SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Former President Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 24 years in prison and 18 billion won in fine on Friday in a massive corruption scandal that toppled her from power early last year. In a live televised trial, the Seoul Central District Court meted out the guilty verdict for the 66-year-old former leader, about a year after her arrest in late March of 2017. [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Thursday turned down another injunction filed by former President Park Geun-hye against a court decision to allow the live broadcast of her sentencing hearing set for the following day. The Seoul Central District Court dismissed the request, saying it does not constitute grounds for reconsideration. This is the second injunction rejected by the court regarding the high-profile bribery and corruption trial of the ousted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court is set to issue a ruling on the case involving wages at Kia Motors Corp. next week, a judiciary official said Thursday, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for South Korean industries. Next Thursday, the Seoul Central District Court will decide whether to count “regular” [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Central District Court decided Wednesday not to allow the upcoming sentencing hearing for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong to be televised live, saying the move could unfairly hurt the interests of defendants. The court also decided not to permit the taking of still photos during Friday’s [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The founder of a major South Korean pizza franchise was arrested on Thursday over suspicions that he ripped off contractors and embezzled company funds. The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Chung Woo-hyun, 69, former head of MP Group, whose reported mistreatment has aroused public uproar [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court has ruled against dozens of South Koreans who sued the local unit of German carmaker Volkswagen for infringing on their right to health by rigging emissions data, officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Court said that there is not sufficient evidence to corroborate the plaintiffs’ [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korae Bizwire) – A Seoul court ruled on Monday that it is illegal for private foreign language institutes to not pay severance to native-speaking instructors at the end of their contracts. The Seoul Central District Court ordered a private foreign language institute in Seoul to pay a total of about 180 million [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of environmental activists and residents near the Nakdong River has filed a class-action suit against the government over the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project initiated by former President Lee Myung-bak, which led to water contamination. With more than 300 people behind the pursuit of legal action including [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The country’s top court on Friday overturned an acquittal handed down to local retailer Homeplus Co. over illegally selling customer data to insurance firms. The retailer was indicted in February 2015 on charges of gathering more than 24 million pieces of customer data, including birthdates and the number of [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean court has ruled that the South Korean government should pay reparations for farmland flooding that resulted from the Four Major Rivers Project. According to the Environmental Law Center, Seoul Central District Court decided partially in favor of the plaintiff, a landscaping company in Gyeongnam Chilgok that filed a 2 [...]