South Korea's Supreme Court acquitted a woman who brandished a knife at her uncle, whom she accused of sexual abuse, ruling that her actions were in self-defense and overturning a lower court's conviction.

South Korea's top court has called for safeguards against potential unintended consequences of a proposed law revision aimed at abolishing prosecutors' supplementary investigation powers.

South Korea's Supreme Court has reversed a lower court's decision, ruling that a 58-year-old elementary school teacher calling a student 'a fraud' does not constitute child abuse, remanding the case for further review.

South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled that photos of text messages and other files taken from a spouse's mobile phone, even if collected unlawfully, can be used as evidence in civil lawsuits concerning alleged affairs.

South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled that major online shopping platforms, including Gmarket, SSG, and Lotte, must provide screen reader compatibility for visually impaired users. This decision comes after visually impaired plaintiffs filed a lawsuit seeking improved access.

South Korea's Supreme Court has affirmed the life sentence for a teacher convicted of murdering a student, bringing a final legal conclusion to the high-profile case.

South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a five-year prison sentence for a Chinese national convicted of attempting to steal military secrets by bribing active soldiers.

South Korea's highest court has nullified an appellate case, citing a procedural error where the judge changed the verdict date but made the ruling on the original day without notifying either the plaintiff or the defendant.

South Korea's Supreme Court has affirmed a two-year prison sentence for Cho Hyun-bum, chairman of Hankook & Co., after finding him guilty of embezzlement and breach of trust.

South Korea's Supreme Court has confirmed a life sentence for a teacher convicted of murdering a student, solidifying the legal outcome of the high-profile case.

South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a 15-year prison sentence for a man who beat his 87-year-old father, who had dementia, to death. The man claimed years of harmful treatment led to his anger.

South Korea's Supreme Court has definitively sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to seven years in prison after upholding his conviction for obstruction of justice.

South Korea's Supreme Court chief justice has accepted the resignation of the head of the country's election watchdog, following an unprecedented shortage of ballot papers that disrupted voting in some areas of Seoul.

South Korea's Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a drug suspect who submitted another person's urine to evade a narcotics test, ruling that the police acted unlawfully and the suspect cannot be punished based on that evidence.

South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a life sentence for Myeong Jae-won, a 49-year-old former elementary school teacher convicted of killing a 7-year-old student at her school last year. The highest court affirmed a lower court ruling.