South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that a terminal patient’s difficulty speaking does not automatically disqualify a dictated will — and that courts must look beyond…
A valid arrest warrant does not automatically justify its execution. If the suspect voluntarily appears at the agreed time and shows no signs of fleeing or…
A Korean appellate court has voided a law firm’s retainer clause that required clients to pay a fixed ₩30 million penalty for terminating the engagement —…
A Korean dog trainer who injured a small elderly poodle by physically restraining it for fourteen minutes after it bit him has had his animal abuse…
1. Overview and Legal Basis Any foreign national seeking to enter the Republic of Korea must hold a status of stay (visa) (Immigration Act, Article 10(1)).…
A Korean appellate court has confirmed a four-year custodial sentence for a man who started a fatal fire in his studio apartment while trying to kill…
A Seoul court has ruled that a matchmaking service member who married through the agency but concealed the fact — and quietly withdrew his membership before…
A Korean appellate court has overturned a conviction for misappropriation of lost property, finding that suspicious behavior on a bus — without direct evidence of the…
A Seoul court has held the organizers of a large-scale marathon jointly liable for catastrophic injuries suffered by a 77-year-old woman who was struck by a…
Submitting someone else’s urine to evade a drug test does not constitute obstruction of official duties — if the police demand for the sample was itself…
A Korean court has issued a rare mutual damages ruling — ordering a sexual assault perpetrator to compensate his victim, while also finding the victim liable…
A second lower court has now pushed back against the Supreme Court’s 2015 blanket prohibition on criminal success fees, ruling that such agreements should be evaluated…
Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that where a defendant was absent from both the trial and appellate proceedings through no fault of his own — and…
A Korean administrative court has ruled that an employer cannot impose a form of disciplinary action that does not appear in its own internal disciplinary rules…
A fire station interviewer who misused a job applicant’s personal information cannot be prosecuted under the Personal Information Protection Act’s dual liability provision — because the…
A Seoul court has thrown out criminal charges against a university professor and graduate student on the grounds that the prosecutor who investigated the case was…
A Korean appellate court has confirmed that a pharmacy and a medical clinic located on the same floor of the same building do not violate the…
A Korean administrative court has drawn a clear line between two types of preferential treatment for military veterans in hiring: crediting service time toward pay is…
A Korean insurer’s right to cancel a policy for a policyholder’s failure to report a change in occupation does not begin running from when a claim…
A doctor who secretly administered propofol to over a hundred patients under the guise of cosmetic procedures — pocketing ₩4.1 billion in the process — has…
When a decade-long law firm partnership collapsed, a dispute over a shared email account ended up in court. The ruling clarifies that jointly used business assets…
South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that annual performance bonuses tied to a company’s net profit are not “wages” in the legal sense and therefore cannot…
A Korean court has settled a dispute over a dog caught between a separating couple, making clear that animal registration does not transfer ownership — and…
The Background – A policyholder received cryotherapy for corn (티눈) removal thousands of times and successfully claimed approximately ₩700 million in surgical disease benefits under his…
The Incident – On the night of August 6, 2023, a man in his 30s identified as A posted six bomb threat messages over a three-and-a-half-hour…
The Case – A 42-year-old man identified as A, with eight prior theft convictions, was released and promptly reoffended while still under investigation for an earlier…
Following a landmark constitutional ruling that upended how Korean law treats theft within families, the Supreme Court has clarified that crimes committed after the constitutional court’s…
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously struck down a provision of the former Military Service Act that made it a criminal offense for family members to…
South Korea’s Supreme Court has finalized a prison sentence for a fraudster who pocketed ₩850 million by falsely promising to use insider connections to secure a…
A simple (?) clerical error by a law firm employee — filing the wrong withdrawal document with the court — cost a client a hard-won property…
A Seoul court has held a postnatal care center liable for failing to act on a newborn’s warning signs, resulting in a dangerous case of sepsis.…
A South Korean administrative court has ruled that merely acknowledging a marital breakdown in divorce documents is not enough to reduce a former spouse’s share of…
South Korea’s Supreme Court has confirmed that the 1965 Korea-Japan Claims Agreement does not bar individual victims of Japanese wartime forced labor from pursuing damages in…
A South Korean court has ordered a resort and a child’s family to pay approximately ₩30 million (roughly $22,000 USD) in damages after a trampoline accident…
A recent landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Korea marks a significant turning point for legal privacy, effectively recognizing Attorney-Client Privilege (ACP) as a constitutional…
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