SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Trials for sexual crimes in the military jumped 77.6 percent over the past four years, according to data from military courts. The number of trials for active-duty soldiers accused of sexual crimes amounted to 2,185 between 2018 and last year, according to the data provided to Rep. Kim Seung-won [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Paper documents will disappear from the judicial procedures in criminal cases, with the entire judicial processes ranging from investigation to trial and execution set to become fully paperless. The Ministry of Justice issued an advance legislation notice on Thursday after filing a legislation draft to go paperless. The legislation [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Administrative Court in Yangjae-dong, Seoul opened on July 19 a legal support center for interpretation and translation services due to an increasing number of cases related to foreign refugees. The number of refugee cases more than doubled from 400 cases in 2014 to 1,000 cases last year, and is [...]