GWANGJU, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A court has dismissed a case filed by residents of Gwangju against a baseball team and the city over noise and light concerns. The Gwangju District Court delivered the verdict on Thursday, after hearing the case brought by 655 residents of a building block near Gwangju-Kia Champions Field, on [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pay four Korean victims of wartime forced labor between 100 million won (US$87,413) to 150 million won each in compensation. It is the second time this week that the Gwangju District Court has ruled in favor of [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Conscientious objection to military service is prohibited in Korea by law. In the past, several lower courts acquitted objectors but the Supreme Court of Korea has not recognized objections and usually sentenced objectors to one and half years of imprisonment. Even the Constitutional Court has upheld the Supreme Court [...]