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The Supreme Court building in Seocho District, southern Seoul [NEWS1]

Nearly 50 judges dragged into lawsuits last year by litigants rejecting court rulings

Nearly 50 judges were dragged into lawsuits last year by litigants refusing to accept court rulings, according to the National Court Administration on Thursday.

2026.4.18

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2 in Washington. [AP/YONHAP]

Tariffs are Trump's favorite foreign policy tool. The Supreme Court could change how he uses them.

U.S. President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will.

2025.11.3

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The Judicial Research and Training Institute in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on May 25 [YONHAP]

Judges nationwide meet to discuss controversy over Lee's election law violation case

Judges nationwide met Monday to discuss their response to the controversy surrounding presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung's election law violation case.

2025.5.26

End the popular vote to select heads of courts

The popular voting system can be blamed for last year’s dismal settlement results in civilian cases where the first ruling took an average 473.4 days, more than 60 percent longer than in 2017.

2024.11.20

Don't worry!

As concerns deepen over the possibility that the People Power Party will nominate former prosecutors and judges for the April 10 parliamentary elections, PPP interim leader Han Dong-hoon, former justice minister, denies it.

2024.1.11

Increase the number of judges first

The two parties must pass the bill on increasing judges first, which is more urgent.

2023.12.11

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, center, emerges from a meeting with newly appointed Justice Minister Park Beom-gye on Feb. 1. [YONHAP]

Yoon cleared of illegal monitoring of judges

Prosecutors dropped a case against their boss, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, of abuse of power for ordering investigations of judges in hot-potato trials.

2021.2.9

Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su signs a visitors book at the Seoul National Cemetery on Monday as he pays respects to the country's fallen to mark the new year. [YONHAP]

Top judge vows to repel attacks on judiciary

Korea’s top judge vowed Monday to fight all outside attacks on the independence of the judiciary in an apparent response to partisan broadsides leveled against judges in recent high-profile court cases.

2021.1.4

The National Conference of Judges is held remotely on Monday, with 120 judicial representatives participating in discussions of topics including the alleged surveillance of judges by the prosecution. [YONHAP]

Judges opt against addressing Yoon's alleged surveillance

Korea’s leading judicial conference on Monday resolved not to release a statement addressing allegations that the state prosecution service surveilled judges, after seven different proposals were shot down by a majority.

2020.12.8

Judicial conference includes discussion of Yoon's alleged surveillance of judges

Judges from across the country convened for an internal meeting Monday that included discussions of allegations that the state prosecution service spied on individual judges to glean their political leanings.

2020.12.7