On October 29th, 2022, the popular clubbing district of Itaewon located in Seoul experienced a crowd crush that claimed the lives of 159 people and injured 196 others. Witnesses and survivors have claimed that there were few police officers on the streets
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The legalization of marijuana (especially in Korea), also referred to as weed or cannabis, is a controversial topic around the world. Many places have legalized the use of medicinal marijuana, while others have even legalized the recreational use of the drug. In
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Maybe you have already experienced it: you got a call from your bank, saying that your card had been used in some weird locations and that they wanted to make sure that the card was not stolen. The person on the other
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You may have seen a lot of internet advertisements looking for someone to sell or rent a bank account. The advertisements guarantee you a high profit but require very little from you. All they want from you is just to use your
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Children must be protected. Children may not have enough judgment or strength when compared to adults. They have a high probability of being in an unfavorable position or situation. Therefore, South Korean Laws provide some special safeguards to protect minors better. One
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Driving in a foreign country is always a challenge. The road signs are in a different language, rules might be different from your home country, and on top of that, there is usually a different driving style from what you are used
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Classic sex crime laws are mainly a matter of sexual self-determination. If your free will of having sexual intercourse was infringed by force or intimidation, or by substances such as alcohol, then it is rape. Similar principles are applied to various sex
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In Korean legal principles, sex crime can be mainly classified into four categories. 1) Rape, 2) Indecent Act, 3) Sexual Harassment, and 4) Other types of sex crimes such as taking pictures without consent. Today, in this article we will discuss the
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What if one day, you receive a letter stating that you have been accused of fraud in Korea? What steps do you take, and what do you need to do to prove your innocence? Although we hope this never happens to you,
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Starting from this article, we plan to go over the laws regulating sexual crimes. Sex crime laws in South Korea is one of the most elaborately subdivided areas of law. Overviewing the whole regulations may take some time, but it is worth
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Every traveler and expat is wary of it: fraud. It is quite common for foreigners to come to a new country and face scams or fraudulent behavior, simply because local criminals want to take advantage of their ignorance of the culture, language,
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Facts & Key point The criminal defendant had filmed the victims doing their business at the restroom of “○○ Karaoke Bar” located in Uijeongbu-si (address omitted), including taking a photograph of an unidentified woman’s buttocks and genitals. The criminal defendant in total
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It is almost impossible to miss: drinking is a huge part of Korean culture. Many companies have dinner together after work, during which large amounts of soju and beer are often consumed. Driving Under the Influence (DUI) was therefore quite common in
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In Korea, there are two institutions handle the criminal cases: the police and the prosecution. They never got along with each other in the past. Especially now there is a lot of confusion going on, due to the recent change in their
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Although we hope it never comes that far, the South Korean Immigration Office has the right to remove or deport any person who has violated the Immigration Act. This means that the Immigration Office can issue a departure order or deportation to
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Domestic Violence is a pretty common crime in South Korea as statistics show that one out of six couples in Korea had some sort of episode of physical violence from their spouse. This article will give you a brief overview of domestic
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Defamation or slander laws in South Korea are very different from those in other countries. Any words, even if it’s the truth, harming another can be considered illegal and may be punishable with fines or even imprisonment. In most Western countries, there
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Domestic crime is a complicated thing. Since the victim and the perpetrator are close families, sometimes the victim doesn’t want them to be punished, but rather just wants them to be taught some lesson so that they would stop committing such crime.
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There are a few crimes in Korea called “chingojoe (친고죄),” which can be literally translated as “crime subject to victim’s complaint.” These chingojoe are the kind of crimes cannot be prosecuted without a complaint by the victim. In the old days, sexual
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South Korea is a “drug-free” country with high sentences for any kind of drug abuse. Under the South Korean law, Koreans and foreigners are prohibited from using any kind of drugs in the country, and Koreans are even prohibited from using drugs
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Most of crimes included in “domestic violence” in Korea are covered and punished by ordinary Criminal Act of Korea: such as assault, inflicting bodily injury, abandonment, intimidation, rape, or coercion. Domestic Violence in Korea: How to Get help? But still, such crimes
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In previous article, we established that children under nineteen years old (international age) can be sent to the Juvenile Department instead of the criminal court, and they get “protective detention” instead of “punishment.” Now let’s look over what is “protective detention” is.
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When the child is under fourteen years old, they cannot be punished at all, whatever crime they committed. This is why the children under fourteen years (international age) old are called “criminal minors.” Criminal Minors in Korea Criminal Act, Article 9 (Criminal
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Let’s say that you are a defendant of a criminal trial. The best thing that can happen for you is, of course, getting a “not guilty” verdict. But what if you have actually committed the crime? What would be the best thing
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When a person gets arrested, police officers and prosecutors investigate whether they had actually committed a crime. When the prosecutor is quite convinced that the person is guilty, they “indict” the person. “Indictment” is an official accusation that the person has committed
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