SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that when a company uses copyrighted music without permission in an online game, each day of unauthorized use constitutes a separate financial gain — and thus a separate legal violation subject to its own statute of limitations. The landmark decision was announced Sunday after [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Sentencing Commission has finalized new sentencing guidelines for previously uncovered crimes, including animal abuse and sexual offenses against protected persons, with a public hearing scheduled for next month. The commission announced on January 14 that it had approved draft sentencing guidelines during its 136th meeting, covering sexual offenses, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a retrial for two former heads of humidifier disinfectant makers who had been sentenced to prison terms for producing and selling toxic products that resulted in illness and death among customers. The top court overturned the four-year prison sentences for Hong Ji-ho, former [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled on December 19 that conditional regular bonuses, tied to employment status or minimum workdays, must be included in the calculation of ordinary wages. This landmark decision overturns a 2013 precedent that required bonuses to meet strict “fixed” payment criteria to qualify, sparking significant debate [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol has requested that the National Assembly approve his appointment of Ma Yong-ju as a new Supreme Court judge, parliamentary records showed Friday. The request is another move by Yoon that exercised his presidential power, although he has publicly pledged that he would entrust state affairs [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In a landmark ruling, South Korea’s Supreme Court has determined that allowances paid to nurses and clinical pathologists for “on-call duty” can only be considered part of their regular wages if they can prove they were under the hospital’s direct supervision and control during that time. The decision overturns [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) –The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court’s acquittal of a Syrian man accused of inciting participation in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group by uploading videos created by IS, sending the case back for retrial. The 39-year-old Syrian individual, who previously worked at a junkyard in Pyeongtaek, some [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Supreme Court of South Korea has made a landmark ruling that the admissibility of secretly recorded conversations as evidence in court cases may be denied if they significantly invade personal privacy. The judgment came in the case of an individual referred to only as Choi and three others, who [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a guilty sentence for the operator of Bad Fathers, a website publicly blacklisting child support defaulters. The court upheld a lower court’s decision and finalized its suspended ruling of a fine of 1 million won ($763.65) for the 61-year-old website operator, Koo Bon-chang. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The “You Are the Judge” sentencing experience program offered by the Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission is set to release new content on Friday. This program engages participants in watching videos depicting real-life crimes, presenting arguments from defendants, defense attorneys, and prosecutors. Participants then play the role of a judge, selecting [...]