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 [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean victims of wartime sexual slavery lost their second lawsuit against the Japanese government Wednesday, suffering a setback in their efforts to hold Tokyo accountable for war crimes. The Seoul Central District Court dismissed the case brought by 20 plaintiffs, including surviving victims forced to work in front-line [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent court decision ruled that the seat structure designed for disabled persons in public buses, which obliges them sit sideways rather than facing forward, amounts to an act of discrimination. The Supreme Court announced Thursday the conclusion of a lawsuit filed by a disabled person against a transportation [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Co. has been accused of avoiding proper compensation for inventions. Some 60 current and former LG employee reportedly filed a lawsuit against the company in 2018 for failing to pay for a number of inventions. Among those inventions include smartphone software that LG [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The family of Byun Hee-soo, a transgender former soldier who was forcibly discharged from the Army last year, will press ahead with an administrative lawsuit she had filed against the Army before her death, an advocacy group said Monday. Byun’s attorneys and family decided on Wednesday to apply for [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK Innovation Co. — South Korea’s top two battery makers — have discussed ways to resolve a trade secret lawsuit in the United States, but they failed to narrow their differences over the amount of settlement, industry sources said Thursday. On Feb. 10, the [...]