🔎 Case Summary A South Korean administrative court held that a public official’s suicide, following a relapse and worsening of depression, qualified as a line-of-duty death…
Case Summary Kim Keon‑hee, the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison after a Seoul court…
🔎 Case Summary A defendant who forged a victim’s “no-punishment statement” (처벌불원서) to secure leniency was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment. The court emphasized that tampering…
🔎 Case Summary The Supreme Court finalized fines against Yang Kyung-soo, President of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), and Jeon Jong-deok (then KCTU Secretary-General,…
What happened: BTS members V (Kim Taehyung) and Jungkook (Jeon Jungkook) won on appeal in their civil damages lawsuit against the operator of the YouTube channel…
고 소 장 Criminal Complaint — 고소인 Complainant 이 ○ 숙서울 광진구 자양동 11 ○○ 101동 101호 Lee ○-sukUnit 101, Building 101, ○○, 11 Jayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu,…
고 소 장 Criminal Complaint — 고소인 Complainant 김 ○ 곤 (540916-1111111)Kim ○-gon (Resident Registration No. 540916-1111111) 용인시 수지구 ○○동 111 ○○○○ 111동 111호Unit 111, Building…
What happened South Korea’s Supreme Court en banc held that bereaved families of 5·18 victims still have valid rights to claim consolation money (emotional distress damages)…
The headline ruling A Seoul court sentenced Han Duck-soo, former Prime Minister, to 23 years in prison for aiding an insurrection and performing key roles in…
Core holding (Supreme Court): The Korean government can seek reimbursement (recourse) for medical expenses it paid to treat an inmate’s injuries caused by the inmate’s intentional…
What happened: South Korea’s Supreme Court dismissed the ex-husband’s appeal, finalizing the appellate ruling in a divorce dispute tied to public “affair” allegations involving Choi Jung-won…
A Seoul Central District Court panel sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 5 years in prison for obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant by…
고 소 장 Criminal Complaint — 1. 고소인 1. Complainant 성명 ○ ○ ○Name: ○ ○ ○ 주민등록번호Resident Registration Number: 주소 ○○시 ○○구 ○○동 ○○○-○○Address: ○○○-○○, ○○-dong, ○○-gu, ○○ City…
고 소 장 Criminal Complaint — 1. 고소인 1. Complainant 성명 ○ ○ ○Name: ○ ○ ○ 주민등록번호Resident Registration Number: 주소 ○○시 ○○구 ○○동 ○○○-○○Address: ○○○-○○, ○○-dong, ○○-gu, ○○ City…
What the case was about: Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) sued major tobacco companies seeking about KRW 53.3 billion (₩533억) in damages. NHIS argued the…
🔎 Case Summary A South Korean court held a water park operator, its outsourced safety management company, and a taekwondo academy director jointly liable for the…
South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously overturned prosecutors’ decision to grant a suspended indictment against an SBS Unanswered Questions (그것이 알고싶다) Producer who broadcast unaltered photos of…
A man in his 70s was sentenced to three years in prison for the attempted murder of his daughter-in-law, with the ruling upheld on appeal. The…
A woman in her 50s was sentenced on appeal to four years in prison for committing large-scale fraud against her in-laws and acquaintances. The ruling was…
고 소 장 Criminal Complaint — 1. 고소인 1. Complainant 성명 ○ ○ ○Name: ○ ○ ○ 주민등록번호Resident Registration Number: 주소 ○○시 ○○구 ○○동 ○○○-○○Address: ○○-○○, ○○-dong, ○○-gu, ○○-si 직업Occupation:…
고 소 장 Criminal Complaint — 고소인 Complainant 김○기 (810723-1111111)Kim ○-gi (Resident Registration No. 810723-1111111) 010-7287-**** — 피고소인 Accused 박○민 (800221-1111111)Park ○-min (Resident Registration No. 800221-1111111)…
South Korea’s Supreme Court has finalized a life sentence for Yang Gwang-jun (39), a former military officer convicted of murder, corpse mutilation, and body disposal. Yang…
🔎 What Happened A Korean legal-tech AI analyzed an appellate criminal judgment and identified a procedural error the appellate court had overlooked. The defense adopted the…
At a glance, this case answers a hard question:Can a serious illness that appears decades later still be legally tied to frontline public service? The court…
A South Korean student who allegedly took a KRW 1,500 snack from an unmanned store without paying was given a prosecutor’s “suspension of indictment” (기소유예), but…
A South Korean appellate court has upheld state liability for a 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) incident in which the exam-ending bell rang one minute…
고소장 Criminal Complaint — 고소인 Complainant 안○한 (720210-1111111)Ahn ○-han (Resident Registration No. 720210-1111111) 서울시 서초구 ○○동 1111 ○○○○아파트 1111호Unit 1111, ○○○○ Apartment, 1111, ○○-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul…
고소장 Criminal Complaint — 1. 고소인 1. Complainant 성명○ ○ ○Name○ ○ ○ 주민등록번호 Resident Registration Number 주소○○시 ○○구 ○○동 ○○○-○○Address○○-○○, ○○-dong, ○○-gu, ○○ City 직업Occupation…
South Korea’s Supreme Court finalized a four-year prison sentence and four-year suspension of civil rights for Lee, the head of a digital asset exchange. Lee was…
South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld an acquittal for the head of a civic organization promoting inter-Korean sports exchanges, who had been charged under the National Security…
What happened: A high school student was riding an electric scooter across a crosswalk in Cheongju. The scooter hit a 3 cm road bump caused by…
Case Background A defendant (A) was charged with fraud and violation of the Telecommunications Business Act. At first instance (2023 Sept), A was sentenced to 2…
Case overview Defendants: A (environmental consulting company CEO) B (local government official) Charges: Bribery giving and receiving Supreme Court decision: Conviction overturned and remanded Case No.:…
고소장 (Criminal Complaint) — 1. 고소인 (Complainant) 성명 (Name)○ ○ ○ 주민등록번호 (Resident Registration Number)(생략) 주소 (Address)○○시 ○○구 ○○동 ○○○-○○ 직업 (Occupation)(생략) 사무실 주소 (Office Address)(생략)…
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