🧱 Case Overview A Korean court ordered an upstairs resident (B) to pay 3 million KRW in damages to each of four downstairs residents (A and…
Who are the people involved? A (32, female) – passenger in the car and family member of the car’s insurance holder. B – A’s acquaintance, believed…
Case Summary Court: Suwon District Court, Criminal Division 7 (Presiding Judge Kim Byung-soo, Senior Judge) Date: Second-instance ruling on 17 November 2025 — Who Was Involved?…
Core ruling South Korea’s Supreme Court has confirmed that an underground/ground parking lot inside a gated apartment complex is not a “road” under the Road Traffic…
The Korean Supreme Court has reaffirmed that stalking can be punished even when the victim did not actually realize they were being stalked at the time.…
Case summary In Cheongju, a 31-year-old woman (A) was convicted for child abandonment and neglect under the Child Welfare Act. On 30 July last year, her…
Case Summary Incident Overview:A 50-year-old man, referred to as A, attacked the CEO (B) of digital asset firm Haru Invest with a knife inside a courtroom…
Case Overview:The defendant, referred to as A, was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Gwangju while driving a Maserati. He struck a motorcycle at high speed,…
Case Overview: A man in his 40s (A) was accused of murder and corpse abandonment after allegedly leaving his newborn son, born to his coworker and…
Case Summary Court & Date:Supreme Court (Criminal Division 2), September 25, 2025 – Case No. 2025Do4614 Defendants:Four investigators from the National Intelligence Service (NIS)’s Gyeonggi Branch…
Case Summary Court & Date:Seoul Administrative Court, Division 6 (Presiding Judge: Na Jin-i), Decision on August 29, 2025 Case No.:2024GuHap87898 Parties:Plaintiff – Dentist ADefendant – Minister…
💍 Marriage Immigration (F-6 Visa) 1. Definition 2. Legal Status ▪ As a Foreigner ▪ Social Integration Program (사회통합프로그램) 3. As a Spouse of a Korean…
Case Overview: The Seoul Central District Court ordered a man in his 20s, identified as Mr. Choi, to pay ₩43.7 million (≈ USD 31,000) to the…
Case Overview: The Seoul Administrative Court ruled that an employee who died from acute alcohol poisoning after three consecutive nights of company dinners (hoesik) suffered a…
Case Overview: The Seoul Administrative Court ruled in favor of a widow who challenged the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) for denying compensation related…
Case Overview: Two commanding officers at the 12th Infantry Division Recruit Training Center were found guilty of abusive training that led to a trainee’s death. The…
Case Overview: The Korean Supreme Court ruled that submitting documents containing personal information as evidence in a lawsuit does not constitute a privacy violation or grounds…
Case Overview: SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Noh So-young, director of Art Center Nabi and daughter of former President Roh Tae-woo, have been in a…
Case Overview: The Korean Supreme Court ruled that removing a protest banner opposing a redevelopment project does not constitute interference with business (업무방해) — but does…
⚖️ Case Summary Court & Date:Suwon District Court, Civil Division 8 (Judge Jeon Bo-kyung), ruling delivered on August 27, 2025. Case Number:2023가단533744 Parties: Plaintiff (A): Caddie…
⚖️ Case Summary Defendant: A man in his 30s (identified as “A”) Crime: Distribution and possession of intimate and fabricated sexual images of his former girlfriend…
⚖️ Case Summary Incident:A man (A) swung a metal pipe at police officers who entered his home after responding to a report from his girlfriend (B),…
⚖️ Case Summary Defendant:A man in his 60s (A) convicted of aiding the smuggling and storage of ketamine and ecstasy in exchange for payment. Supreme Court…
Case Overview:A long-serving street cleaner (A) was found collapsed in a break room before starting work and later died from a brain hemorrhage. The court ruled…
Summary: Plaintiff: Mr. Hwang, registered as a person with severe upper-limb disability and mild lower-limb disability, suffering from cervical myelopathy that weakens hand strength and impairs…
Case Overview:A man in his 40s (A) was sentenced to 17 years in prison and 5 years of probation for attempted murder after a knife attack…
Background The vice principal (D) of a private school sent an official inquiry to investigative authorities asking whether a teacher (C) was under investigation, indictment, or…
Case Summary Court: Seoul Administrative Court (Administrative Division 6, Presiding Judge Na Jin-i) Case No. 2024구합85625 Date: October 12, 2025 Parties: A (Plaintiff) vs. Ministry of…
A 67-year-old man surnamed Won has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Seoul Southern District Court (Criminal Division 15, Judge Yang Hwan-seung) for…
UPDATE/TLDR: In a nutshell, the age of consent in South Korea is 16 (only) if the partner/perpetrator is an adult (i.e. someone aged 19 and above).…
… if your relationship (with that married person) is later found to have been the primary contributing factor behind ruining their marriage. And “costly” in that…
Normally translated as “detention” or (simply) “arrest,” 구속 is a sort of “prolonged arrest” that is only found in Korean and Japanese criminal procedure. (The problem…
Below are recent defamation cases reported here in South Korea. In Korea, defamation is a crime, and truth alone is not a defense. I. Professor Park…
First of all, what is tort? Tort is when someone has wronged you illegally, and you can/want to sue him/her. Tort is civil law (as opposed…
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