SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday approved a lower court’s not guilty verdict for a South Korean man accused of posting threatening messages on the White House website in 2015. The 38-year-old man, identified only as Lee, was indicted in 2015 on charges of posting two separate messages indicating an [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court has ruled that native English-speaking instructors can also receive severance pay or annual leave allowances as they are employees under the Labor Standards Act. In a lawsuit filed by eight native English teachers against their former private language institute in southern Seoul, the Supreme Court [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court on Monday reaffirmed a high-profile sexual assault ruling that brought down a political star and helped spark the powerful #MeToo movement, a decision seen as a litmus test of the court’s gender sensitivity. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that found former South [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has ruled it is constitutional to punish people for possessing imitation military uniforms for the purpose of selling them, the court said Monday. The nine-justice court upheld a law on the control of military uniforms and outfits, Article 8 of which stipulates the punishment for possessing [...]
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Shenzhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd (Silver Star), a leading robotics technology solutions provider, announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has upheld the majority of an initial ITC ruling rendered by the Honorable Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender in favor of Silver Star on [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Supreme Court has ruled that any sounds heard on a phone call do not fall under the category of ‘conversation’ between two individuals, and are therefore not protected under the Protection of Communications Secrets Act. Based on the ruling, witness testimony in regards to such sounds may be used [...]