Tag Archives: legal

Adapting to Korean Business Practices (MBIK 7)

The the huge amount of globalization these days, it is essential that anyone doing business abroad be well versed in both their own country’s legal policies and the foreign country’s policies and unwritten rules.  This can help you dodge problems and jump through hoops. Background Social Environment In  the past, many businessmen in Korea have [...]

Law trying to be passed to force linking identity to all online comments

Source: Koreality I read an article recently about how China has plans to force all gamers to provide their real names “in order to prevent over-gaming.”  When I heard that I wasn’t surprised given that China is a communist nation where privacy is something given and taken everyday. What I was suprised is that the [...]

Korean Blogger Arrested For “Malicious Rumors”

Picture courtesy of Chosun Ilbo Source: Korea Beat A blogger in South Korea, only known as “Minerva,” was recently arrested for posting ”malicious rumors” saying that the economy would collapse.  I won’t argue about whether he should have wrote what he did, but that brings up an interesting question.  What is free speech?  Are we allowed to [...]