South Korea found Google violated privacy laws
January 6, 2012
On January 6, 2011, South Korea National Police Agency announced that it found evidence that tech conglomerate Google illegally collected data from unencrypted networks. The illegally captured data included hundreds of thousands of emails, instant messages, passwords and search histories that was ga....... [more] 
South Korea rights commission found gay military ban unconstitutional
October 27, 2011
On October 27, 2010, the South Korean National Human Rights Commission (NHRCK) determined that a provision in the country's military penal code punishing same-sex relationships between armed service members violates soldiers' constitutional right to privacy. The NHRCK submitted a petition challengin....... [more]
US lawmakers approve trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, South Korea
October 13, 2011
The US House of Representatives and Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to three free trade agreements, marking the first time in several years that the US has formed a trade partnership. The House and Senate voted in rapid succession to pass the trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Kore....... [more]
South Korea iPhone customers file class action against Apple over data collection
August 18, 2011
More than 26,000 iPhone users in South Korea joined in a class action lawsuit filed Wednesday against Apple's local headquarters for collecting location data without their consent. The class is composed of individuals who purchased an iPhone prior to May 1, and each plaintiff is seeking 1 million wo....... [more]
Japan apologized for Korea colonization
August 9, 2011
On August 9, 2010, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan apologized to South Korea for Japan's 20th-century colonization of the Korean peninsula. Japanese colonial rule on the Korean peninsula was fraught with allegations of harsh governance and war crimes. The statement was timed to coincide with the a....... [more]
South Korea regulator fines Apple for collecting iPhone user location information
August 3, 2011
South Korean regulators on Wednesday fined Apple USD $2,855 for collecting location information from its iPhone and iPad users. It is the first time Apple has been punished for collecting location information from users of its widely popular mobile computing products. The Korea Communications Commis....... [more]
South Korea enacts chemical castration law
July 24, 2011
The South Korean Ministry of Justice announced on Sunday that it has enacted a law which allows the use of chemical castration on sex offenders convicted of attacking children under the age of 16 years old. The bill passed in the National Assembly last year 137-13 with 140 legislators declining to c....... [more]
Apple sues Samsung for patent infringement in South Korea court
June 24, 2011
Apple filed suit Friday in the Seoul Central District Court claiming that the Samsung "Galaxy" line of products copies its iPhone and iPad technology. This follows similar suits by Apple in the US and suits by Samsung filed in South Korea, Japan and Germany. It is rumored that these disputes will ul....... [more]
South Korea court sentences 4 Somali pirates
May 27, 2011
A South Korean court sentenced a Somali pirate to life in prison, and three others to varying long-term sentences on Friday, for hijacking a South Korean ship. A fifth pirate pleaded guilty and was tried separately. The five men were charged with hijacking, maritime robbery and six other crimes, and....... [more]
Four accused Somali pirates go on trial in South Korea
May 23, 2011
Four alleged Somali pirates captured from a hijacked ship are being put on trial in South Korea, but lawyers for the pirates argue the court does not have jurisdiction to try them. South Korean forces captured five alleged pirates in a raid on a hijacked South Korean chemical freighter, the Samho Je....... [more]
South Korea high court upheld right to die
May 21, 2011
On May 21, 2009, the South Korean Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling allowing a brain-damaged patient the right to die. The patient, a 76-year old woman on life-support at a Yonsei University medical center, was brain-dead and unable to survive without the use of a respirator. Chief Justice L....... [more]
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