SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A district court in Changwon issued a sentence of three months and an additional probational period of one year to a 21-year-old man who was found guilty of insulting two army female supervisors during his military service. During his tenure as a non-commissioned officer within the Korean army, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The plight of female secretaries working for large corporations has come under the spotlight thanks to a study conducted by grad student Park Ji Yeon at Sookmyung Women’s University. Park crafted the study using in-depth interviews she carried out with 12 secretaries who had been on the job for [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police said Monday that they will call in the head of a major pharmaceutical company in connection with an ongoing investigation into allegations of verbal abuse involving multiple private car drivers. Rhee Jang-han, chairman of Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp., will be summoned on Wednesday, according to [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean man who was indicted over calling his neighbor ‘f—ing crazy’ in English during a brawl was found innocent after a unanimous not guilty verdict was delivered by the Constitutional Court of Korea on Tuesday. According to the court, a suspension of the indictment of the South [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Western District Court has ruled that a man who said swear words to himself without referring to anyone during an argument can’t be charged with verbal abuse. According to the court on June 1, a man known by his surname Kim got into a fight on the subway [...]