SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Wearing rainbow-colored clothes that symbolize the human rights of sexual minorities, students attended chapel classes. These students were punished by the school, but the court ruled that punishment meted out by the university was unfair and unjustified. On Thursday, the Seoul Eastern District Court nullified all disciplinary measures and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court ruled that a recently divorced female immigrant can extend her visa status as a married immigrant by proving that the Korean ex-husband was ‘mainly responsible’ for the divorce. The court overruled a previous decision on a case filed by a Vietnamese woman against Seoul Southern Immigration [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Supreme Court will now decide if standing naked on the balcony of a hotel room amounts to indecent exposure. The issue erupted in controversy after a 30-year-old man, who was seen naked on the balcony of a hotel in Busan, was fined. “Indecent behavior does not [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday recognized the age of 65 as the maximum age that people are physically fit to work, breaking a nearly 30-year precedent that will likely reshape the notion of retirement and impact related industries. In a 10-3 vote, the full bench reversed an appellate court [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical companies are expressing grave concern as a recent Supreme Court decision may freeze the development of certain incrementally modified drugs. For long, pharmaceutical companies in South Korea have been releasing modified drugs that change certain saline substances, the strength, and dosage regimen of the original drug [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will now reveal the names of lawyers and the law firms for each ruling posted on the Supreme Court website. The Supreme Court has been allowing visitors to search for criminal rulings on the website as well as other rulings from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that religious and conscientious beliefs are to be considered valid reasons for refusing the military service mandate, overturning its decision from 14 years ago. In a 9-4 vote, the full bench led by Chief Justice Kim Meong-su delivered the decision and ordered an appellate [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a Japanese steelmaker to compensate four South Koreans for wartime forced labor and unpaid work, casting a cloud over already soured ties between the two neighbors. The top court upheld an appeals court ruling in 2013, which ordered Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top court said Tuesday it will allow the full live television coverage of sentencing hearings in lower courts starting next month, paving the ground for the whole nation to watch the final verdict on former President Park Geun-hye over a massive corruption scandal on TV in real [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Ending a decade-long legal battle. South Korea’s top court on Thursday confirmed the validity of the tax the government imposed on U.S. private equity firm Lone Star’s profits from its sale of a Seoul building, The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision which approved the 64.8 billion won [...]