Court: Supreme Court, Criminal Division 2 (Presiding Justice Park Young-jae) Case No.: 2026Do171 Decision Date: May 14, 2026 Factual Background The defendant, A, was the director…
A foreign national who purchased land worth over ₩33.8 billion for a major tourism development project in Jeju has been denied entry to Korea — and…
A third lower court has now openly challenged the Supreme Court’s 2015 en banc ruling that made criminal success fees categorically void — finding that the…
A Korean court has ordered an insurer to pay the full policy limit of ₩100 million to a woman whose face was bitten by a large…
A producer who worked for a regional broadcaster for eleven years under successive “freelance” contracts has won a landmark ruling — the Supreme Court holding that…
Korea’s Supreme Court has confirmed that property received by an heir as compensation for long-term caregiving of a deceased parent can be excluded from the calculations…
Hyun Woo-jin, one of Korea’s most prominent private tutoring instructors, has been acquitted at trial of charges that he illegally paid active teachers for mathematics exam…
Korea’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a parent who transfers property to a child cannot later revoke that gift — even if the child subsequently fails…
Korea’s Constitutional Court has for the first time ruled on whether the Military Criminal Act’s mandatory minimum of seven years for sexual assault causing injury within…
In its second significant ruling on criminal insult in as many months, the Supreme Court has reversed a conviction for profanity exchanged during a noise dispute,…
Korea’s Supreme Court, sitting en banc, has significantly narrowed the reach of the military criminal offense of insulting a superior officer — ruling for the first…
A pharmacy professor who directed graduate students to conduct experiments and write research reports for his child’s university applications — and the child who submitted that…
Factual Background In July 2024, the defendant, A, was assaulted and injured by another individual, B, and afterward walked around the area carrying a weapon. Prosecutors…
The D-9 Visa: Starting a Business After Graduation Without Setting Up a Corporation The Problem Who Can Apply — 4 Pathways D-9-1 (Trading Business): D-9-4 (High…
A woman who grabbed a kitchen knife to confront her uncle after he punched her, entered her home, and threatened her with scissors has had her…
In its fourth ruling this year narrowing the scope of criminal insult, the Supreme Court has reversed a conviction for a profanity-laced message sent in an…
Case No. 2026Guhap50232, Seoul Administrative Court, 10th Administrative Division (Presiding Judge Jung Eun-young), Decided April 29, 2026 Factual Background Company A and its representative, B, operated…
Case No. 2026Do1033, Supreme Court, Third Criminal Division (Presiding Justice Lee Heung-gu), Decided May 20, 2026 Factual Background In May 2023, a boundary dispute over land…
A corrections officer at Seoul Detention Center who smuggled food and clothing to a gang-affiliated inmate over three and a half years — receiving ₩70 million…
A Japanese man who groped a sleeping Chinese tourist and urinated on her belongings at a shared dormitory room in Busan has received a suspended sentence…
1. Overview of the F-3 (Accompanying) Status The Accompanying (동반) status of stay is granted, under attached Table 1-2 of Article 12 of the Enforcement Decree…
1. Overview of the F-2 Status The Residence (거주) status of stay is a long-term status set out in attached Table 1-2 of Article 12 of…
1. Overview The Visiting Family/Cohabitation (방문동거) status of stay is a long-term status, granted under Article 12 and item 23 of attached Table 1-2 of the…
1. Overview and Legal Basis E-10 is the Seafarer Employment (선원취업) status of stay, classified as a long-term status under attached Table 1-2 of the Enforcement…
1. Overview and Legal Basis The E-8 (계절근로) status of stay was introduced to meet seasonal labor demand in the agricultural and fishery sectors, based on…
1. The Issue When a foreigner engages in YouTuber activities in Korea, this may constitute a profit-oriented activity, requiring an appropriate status of stay under the…
1. Overview of the E-6 Visa The E-6 visa is a residence status for Arts and Entertainment activities (예술흥행). Under Article 12 of the Enforcement Decree…
1. Overview of the E-5 Visa The E-5 visa corresponds to the “Professional Occupation (전문직업)” status of sojourn set forth in Article 12 of the Enforcement…
1. Overview of the E-4 Visa The E-4 visa is a status of sojourn for Technical Instruction (기술지도) under Article 12 [Attached Table 1-2] of the…
1. Overview and Legal Basis The E-3 visa is a research (연구) status of sojourn under Article 12 and Attached Table 1-2 of the Enforcement Decree…
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A military officer who reported a soldier’s suicide as an accidental discharge has been acquitted on appeal — with the court finding he acted in a…
A Korean court has convicted a man in his thirties for posting online solicitations to find someone to use methamphetamine with — finding that using drug…
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