BUSAN, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A regional court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an association of civic groups to stop the planned release of contaminated water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. A coalition of 166 civic groups in the southeastern port city of Busan filed the lawsuit in April 2021 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will establish new legal provisions to seek stern punishment for people caught writing online murder threats or carrying weapons in public places, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday, amid a recent surge in social media posts threatening random stabbing attacks. The ministry said it will push to [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean owners of Volkswagen vehicles have faced disappointment in their lawsuit filed for compensation over the local unit of German carmaker’s manipulation of emissions documents, which resulted in the revocation of emissions certifications. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of Volkswagen Group Korea and a Volkswagen [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The bereaved family of renowned late painter Chun Kyung-ja has again lost a legal battle to defy the law enforcement authority’s conclusion that “Beautiful Woman,” kept by a national art museum, is one of Chun’s original paintings. The Seoul Central District Court on Friday ruled against Chun’s family, who [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The top court has ruled that if a company installs CCTV cameras to monitor work scenes without the consent of employees, workers covering the cameras cannot be penalized. The Supreme Court overturned the initial sentence of a 700,000 won (US$553) fine imposed on three officials of a labor union [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court ruled Thursday in favor of Steve Yoo, a Korean American singer, in a lawsuit he filed to reverse the South Korean government’s decision to deny him an entry visa for renouncing his Korean citizenship to evade mandatory military service. The Seoul High Court ruled that even [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Employees of KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 wireless carrier, have lost a lawsuit against their employer, claiming that their salaries were reduced due to the company’s peak wage system. The suit, filed by some 1,300 KT employees seeking the cancellation of the peak wage system, had its original [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of doctors who claimed that graduates of Hungarian medical schools are ineligible for the nation’s state-run medical licensing exam. The Seoul Administrative Court rejected the lawsuit filed by a medical group called Doctors for Fair Society against the [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Monday ruled that secretly entering a partner’s smartphone password to access information about their past relationships can lead to criminal punishment. The Seoul Central District Court imposed a suspended fine of 300,000 won (US$230) to a 30-year-old woman charged with unauthorized access to electronic records. [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has faced significant setbacks in the Korea v. Elliott Investment Management investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) case. According to a press release titled “Decision on the Elliott International Investment Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Case” by the justice ministry on Friday, which provides a summary of the June 20 judgment, [...]