SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Refugee advocacy groups are strongly opposing the South Korean government’s efforts to revise the Refugee Act. The government recently issued a preliminary notice on the legislation of the revised Refugee Act that focuses on strengthening the reapplication procedures for asylum seekers. A group of refugee rights groups, including the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent law revision in South Korea has extended legal effect and admissibility previously limited to paper documents to electronic documents as well. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Justice jointly announced that the revised Basic Law on Electronic Documents and Transactions would take effect [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Commercial tenants who have been hit hard by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have gained new rights to ask landlords to reduce rent. The legislation and judiciary committee of the National Assembly passed a revision of the Commercial Tenant Protection Law on Wednesday. Under the revised law, the [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment said Monday it will proclaim a revision of the current law regulating humidifier sterilizers this week, seeking to expand the scope of diseases caused by the use of the chemical products and facilitate victims’ lawsuits against their manufacturers. A revision of the Special Act on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Cases involving brutal violence and abuse of pets such as dogs and cats are continuing unabated. Although public calls for stern punishment have been aroused and legislation is strengthened whenever shocking cases are reported, critics say that actual punishments meted out are still insignificant. Seoul’s Mapo Police Station recently [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Tax accountants have been increasingly opposed to a recent revision of the tax law which allows lawyers to work as tax agents, ever since the legislation was announced. The revision bill calls for permitting all tax agency work if a lawyer who obtained a lawyer’s license between 2004 and 2017 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid frequent dog bite accidents, which have even emerged as a social issue, the government is pushing ahead with the implementation of a mandatory muzzle law for all dogs if they show signs of aggression, regardless of the breed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs reported on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Patients suffering from pulmonary diseases will be able to receive lung transplant operations using organs donated by living people, the government said Friday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said a revision to the relevant law was passed on Dec. 27, with the motion set to take effect following [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Doctors are pushing to enact a law to prevent the recurrence of a recent attack against a renowned psychiatrist by his patient, a medical association said Wednesday. On Monday, a 30-year-old man suffering from bipolar disorder stabbed his doctor, Lim Se-won, to death during a consultation at Kangbuk Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly on Thursday passed a proposal aimed at toughening the punishment for drunk driving at its plenary session. Parliamentary committees separately passed two revised proposals designed to increase punishments in the case of driving under the influence (DUI) a day earlier. The so-called Yoon Chang-ho acts consist [...]