Errant Golf Ball at an Indoor Range: Six Years of Experience Is No Defense to Criminal Negligence
A member of an indoor screen golf facility who hit a ball backward during practice — striking a woman in the head 25 meters away in…
“I Think She’s Having an Affair” — Filming a Colleague’s KakaoTalk and Sharing It Is a Crime, Even at a Childcare Facility
A childcare facility employee who opened a colleague’s KakaoTalk on a shared computer, filmed the conversation, and sent it to another staff member claiming the colleague…
Uncle’s Stepdaughter Is Not a Relative: Rape Conviction Downgraded, Suspended Sentence Follows
A man who raped his uncle’s cohabiting stepdaughter while she was unconscious has avoided prison — because the court found she did not qualify as a…
Restaurant Owner Who Stroked and Grabbed Part-Time Worker Criminally Fined ₩7 Million for Workplace Sexual Assault
A restaurant owner who touched and grabbed a female part-time employee on four occasions in December 2024 has been convicted of workplace sexual assault under the…
“Your Nagging Annoyed Me”: Chinese Woman Gets Six Months for Spray-Painting Profanity on Former Colleague’s Car
A Chinese national in her thirties who spray-painted profanity in red lacquer across a former colleague’s vehicle and smashed the side mirror with a blunt instrument…
Korea’s Largest Drug Smuggling Seizure: Yakuza Member Gets 10 Years for 636 kg Cannabis Haul
A Korean-Japanese Yakuza member who smuggled 636 kilograms of cannabis into Korea via container ship — enough for 1.27 million people to smoke simultaneously — has…
The Granting and Changing Status of Stay under the Immigration Act in South Korea: Key Court Rulings
1. Legal basis and core principles A. Relevant law A foreign national staying in Korea who wants to engage in activities that fall under a different…
Drug Couriers and Go-Betweens: Key Court Rulings in South Korea
1. Overview: what the cases involving foreign nationals have in common the defendants are most often (but not always) foreign nationals from Southeast Asia or Taiwan/China;…
Bringing Prescription Medication and CBD into South Korea: A Guide for Foreigners (2026)
I. When Prescription Drugs and CBD Become a Crime 1. Basic principle: Korean drug laws apply regardless of the law of the country of departure The…
Labor and Pay: A Legal Guide for Foreign Residents in South Korea (2026)
1. Filing a wage claim with the labor office A. Basic principles When an employee leaves, the employer must pay all money owed, including wages and…
Renting in South Korea as a Foreigner: How to Protect Your Rights as a Tenant (2026)
1. Are foreign nationals protected as tenants in Korea? A. The core principle Under Korea’s Housing Lease Protection Act, a tenant who has ① taken possession…
A Comprehensive Guide to South Korea’s Correctional Laws & Regulations: What Every Prisoner and Inmate Should Know (2026)
1. Administration and Treatment of Correctional Institution Inmates Act (the “Inmates Act”) [Effective October 2, 2026; Act No. 22010] A. Purpose and Basic Principles This Act…
Handed Over and Handed Back: Supreme Court Rules Methamphetamine Transaction Was Complete the Moment the Drugs Changed Hands
A drug sale is complete when the buyer receives the drugs — not when the transaction is fully settled. Even where the buyer immediately returns the…
“The Hair Dye Gave Me Dermatitis”: Man in His Eighties Gets 20 Years for Premeditated Salon Attack
A man in his eighties who traveled from Gwangju to Geoje armed with a weapon — entered a hair salon and attempted to kill a staff…
Targeting the Vulnerable: Gang That Posed as Clients to Rob Thai Sex Worker Gets Prison
A group of teenagers and young adults who deliberately targeted a sex worker — reasoning she could not report the crime — by posing as clients…
Arms Over Shoulders at a Company Dinner Is Not Sexual Assault, Court Rules — Twice
A company executive acquitted at trial of workplace sexual assault charges for putting his arm around a female subordinate’s shoulder and drinking a “love shot” at…
Pneumoconiosis Led to Depression, Depression Led to Death: Miner’s Death Recognized as Industrial Accident
A miner who developed pneumoconiosis from decades of work, whose lung function then declined so severely that he fell into deep depression and died, has been…
Parents Pay ₩18 Million for Son’s Months-Long Sexual Harassment of Female Classmate
A civil court has ordered the parents of a middle school student who sexually harassed and groped a female classmate over several months to pay the…
Child Needed Liver Transplant After Drug Reaction — But Doctors’ Convictions Are Overturned
Two doctors convicted of professional negligence after a 12-year-old patient developed fulminant liver failure and required a liver transplant following a drug reaction have had their…
Teacher Who Groped 19 Students 111 Times Gets Sentence Cut in Half on Appeal
A middle school teacher convicted of systematically groping 19 students in his classroom over five months has had his sentence reduced from nine years to four…
“I Needed the Bathroom”: Man Who Blocked Parking Garage for 40 Minutes Criminally Fined ₩1 Million
A 68-year-old man who blocked an officetel parking garage entrance with his Mercedes for forty minutes — after being denied entry due to unpaid maintenance fees…
Driving Drunk to Escape a Rapist Is Not a Crime: Court Acquits Woman Under Necessity Defense
A woman who drove away from a sexual assault with a blood alcohol level above the legal limit has been acquitted of drunk driving — with…
E-7 Visa Job Types in South Korea (2026): Requirements, Wages & Documents
E-7 at a glance The E-7 (Specific Activities) visa is a long-term work visa for professionals in designated occupations. This post covers 41 E-7 job types.…
50 Assaults Over Two Years, Then an Attempted Rape: Corporate Executive Gets Suspended Sentence
A company executive in his sixties who habitually groped a subordinate employee on 50 occasions over two years — and then attempted to rape her in…
Shoved in a Street Argument, She Hit Her Head and Died: Three-Year Sentence Upheld for Boyfriend
A man who pushed his drunk girlfriend during a late-night street argument — causing her to fall and strike her head on concrete, dying five days…
Suspecting Infidelity Does Not Justify a Hidden Recorder: Husband Gets Suspended Sentence for Wiretapping Wife’s Car
A man in his thirties who installed a recording device in his wife’s car to capture evidence of a suspected affair has been convicted under the…
Sat on His Lap, Repeatedly Touched: Contract Teacher Who Assaulted Six Elementary Schoolers Keeps Suspended Sentence on Appeal
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…
Slowly Reversing Into Someone During a Parking Dispute Is Not Aggravated Assault (특수상해), Supreme Court Rules
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…
Man Who Trapped and Killed Four Stray Cats Gets Suspended Sentence
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…
The E-7-4 Skilled Worker Visa in South Korea (2026)
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…
The 2026 Guide to South Korea’s E-7 Work Visa: Changes, Eligibility, Salary, Company Requirements and Changing Jobs
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…
The Issue of Illegal Employment by International Students (D-2 / D-4 Visa Holders) in South Korea
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 Seven-Year-Old’s Push Is Not School Violence: Supreme Court Sets Age-Sensitive Standard
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…
Burned with a Hot Frying Pan, Then Beaten to Death Over Cleaning: Six Years for Former Classmate’s Killer
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…
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