Legal disputes

HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...

Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...

Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is seeking new legal action against HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. over the bigger ...

South Korea's leading poultry processor Harim Co. has walked away from a $5 billion deal to buy HMM Co., South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier, re...

A state-run company in South Korea is set to seek an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) worth around 1 trillion won ($747.1 million) against t...

Talks to sell South Korea’s No. 1 ocean carrier HMM Co. to Harim Group, a leading poultry processor, have made little progress amid disputes o...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform under fire for its extremely aggressive business expansion, tapped its venture capital unit hea...

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to launch an investigation into a complaint filed by South Korea’s Samsung Display Co....

South Korea’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling that would allow the Affinity Equity Partners-led consortium, including Singapore&r...

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. is expanding overseas services in the face of criticism over its business practices, including the alleged ...

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) legal technology startup Bering Lab, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), receiv...

The US appeals court has reversed a California federal judge’s ruling against Samsung Electronics Co. in its legal fight over memory chip pate...

Singapore-based private equity firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. said Monday that it has filed court injunctions against KT&G Corp., beginni...

Netflix Inc., the world’s top streaming service, and SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, said on Monday tha...

Poland has started an approval process to build a nuclear power plant consisting of South Korean reactors, according to foreign media reports, despi...

More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. have taken their almost one-year dispute over South Korea’s nuclear...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, is set to reduce the procurement of panels from BOE Technology Group Co., the global li...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, has denied market rumors that K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty will ap...

Samsung Display Co. has stepped up its fight against BOE Technology over display panels, taking its first legal action against the Chinese rival ove...

Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...

South Korea's Woori Bank on Monday announced the opening of its comprehensive advisory service line for foreign direct investment (FDI) designed for...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has announced that it is in talks with companies to change the design of the “Gyeongju 10 won bread,” which rece...

The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on Tuesday ruled in favor of US-based hedge fund Elliott Investment Managemen...

South Korea’s catering firm Ourhome Ltd. has wrapped up the first round of its sibling dispute after its shareholders on Tuesday voted in favo...

A management dispute over a South Korean pharmaceutical maker CTC Bio Inc. specializing in animal drugs is intensifying as another medical company h...

A sibling feud over management control of DB Group is expected to intensify following the ascent of South Korean activist fund Korea Corporate Gover...

Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, has been sued over the distribution of inherited wealth, including a s...

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Co. are in negotiations to settle their dispute over reactor design licensing, ...

Following its lawsuit against Daewoong Pharmaceutical, South Korea's Medytox Inc. is waging an all-out legal war against domestic counterpart Hugel ...