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…
What’s new Scope of covered violations Target groups (visa categories highlighted) Results so far Referral network Reports get routed to: Link: https://viewer.moj.go.kr/skin/doc.html?rs=/result/bbs/214&fn=temp_1783386027681100
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…
The Supreme Court has confirmed a six-year sentence for a man who served as a recruiter and Korean-language manager at a Cambodia-based stock trading scam operation,…
The Supreme Court has ruled that a driver who crossed a solid center line to make a left turn, then struck a pedestrian at the entrance…
The Supreme Court has ruled that a court cannot resort to public notice service and proceed with trial in a defendant’s absence if contact numbers for…
Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that telling someone “you cheeky little punk, who do you think you are” during a heated argument does not meet the…
Korea’s Supreme Court, sitting en banc, has ruled that a drunk driver who switches seats with a passenger to let that passenger falsely claim responsibility commits…
A man who secretly recorded conversations between his unfaithful spouse and her affair partner — by hiding a recording device on her body and clothing —…
A son convicted and fined for assaulting his father has had his conviction voided — because the father told investigators he did not want his son…
A Korean court has upheld the government’s refusal to naturalize a foreign national whose only disqualifying conduct was using someone else’s passport to enter the country…
A Korean administrative court has ruled that a miner who died of pneumonia must be recognized as an industrial accident fatality — because his work-related pneumoconiosis…
A Korean appellate court has upheld and slightly increased the state’s liability for damages after police officers photographed a woman in the nude during a prostitution…
A Korean court has sentenced a man to three years and six months in prison for pouring boiling water on his sleeping wife’s face — exceeding…
Case No. 2026Godan392, Seoul Central District Court, Criminal Division 12 (Single Judge Choi Hae-jin), Decided June 24, 2026 Factual Background A, a Chinese national residing in…
1. Attorney (변호사, byeonhosa) A. Governing Statute Attorney-at-Law Act (변호사법) B. Mission and Duties Attorneys are entrusted with the mission of upholding fundamental human rights and…
IMPORTANT UPDATE Ministry of Justice press release, July 7, 2026 Summary: Requirement Details 1 Foreign-sourced income Income must come from abroad, not from Korean sources 2…
1. The Legal Obligation — Article 27 of the Immigration Act Article 27(1) of the Immigration Act provides as follows. “A foreigner staying in the Republic…
I. The Big Picture 1. Relevant Statutes and Conventions The basis for the duty to notify of consular notification rights when arresting or detaining a foreigner…
1. Constitutional Basis and Legal Character An unconvicted detainee’s right of access to counsel is a constitutional fundamental right derived directly from Article 12(4) of the…
1. Overview Seizure and search is a compulsory measure by which an investigative agency forcibly acquires an item of evidence or an object to be confiscated,…
Below, the procedure from the point a suspect is arrested to the point of receiving a conviction at a criminal trial is explained in chronological order.…
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