the largest share of commercial lease disputes in Seoul last year, the city government said said Thursday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 188 dispute cases were filed with the commercial lease dispute coordination committee last year, of which 28.2 percent or 53 [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — As people are staying longer hours indoors following the COVID-19 pandemic, dwindling purchases of clothes has also cut the number of disputes over fabric materials and cleaning services, a consumer advocacy group said Tuesday. The Korea Consumer Agency reported an 11.5 percent decrease in the number of complaints (3,071 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Disputes over wedding contracts have increased dramatically following the coronavirus outbreak, a consumer watchdog said Tuesday. The Korea Consumer Agency reported 746 cases of damage redress in the marriage industry (wedding halls, wedding planners, and matchmaking agencies), rising by a factor of 1.5 since 2018 (496 cases) prior to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The rapid growth of the food delivery market accelerated by the coronavirus outbreak is causing more disputes between restaurant owners and delivery riders. In the delivery market, where ‘time is money’, disputes between restaurant owners and riders occur over various delays. Restaurant owners blame the delivery riders for picking [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Major corporations in South Korea are puzzling over how to deal with the growing number of disputes with former or incumbent employees who are claiming compensation for profits created by patents or inventions for which they made contributions. The Korea Intellectual Property Association (KINPA) and some of the nation’s [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — One in 2 South Koreans pick health issues as the top cause of concerns and disputes in the family, a survey said Saturday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the Seoul National University Institute of Social Welfare revealed that ‘family health’ was the main source of [...]
As e-commerce complaints typically rise during the summer and year-end holidays, experts say that the number of complaints is bound to go up this year. (Image credit: Kobiz Media) SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of e-commerce disputes filed during the first quarter of this year was approximately half of all cases filed [...]