A 28-year-old contract teacher who repeatedly groped six children aged nine and ten during his classroom assignment has had his three-year suspended sentence upheld on appeal…
The Supreme Court has overturned a conviction for aggravated assault with a dangerous object — finding that a car driven slowly in reverse during a parking…
A man in his thirties who trapped stray cats near his home and killed them over two months — then posted about it in an open…
Korea’s E-7-4 visa is a point-based skilled worker visa. It lets foreign workers already in Korea on certain short-term work visas move to a status built…
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Justice issued a public notice on the operation of the E-7 visa for 2026. The notice includes provisions on E-7…
1. Legal Structure of D-2 and D-4 Status of Stay and Employment Activities Neither the Study Abroad (D-2) nor the General Training (D-4) status of stay…
A first-grade student who pushed a classmate off a 80-centimeter platform during an after-school badminton class has been found not to have committed “school violence” under…
A 23-year-old man who subjected his former school classmate to months of physical abuse — including pressing a gas-heated frying pan against his body — before…
A woman in her forties who sent actor Hwang Jung-min and his family hundreds of KakaoTalk and text messages — including suicide threats and demands to…
The operator of a covert smartphone surveillance app — marketed to people suspecting spousal infidelity and distributed through private investigation agencies — has had a seven-year…
A 75-year-old woman who showed up at a debtor’s office with a bag of kimchi brine and used it — along with her fists — to…
A ‘pension’ (펜션 aka vacation lodging in Korea) operator whose outdoor barbecue table tipped over onto a guest — causing second-degree burns from hot food —…
In what is now the sixth significant insult ruling of 2026, the Supreme Court has overturned a conviction for calling a fellow patient “human trash” during…
In its first explicit ruling on the subject, the Supreme Court has held that private university faculty members have the right to have their lawyer present…
A worker who survived a brain hemorrhage, expressed reluctance to return to work due to ongoing physical impairment, was nonetheless called back by his employer due…
Korean singer Psy (Park Jae-sang) has been criminally fined ₩5 million after being found to have obtained prescriptions for psychotropic sleep and anxiety medications without attending…
1. Legislative Background and History A. Debate on the Need to Introduce the Crime of Distortion of Law (법왜곡죄) The crime of distortion of law (beopwaegok-joe;…
1. Overview and History A. Meaning of a Constitutional Complaint Against a Court Judgment A constitutional complaint against a court judgment (재판소원) is a mechanism by…
1. Constitutional Basis Article 104(2) of the Constitution provides that “The Justices of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of…
1. Concept of Withdrawal of Indictment Withdrawal of indictment is a procedural act by which the prosecutor retracts, before the court, an indictment that has already…
Key takeaways Starting October 2, 2026, South Korea’s Prosecutors’ Office (Geomchalcheong) will be abolished. The Public Prosecution Service (Gongsocheong), under the Ministry of Justice, which will…
Korea’s Supreme Court has confirmed that a hospital’s decision to refuse an emergency patient — a teenager who later died after being turned away by multiple…
A Taiwanese national who arrived at Gimhae International Airport carrying over five kilograms of methamphetamine in a suitcase — while claiming he believed it contained security…
A care home director acquitted at trial has had a conviction confirmed by the Supreme Court — with the court finding that systemic failures in fall…
As of 2024, well over 180,000 foreign spouses live in South Korea as marriage immigrants — the official term for people who relocated there because they…
In its fifth significant ruling this year on the limits of criminal insult, the Supreme Court has overturned a conviction for a comment posted on a…
Two police officers and two firefighters charged with negligent homicide after a drunk woman died following their attempt to stop her from biting off her own…
A room cafe operator who allowed teenagers into his establishment — consisting of 16 private booths furnished with mattresses and pillows — has had his acquittal…
A Korean Army sergeant who leaked classified military materials — including documents related to ROK-US combined exercises — to a Chinese intelligence operative over seven months…
In only the second ruling of its kind since the Constitutional Court was established, Korea’s Constitutional Court has found that the complete absence of legislation providing…
A graduate student who built drones and flew them across the military demarcation line into North Korean airspace on four occasions has been acquitted of general…
A metal worker who spent over thirteen years cutting and grinding steel and aluminum in an unventilated underground workspace — and died of lung cancer —…
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