South Korea Considers Legalizing Tattoo Artists Amid Healthcare ProtestsGovernment Orders Research Related to Tattoo ArtistsNon-Medical Professionals’ Procedures are Illegal under Current LawInterpreted as a Reduction in Medical Professionals’ Authority Tattoo artists, also known as tattooists, who ink tattoos on bodies are considered “illegal” under current law. However, signs of this changing to legal have emerged recently amidst doctors’ strikes against the increase in […]
Controversy Arises as Incest Laws May ReduceControversy is brewing over the consideration of relaxing laws related to incestuous marriages between relatives. According to the legal community on the 26th, the Ministry of Justice recently commissioned a study to revise laws prohibiting marriages between family members. This is because the Constitutional Court deemed it necessary to make amendments after ruling that the […]
Part-time Worker Sentenced for Canceling 239 Delivery OrdersA part-time worker who repeatedly canceled delivery orders from a store and arbitrarily changed the store’s operating status to “temporarily suspended” has been found guilty. According to the legal community, on the 20th, the Busan District Court Eastern Support Criminal 3 Single (Judge Kim Joo Young) sentenced a woman in her 20s who was charged […]
Court Rules Doctor Must Pay $18,000 to Patient Injured During Penis Enlargement SurgeryA court has ruled that a doctor must pay approximately $18,000 in damages to a man who was severed during a penile enlargement surgery. According to a report by the Chosun Ilbo on the 19th, Judge Park Seol Ah of the Seoul Eastern District Court Civil 4th Single Bench partially ruled in favor of the […]
Court Clears President Yoon's Mother-in-Law of Perjury ChargesThe person who accused President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law of committing perjury in the past has appealed the prosecutor’s decision not to prosecute. However, the Supreme Court concluded that the prosecutor’s decision was valid. According to the legal community on the 15th, the Supreme Court’s 2nd Division (Chief Justice Lee Dong Won) dismissed the re-appeal […]
Itaewon Tragedy Survivors March to Presidential Office: Call for 'Special Act'On the 29th, the families of the victims of the October 29 Itaewon tragedy, along with the Civil Countermeasures Committee and the Bereaved Families Council, held a full-body prostration march to the Presidential Office in Yongsan, demanding the enactment of the Itaewon Tragedy Special Act.” Before the march, they held a press conference in front […]
Man Receives 4-Year Jail Term for Waving Knife Near the President's Office [iNews24 Reporter Shin Soo-jeong] A man in his 70s who went on trial for stabbing two police officers during a weapon rampage in front of the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, was sentenced to four years in prison...
Cult Beliefs: Sister Rejects Help for Disabled Brother for 20 Years [iNews24's Choi Ran] A sister who refused to treat her severely mentally disabled brother for religious reasons and neglected him for 20 years by not turning on the heat has been put on trial...
Kim Jong-un T-shirt Sellers Face No Security Law Charges Police have cleared the vendors, Naver and Coupang, who sold Kim Jong Un T-shirts. The vendors sold T-shirts printed with the North Korean leader's face and words, prompting conservative organizations to accuse them of violating the National Security Act...
Shortage of Korean Soldiers Raises Questions about Possible Female Military Draft [iNews24 Reporter Kim Tae-heon] The US CNN pointed to South Korea's lowest fertility rate and predicted that it may be difficult to maintain a military force...
Trump Plans 10% Tariff Hike on All Imports Hinting at 'Trade War Season 2 Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is running for re-election next year, plans to raise tariffs on all foreign imports, including those from allies, by 10 percent if he wins. If realized, the plan could spark a global trade war by spreading protectionism, including retaliatory tariffs by other countries...
South Korea's Minister of Unification Takes Action on North Korean Human RightsMinister Kim highlights rising North Korean defectors, credits cultural influence, vows stronger international cooperation on human rights.
South Korea Considers Legalizing Tattoo Artists Amid Healthcare Protests Government Orders Research Related to Tattoo ArtistsNon-Medical Professionals’ Procedures are Illegal under Current LawInterpreted as a Reduction in Medical Professionals’ Authority Tattoo artists, also known as tattooists, who ink tattoos on bodies are considered “illegal” under current law. However, signs of this changing to legal have emerged recently amidst doctors’ strikes against the increase in […]
Controversy Arises as Incest Laws May Reduce Controversy is brewing over the consideration of relaxing laws related to incestuous marriages between relatives. According to the legal community on the 26th, the Ministry of Justice recently commissioned a study to revise laws prohibiting marriages between family members. This is because the Constitutional Court deemed it necessary to make amendments after ruling that the […]
Part-time Worker Sentenced for Canceling 239 Delivery Orders A part-time worker who repeatedly canceled delivery orders from a store and arbitrarily changed the store’s operating status to “temporarily suspended” has been found guilty. According to the legal community, on the 20th, the Busan District Court Eastern Support Criminal 3 Single (Judge Kim Joo Young) sentenced a woman in her 20s who was charged […]
Court Rules Doctor Must Pay $18,000 to Patient Injured During Penis Enlargement Surgery A court has ruled that a doctor must pay approximately $18,000 in damages to a man who was severed during a penile enlargement surgery. According to a report by the Chosun Ilbo on the 19th, Judge Park Seol Ah of the Seoul Eastern District Court Civil 4th Single Bench partially ruled in favor of the […]
Court Clears President Yoon's Mother-in-Law of Perjury Charges The person who accused President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law of committing perjury in the past has appealed the prosecutor’s decision not to prosecute. However, the Supreme Court concluded that the prosecutor’s decision was valid. According to the legal community on the 15th, the Supreme Court’s 2nd Division (Chief Justice Lee Dong Won) dismissed the re-appeal […]
Itaewon Tragedy Survivors March to Presidential Office: Call for 'Special Act' On the 29th, the families of the victims of the October 29 Itaewon tragedy, along with the Civil Countermeasures Committee and the Bereaved Families Council, held a full-body prostration march to the Presidential Office in Yongsan, demanding the enactment of the Itaewon Tragedy Special Act.” Before the march, they held a press conference in front […]
Man Receives 4-Year Jail Term for Waving Knife Near the President's Office [iNews24 Reporter Shin Soo-jeong] A man in his 70s who went on trial for stabbing two police officers during a weapon rampage in front of the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, was sentenced to four years in prison...
Cult Beliefs: Sister Rejects Help for Disabled Brother for 20 Years [iNews24's Choi Ran] A sister who refused to treat her severely mentally disabled brother for religious reasons and neglected him for 20 years by not turning on the heat has been put on trial...
Kim Jong-un T-shirt Sellers Face No Security Law Charges Police have cleared the vendors, Naver and Coupang, who sold Kim Jong Un T-shirts. The vendors sold T-shirts printed with the North Korean leader's face and words, prompting conservative organizations to accuse them of violating the National Security Act...
Shortage of Korean Soldiers Raises Questions about Possible Female Military Draft [iNews24 Reporter Kim Tae-heon] The US CNN pointed to South Korea's lowest fertility rate and predicted that it may be difficult to maintain a military force...
Trump Plans 10% Tariff Hike on All Imports Hinting at 'Trade War Season 2 Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is running for re-election next year, plans to raise tariffs on all foreign imports, including those from allies, by 10 percent if he wins. If realized, the plan could spark a global trade war by spreading protectionism, including retaliatory tariffs by other countries...
South Korea's Minister of Unification Takes Action on North Korean Human Rights Minister Kim highlights rising North Korean defectors, credits cultural influence, vows stronger international cooperation on human rights.
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