Was surprised to come acorss this story on a decision by an appeals court here to uphold the conviction of a man charged with uploading movies onto the internet for proift. The decision comes as the movie industry here has been in a tailspin, in large part due to the high volume of downloading. All [...]
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An interesting piece in the Korea Times reports that to mark the 60th anniversary of South Korea’s Supreme Court, the judicial body is selecting 12 “rulings of the era,” decisions that have radically altered the social and legal mores of Korean society. Included in the list of rulings are several decisions affecting gender equality, including [...]
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