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News of interest to Foreign Readers
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 * On Jan. 18, three credit card companies - KB, NH, Lotte - started offering a service through which their customers could check whether their personal information had been compromised in the aftermath of the biggest card data leaks.
 * On Jan. 19, China opened a |home|newslist1 memorial hall at the Harbin Railway Station to honor Ahn Jung-geun, the Korean independence fighter who, on Oct. 26, 1909, assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese resident-general of Korea.
 * On Jan. 24, the bird flu was reportedly spreading from North Jeolla Province to other areas and from ducks to chicken.
 * On Jan. 31, a |home|newslist1 tanker hauling crude oil crashed into a landing bridge at the Yeosu port, South Jeolla, and caused oil spill along the Yeosu coastline reviving the Sea Prince nightmare in 1995.
 * On Feb. 5, |home|top North and South Korea agreed to hold the reunions for families separated during the Korean War from Feb. 20 to 25, two groups three days each, at the Mt. Geumgang resort, which was finally confirmed by high-ranking officials' meeting on Feb. 14.
 * Starting from March through September 2014, the invaluable Kansong Collection, which |home|newslist2 stayed closed to the public except free exhibitions twice a year, will be displayed at the newly opened Dongdaemun Design Plaza, an outside exhibition for the first time.
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Welcome to KoreanLII
WHAT do you want to know about Korean law?
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General & Public Law - What is KoreanLII? Korean proverbs of a legal sense - Chang Kee-ryo and family reunion - Psy’s Gangnam Style and Jazz - I Ching, Kimchi and UNESCO Cultural heritage - Do you need Healing in Nature? - Who has ever been impeached under the Constitution? - Jury trial, Migrant workers, Gender sensitivity, Sex crimes

Private Law - What characterizes the ongoing work to amend the Civil Act? - Is the Sales Convention (CISG) effective in Korea? - Adult guardian under the new Civil Act - What's the newly introduced company under the Commercial Act? - Leveraged buyout and MOJ LBO Guideline - Corporate governance in Korea, Franchise and Factoring

Specific Law - How is e-Commerce regulated? - What's the Data breach incidents? - Creative economy, Certified e-Document Center? - Personal bankruptcy or Credit recovery?

International Law - What's the problem of Korea-US FTA? - Is ISD clause really usefull to Korea? - Taking advantage of Offshore banking - Mt. Geumgang and Mineral resources in North Korea - How many times have North-South family reunions taken place?
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Guide to Korean Law DBs
Where can I find more information about Korean law?

Primary sources Secondary sources Foreign Databases
 * Legislation in process National Assembly
 * Finding Korean law in general Ministry of Justice
 * Finding Korean law in English Ministry of Government Legislation
 * Consulting Korean law OneClick Practical Law for Foreigners
 * Finding Korean statutes in English Korean Legislation Research Institute
 * Finding North Korean laws and materials Unification & Law
 * Finding Treaties in English Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Supreme Court decisions Supreme Court
 * Constitutional Court rulings Constitutional Court
 * KH Law Journal articles Kyung Hee Institute of Legal Studies
 * SNU Journal of Korean Law List and Digital files
 * Academic journals in Korea (not for free) KERIS-RISS
 * Climate Change Knowledge Portal ClimateInsight
 * Academic legal materials about Korea in English or Japanese, available (w/ keyword ex. "korea legal") at CiNii
 * Japanese law on International Transactions
 * Chinese law and ordinances (中國語), and articles
 * Finding contents about Korea including privacy in AsianLII
 * Searching legal information worldwide in JurisPedia
 * Reference encyclopedia about U.S. courts and judges

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