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Columns by Attorney Dongwoo Shin explaining recent issues through statutes and court decisions.
Attorney Columns · Recent Precedents · News · Press (13 posts)
"Raise It by 200 Million Won" Once the Renewal Runs Out: Is There a Cap on Jeonse Re-Contract Increases? [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
To keep living in the same home, you have to pay 200 million won more. That is w…
Read →2026. 10. 23.A "Water Bomb" from a Retaining Wall Totaled a Car: Is the Apartment Complex Off the Hook Because It Was the Rain? [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
On a day of torrential rain, a car parked below an apartment retaining wall was…
Read →2026. 10. 22."Send the Money First and I'll Give You the Door Code": Can You Get Your Money Back from a Doorknob Secondhand Scam? [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
A scam is spreading on secondhand trading platforms in which a seller who agreed…
Read →2026. 10. 21.2 Million Won an Elementary School Daughter Sent to a Streamer: Is "No Refunds" Really True? [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
The story of a mother who belatedly found out that her elementary school daughte…
Read →2026. 10. 20.20 Million Won Secretly Sent to a Sister-in-Law: Whose Money Is a Married Couple's Money? [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
The story of a man whose 20 million won, saved frugally over three years to buy…
Read →2026. 10. 19.Prison Term for a False Rape Report After Consensual Sex: When Does the Crime of False Accusation Arise? [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
A woman in her twenties who had consensual sex with a man she met through a mobi…
Read →2026. 10. 18."Get in the Car": Why an Attempted Abduction on the Way Home From School Is Punishable Even If the Child Was Not Taken [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
"You're cute." "I'll take you home." "Get in the car." These are words that stra…
Read →2026. 10. 17.A Drunk Customer Who Hit a Chicken Restaurant Owner Cannot Hide Behind "Diminished Capacity" [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
A single request to "please keep an eye on the children" was answered with viole…
Read →2026. 10. 15.Debts That Never End Even After Paying More Interest Than the Principal: The Trap of Illegal Private Lending [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
Up to 578% a year. If it referred to bank loan interest, you would take the figu…
Read →2026. 10. 14.If a House Was Torn Down Right Before Move-In, How Much Can You Get Back? [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
A country house bought for retirement disappeared entirely just before the owner…
Read →2026. 07. 16.The Dangerous Reversal of ‘Abolishing Supplementary Investigation Authority’ Will Ultimately Leave the Public to Bear the Harm [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
1. The Hole in the Investigative Net Exposed by the Jang Yun-gi Case, and a Self…
Read →2026. 06. 04.Deepfake Sex Crimes Evolving in the Age of AI [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
1. The Inherent Seriousness of Deepfake Sex Crimes and the Tightening Net of Pun…
Read →2026. 06. 04.Implications of Introducing the Dedicated School Violence Investigator System [Column by Attorney Shin Dong-woo]
[MediaFine Current Affairs Column] One of the most important things in a crimina…
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