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International Jurisdiction and Governing Law of International Divorce in Korea 1. International Jurisdiction For international jurisdiction of divorce in the ...

The Legal Procedure of Divorce In the Republic of Korea, there are two types of divorce processes; divorce by agreement ...

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1. Should the employer grant paid leave to the employee who’s been infected with COVID-19 so must be hospitalized until ...

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On February 20, 2020, a significant Supreme Court Decision on request for remedy from unfair dismissal was made (2019Du52386, hereafter ...

I’m so glad that the immediate appeal for the ruling of furnishing security for the costs of lawsuit that I ...

Labor Standards Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) aims to guarantee the minimum standards for employment and terms and ...

I’d like to introduce Supreme Court Decision stating that in case a person makes a statement damaging another person’s reputation ...

I’d like to introduce Supreme Court Decision stating that uploading a “torrent file” of obscene videos is violation of Act ...

Recently, a man who had disclosed the list of “bad fathers” refusing to pay child support after divorce was given ...

Last fall, Korean Supreme Court pronounced a noteworthy decision on paternity that a child who was born from other man’s ...

I’d like to introduce the articles of Housing Lease Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) and its Presidential ...

Korean courts impose severer penalties for the accused who commit sex offenses against minors than those in the past. There ...

I’d like to clarify the ways to terminate an employment agreement. First, if both employee and employer agree that the ...

It is not easy to divorce and the proceedings are usually painful. If you make up your mind to go ...

I’ve been sometimes asked about narcotic crimes from expats in Korea. South Korea is famous for its strict laws on ...

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New Articles of 76-2 and 76-3 of Labor Standards Act (hereafter referred to as “LSA”) to prevent harassments in workplaces ...

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You may consider filing for civil suit claiming compensation if you are damaged by other’s tortious conduct. I’d like to ...

May the divorce claim raised by an at-fault spouse be granted in Korea. The answer is “No”, but it is ...

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Many expats do not understand why the one who tells truth shall be punished. There have been many controversies over ...

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A man from Southeast Asia who has worked hard in Korea filed a police report when his wife was drunk ...

There have been major changes in Korean Labor Standard Act since this year. I’d like to introduce key points in ...

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This is the third posting on Korean Labor Standards Act (hereafter referred to as “the Act”). In this posting, I’m ...

This is the second posting on Korean Labor Standards Act (hereafter referred to as “the Act”). As you might know, ...

I’ve seen not a few expatriates in Korea having troubles with illegal clauses of labor contracts. I’m going to serially ...

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