SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday ruled against a same sex couple demanding the same spousal health insurance coverage as heterosexual couples, saying matrimony in South Korea is still considered a union between a man and a woman. In February of last year, So Seong-wook filed the administrative lawsuit against [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Dok2 has appealed a court ruling ordering him to pay an unpaid jewelry bill to a jeweler in Los Angeles, court officials said Wednesday. Last month, the 31-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Lee Joon-kyung, was ordered by the Seoul Southern District Court to give 41.2 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 1,000 people have jointly filed a lawsuit against the government’s requirement of presenting proof of vaccination in multiuse facilities on concerns over discrimination against unvaccinated people, sources said Sunday. A total of 1,023 plaintiffs filed the suit Friday with the Seoul Administrative Court against Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Semiconductor Co., a South Korean mid-sized light emitting diode (LED) manufacturer, has won a lawsuit filed by a U.S. patent management company that has been accused of being little more than a patent troll. The company on Tuesday said it obtained a favorable judgement in a patent lawsuit [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled against customers who filed a lawsuit against the local unit of U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc., claiming that they had incurred losses as they were not informed that a new model would be launched shortly thereafter at the time of their purchase. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Broadband Co., a major South Korean internet service provider (ISP), said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Netflix to demand network usage fees after a local court ruled against the video streaming giant on the dispute earlier this year. In June, the Seoul Central District Court dismissed [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Netflix Inc. said Thursday it has filed an appeal against a recent Seoul court decision that sided with local internet service provider (ISP) SK Broadband Co. in a dispute over network usage fees. Last month, the Seoul Central District Court dismissed a request from Netflix that [...]
DANBURY, Conn., July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) — a global leader in fuel cell technology with a purpose of utilizing its proprietary, state-of-the-art fuel cell platforms to enable a world empowered by clean energy — announced today that it has received a favorable ruling in a court case filed in the Court [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of 5G mobile users filed a joint lawsuit Wednesday against the country’s three major mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — over disappointing quality of the latest generation networks, according to their legal representative. Around 520 people are taking part in the [...]
BUSAN, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic environmental organization here said Thursday it has filed for a court injunction against Japan’s planned release of contaminated water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. Members of the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement in Pusan said their lawsuit was lodged against the operator of the Fukushima [...]