Insights on various topics on corporate compliance under Korean law - aimed to advice foreign companies in Korea
HR & Korean Labor Compliance
A one-year-old wanders alone through a childcare center for twenty-five minutes. No teacher is watching him. He walks into an unlocked kitchen and falls into a pot of hot soup left on the floor. The center's director was charged with a workplace negligence offense for
HR & Korean Labor Compliance
A key employee resigns and moves straight to a competitor. For many employers, the first question is whether they can litigate to stop that move before real damage is done. The answer is yes, through a non-compete injunction, but only under specific conditions. This post gives a short introduction
Corporate Compliance
Foreign companies in Korea often assume that any employee who copies internal documents before leaving has committed a crime. That assumption is too broad. On April 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Korea reversed a conviction in a case that clarifies exactly when removing company data crosses into occupational breach