https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/ Attorney columns, case results and guides to Korean law in English from DAEON Law Firm, Seoul. en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900 https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/9/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/9/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900A woman in her twenties who had consensual sex with a man she met through a mobile chat app, and then called 112 to report that he had threatened her https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/8/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/8/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900"You're cute." "I'll take you home." "Get in the car." These are words that strangers said to children on their way home from school. Men in their twe https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/7/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/7/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900A single request to "please keep an eye on the children" was answered with violence. This is a story featured on the 14th on JTBC's "Case Supervisor." https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/6/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/6/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900Up to 578% a year. If it referred to bank loan interest, you would take the figure for a typo. The two loan sharks arrested on the 14th by the Metropo https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/5/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/5/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900A country house bought for retirement disappeared entirely just before the owners were due to move in. According to reports by SBS's "News Hunters" an https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/4/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/4/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +09001. The Hole in the Investigative Net Exposed by the Jang Yun-gi Case, and a Self-Contradictory Prescription Recently, amid the so-called ‘Jang Yun-gi https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/3/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/3/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +09001. The Inherent Seriousness of Deepfake Sex Crimes and the Tightening Net of Punishment With recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technolog https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/2/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/2/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900[MediaFine Current Affairs Column] One of the most important things in a criminal trial is the substantive truth. School violence is not much differen https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/14/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/14/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900To keep living in the same home, you have to pay 200 million won more. That is what Money Today reported on the 22nd after comparing the Korea Real Es https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/13/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/13/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900On a day of torrential rain, a car parked below an apartment retaining wall was submerged and had to be scrapped. Yet the apartment complex says it be https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/12/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/12/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900A scam is spreading on secondhand trading platforms in which a seller who agreed to meet in person demands payment first as soon as the buyer arrives. https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/11/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/11/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The story of a mother who belatedly found out that her elementary school daughter had sent 2 million won in donations to an internet streamer has draw https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/10/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/10/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The story of a man whose 20 million won, saved frugally over three years to buy a home, went to his sister-in-law's wedding expenses without his knowl https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/lawyer/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900Columns by Attorney Dongwoo Shin explaining recent issues through statutes and court decisions. https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/99/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/99/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900Our client (the plaintiff) was legally married, with three adult children, but after a long period of conflict the marriage had broken down and our cl… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/98/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/98/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900Our client was accused of Obscene acts by using means of communication, editing and distributing falsified videos (violation of the Act on the Punishment of Se… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/97/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/97/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This case concerned an act of filming using a camera or similar device and whether the footage had been distributed, with the core issues being whethe… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/96/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/96/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This was a Defamation matter concerning expressions posted online and on SNS that allegedly lowered a specific person's social standing. Whether the e… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/95/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/95/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The complainant filed a complaint against the accused for continuing to have sexual relations while knowing he was a carrier of a sexually transmitted… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/94/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/94/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The plaintiff had a long acquaintance with the defendant. Beginning with KRW 20 million borrowed in around March 2024 on the pretext of a younger sibl… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/90/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/90/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This was a digital sex crime case in which the defendant persistently made sexually harassing remarks in online game chat and distributed nude photogr… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/9/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/9/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900While playing a multiplayer online game, our client got into a dispute with a teammate. The two began hurling insults at each other in the in-game cha… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/89/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/89/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The victim suffered repeated sexual violations by a superior at the workplace where she had worked for many years. The defendant exploited his dominan… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/88/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/88/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, a hospital director was indicted for Obscene acts by using means of communication on the grounds that he had sent a sexual video to a nursing ass… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/87/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/87/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, the defendant was indicted for Trespass for briefly entering a neighboring yard to take photographs in order to verify whether a buildin… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/86/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/86/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, the defendant was indicted for Obscene acts by using means of communication on the grounds that, during a conflict with a teammate in an online g… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/85/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/85/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, the defendant was indicted, without his knowledge, on a charge of 'smoking without permission and discarding a cigarette butt' at a part… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/84/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/84/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This case arose when the defendant, a victim of deepfake material, learned that her photographs had been misused in pornography and posted on SNS abou… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/83/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/83/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, the defendant was branded an arsonist over the cause of a fire that broke out in a pile of rubbish behind a shopping arcade, and the mat… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/82/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/82/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, a single line of criticism posted on SNS by the defendant, who worked as an academy instructor, led to a criminal trial. Targeting anoth… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/81/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/81/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This case was a criminal complaint between two people who had been in a romantic relationship, and the issue was whether the defendant's telling those… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/80/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/80/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, the defendant was indicted on a 'Theft' charge after taking another person's sneakers from a gym, mistaking them for his own. At the tim… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/8/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/8/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900Our client, who runs a moving company, was accused of stealing a broken piece of furniture while transporting a customer's household goods. https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/79/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/79/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This case began when the defendant was accused of Imitative Rape by a woman who had been a longtime friend. The issue centered on the victim's stateme… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/78/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/78/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900In this case, the defendant, a physician who ran a hospital, was indicted for violating the Medical Service Act on the grounds that he had posted a me… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/77/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/77/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant faced a criminal complaint for allegedly making an inappropriate, joking remark about the victim during the light, bawdy banter that flo… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/76/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/76/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900After breaking up with a partner of about a year and a half, the defendant attempted contact over the practical matters left to be settled. Real issue… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/75/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/75/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant was indicted for 'unlawful vehicle search' for removing the dashcam memory card from the vehicle of his spouse, with whom he was in the… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/74/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/74/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant, a taxi driver, was waiting for a booked passenger when he encountered a drunken passerby kicking his vehicle. In trying to stop this, t… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/73/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/73/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant, who was driving up to an unsignalized crosswalk, was suddenly hit with a criminal complaint based on a pedestrian's claim that 'I was h… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/72/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/72/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This case placed a laundromat owner, who was retrieving a members-only bag, in the unjust position of a criminal suspect. The defendant merely reached… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/71/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/71/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900A casual remark made at a company dinner led to a criminal trial. The defendant, having seen the victim and a branch manager, H, holding hands, merely… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/70/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/70/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This was a stalking complaint between former partners. Our client sent a text to the effect of 'let's end things well' to a person he had dated for ab… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/7/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/7/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900Our client went to confront an acquaintance who had failed to repay a loan, and the argument escalated into a physical scuffle. In the course of the s… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/69/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/69/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This case arose while a man and a woman who had dated for about two years were exchanging complaints against each other after their breakup. The defen… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/68/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/68/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900This case arose from a complaint between a separated married couple, in which the defendant was indicted for violating the Stalking Punishment Act on… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/67/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/67/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant, a foreign national with a prior record of nighttime residential burglary, had received transfers of money and coins totaling more than… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/65/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/65/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant was riding the subway as usual when, on the platform, a woman accused him of illegal filming and a confrontation broke out. The other pa… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/64/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/64/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant, after having sexual relations with a man who was her partner and later the complainant, reported it as rape and was subsequently indict… https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/63/https://en.daeonlaw.co.kr/b/case/63/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0900The defendant had been sued for Emotional Distress by the woman with whom her former husband had had an affair, and during proceedings related to enfo…