INCHEON, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court said Thursday it has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Angolan family seeking to apply for refugee status while being stranded for almost four months at Incheon airport, west of Seoul. The family, comprising Nkuka Lulendo, his wife and four children, said they came to [...]
LONDON, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — French bank BNP Paribas, its Chairman Jean Lemierre, CEO Jean Laurent Bonnafé and the bank’s legal representative Valérie Lafarge-Sarkozy are the subjects of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Jacob Agam and Vertical Group Holding Ltd by Farrugia, Gatt & Falzon in Malta on 1st March 2019 with a claim [...]
CHUNCHEON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of Yeongwol County in Gangwon Province are strongly opposing a plan to set up a solar power plant in the area. A total of 41 residents from county’s Yongseok-ri Village filed a lawsuit against the mayor of Yeongwol last Friday to put a stop to the construction plan. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean children’s song “Baby Shark” made history as part of the Korean Wave, or “hallyu,” by charting on Billboard’s most competitive Hot 100 list as the first non-pop Korean song. For the week of Feb. 2, “Baby Shark” came in 36th place on the Hot 100, stepping [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court on Thursday ruled that an employee suffering from leukemia after working at Samsung Electronics Co.’s chip production line should be recognized as a victim of an industrial accident. The verdict is the latest chapter in a controversy centered on the safety of the work environment [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food and drug watchdog said Monday it has filed a response to Philip Morris Korea Inc.’s lawsuit over the disclosure of information on its research on harmful substances found in alternative tobacco products. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it has selected a local law [...]
GWANGJU, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly woman in her 80s strapped in a wheelchair and a grey-haired gentleman sat in the front row of a court room in Gwangju yesterday. They are victims of forced labor by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan. This was the second of three court cases against the Japanese [...]
(image: KobizMedia/ Korea Bizwire) SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Koreans consumers jointly filed a lawsuit against BMW over a faulty part which appears to have caused vehicles to catch fire, a local law firm representing the plaintiffs said Friday. The lawsuit by 13 owners of the BMW 520d sedan is [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean customers has jointly filed a lawsuit against BMW over a component that appears to have recently caused fires in one of its best-selling sedans, the company and the customers’ lawyer said Monday. On Monday, four owners of the BMW 520d sedan lodged a joint [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean customers is moving to file a lawsuit against MAN Trucks & Bus Korea over alleged faulty parts in trucks they bought from the German carmaker, industry sources said Friday. Seventy-two owners of MAN trucks have decided to lodge a suit with a district court [...]