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 [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – If your grandparent is a Supreme Court justice, you just might have a better chance at getting accepted to law school. There has been growing controversy over law school applicants mentioning their high-profile family members ranging from public officers to senior prosecutors in their cover letters. It was recently [...]
CHANGWON, Dec.7 (Korea Bizwire) – The final ruling in a damage suit domestic users filed against Apple for collecting GPS information without their consent will be decided by the Supreme Court. Mirero, the law firm working for the plaintiffs, announced that 298 iPhone users filed an appeal protesting against the results of the appellate judgment. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The nation’s top court ruled Thursday that GM Korea Co. should count performance-based monthly wages paid to its employees as part of their ordinary salaries. A total of 1,025 of its workers filed a lawsuit demanding the management include performance-based pay and vacation stipends as part of ordinary pay [...]
“(Related to the LGBTs,) Korea cannot but change and will change. Do not lose your faith in change and pluck up your courage. The United States changed even later than the Netherlands. Korea can go forward towards change in a calm and orderly way.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, justice of Supreme Court of the United [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Job seekers who complained about unfair refund fees for untaken TOEIC tests decided to appeal to the Supreme Court after lower courts dismissed their claims. The People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), representatives for the seven job seekers, announced on April 16 that they would file an appeal with the Supreme [...]
ULSAN, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Thursday ruled in favor of the Hyundai Heavy Industries‘ union, ordering the company to count regular bonuses as base pay. Ten unionized workers at the world’s largest shipbuilder had filed a lawsuit against the company early last year, claiming regularly paid bonuses should be included [...]