Top court upholds ruling ordering Posco to directly hire 200 subcontract workers

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that ordered steelmaker Posco to directly hire over 200 subcontract workers who had worked for the company for more than two years.

2026-04-16

Importing sex dolls legal unless they resemble minors, Korea's top court reaffirms

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed its 2019 ruling that life-size sex dolls modeled after the human body cannot be subject to a blanket import ban, while maintaining that dolls resembling minors remain illegal, according to legal sources on Friday.

2026-04-03

Complaint filed against Supreme Court justices on first day of judicial distortion law

Supreme Court Chief Justice Jo Hee-de and Justice Park Young-jae were the subject of a criminal complaint for allegedly abusing judicial authority. The complaint came on the first day a new law criminalizing the offense took effect.

2026-03-12

DP lawmaker loses seat after Supreme Court finalizes fraud ruling

The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a ruling stripping Democratic Party Rep. Yang Moon-seok of his parliamentary seat after convicting him of fraud.

2026-03-12

Supreme Court chief justice urges reconsideration of sweeping legal changes

Supreme Court Chief Justice Jo Hee-de urged lawmakers to reconsider recently passed judicial reform bills, cautioning that the changes should be examined to determine whether they "truly benefit the people" or pose a risk to judicial integrity.

2026-03-03

National Assembly passes DP's bill to increase number of Supreme Court justices

Led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), the National Assembly on Saturday passed a bill to nearly double the number of justices at the top court.

2026-03-01

Top court rules that ex-dictator's memoir distorted 1980 pro-democracy uprising, defamed participants

The Supreme Court finalized a lower court’s ruling on Thursday that the memoir of former President Chun Doo Hwan distorted the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising and defamed those involved, ordering damages and restricting publication of the book.

2026-02-12

Top court chief justice voices opposition to controversial judicial reform bills

Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae on Thursday said two judicial reform bills pushed by the ruling Democratic Party (DP) could cause "great harm" to the public, effectively expressing opposition to the controversial bills.

2026-02-12

Supreme Court upholds compensation ruling for families of forced labor victims

The Korean Supreme Court has upheld a ruling ordering a Japanese company to compensate five bereaved families of Koreans who died after being forced into labor under Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule.

2026-02-09

Korean Supreme Court confirms Japanese company should pay $70,000 to forced labor victim

The Supreme Court on Friday finalized a ruling that ordered a Japanese construction company to pay 100 million won ($69,500) in compensation to the family of a Korean victim of Tokyo's wartime forced labor.

2026-01-30

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