The Case: Was "You Seem Like a Really Nasty Person" a Crime? The Korean Supreme Court recently handed down an insult-law ruling that caught a lot of people's attention. Here's what happened. The defendant sent a KakaoTalk mes…
When Clients Turn to AI and Their Cases Go Sideways These days, I often meet clients who tried handling their own lawsuits without a lawyer, ran into trouble, and only then found my blog and reached out. Against that backdrop, a recent article in …
Background of the "School Violence No-Show" Case Recently, a case widely known in the Korean legal community as the 'school violence no-show case' has once again become the talk of the profession. Based on my reading of recent co…
A $1.5 Billion Settlement That Caught My Attention As an attorney, I handle a substantial number of copyright infringement cases at my firm. I've represented copyright holders in negotiating settlements against businesses that built AI-powered…
My OPT Years, Ten Years Ago I once completed an LLM program at a U.S. law school. I still remember, quite clearly, the process of preparing for my visa interview — obtaining a bank statement to prove I could cover tuition and living expenses. Betw…
The Legal Standard Courts Actually Apply A South Korean media outlet recently reported on a deepfake sexual abuse case involving a minor member of a girl group: someone had digitally superimposed her face onto sexually explicit content. In that ca…
Korea's Rising Non-Referral Rate: What the Numbers Show Over the past few years, I've noticed a clear pattern in South Korea: more and more people who file a criminal complaint end up receiving a “non-referral” notice from the police — mea…
Why a Stuffy Nose Can Make You Feel Mentally Foggy If you've ever crammed for an important exam while battling a bad cold or allergic rhinitis, you already know how much it can hurt your performance. The moment your nose gets blocked, your hea…
Mistaking Endurance for Real Strength This is a personal reflection on stress, dissociation, and the real difference between simply enduring pressure and truly knowing how to manage it, drawn from an experience of collapsing under stress in high s…
What Online Posts Get Wrong About Suicide Threats and Intimidation Online posts often claim that threatening suicide can lead to a criminal intimidation charge in Korea, but a closer look at the underlying cases tells a different story. This artic…
A New Law, and a President's Second Thoughts I recently came across a news report suggesting that President Lee Jae-myung had indicated, in effect, that how a company distributes its operating profits should not be a matter that labor disputes…