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Chapter 1 General Trials, Civil/Administrative Cases

Civil and Criminal Trials: What's the Difference Between "Defendant" and "Accused"?
Benefits of Appeal: I lost in the first trial.
If I appeal, will I win in the second trial?
Factual and legal: I lost in the second trial.
If I appeal, will I win in the third trial?
Remand and Reversal: What are the Supreme Court's remand and reversal decisions?
Judgment: Is there a way to check the judgment even though I am not a party to the case?
Burden of Proof: Who must present the evidence, the plaintiff or the defendant?
Obtaining Evidence: Can You Win a Case with Insufficient Evidence?
Statute of limitations: The most absurd defeat, the statute of limitations
Return on Investment: To Invest or to Rent, That is the Question!
Liquidated damages: Can you still lose money even after including a liquidated damages clause in your contract? The pitfalls of liquidated damages clauses that no one knows about!
Termination of Contract: Was it reckless to terminate New Jeans' contract?
What are some things to consider before terminating a contract?
Deposit: If only the deposit has been paid, can the contract be cancelled by paying only double that amount?
Partnership Agreement: Are you ready to break up with the partnership that seemed destined to last forever?
Attorney's Fees: I was wrongfully sued and spent money on attorney's fees. Can I get reimbursed?
Information Disclosure Request: I have questions about information disclosure requests!
The utility of administrative adjudication: I want to dispute an administrative agency's decision.
Should I file an administrative appeal or file an administrative lawsuit directly?
The effectiveness of administrative litigation: I filed a cancellation lawsuit and won, but the administrative agency made the same decision again.
What should I do?

Chapter 2 Real Estate

Special Provisions: If I include a special provision in a real estate contract, is it always valid?
Multi-generational housing, multi-unit housing: What's the difference between multi-generational housing and multi-family housing? They seem similar on the surface.
Lease of Trust Property: I'm trying to enter into a lease agreement, but there is a trust registration in the real estate register. Can I still enter into a lease agreement?
Right to Renew a Lease: What should I do if the landlord says he will only renew my lease if I increase the deposit?
Key Money Recovery: Does refusing to sign a contract with a new tenant in a specific industry prevent key money recovery?
Eviction lawsuit: Can I file an eviction lawsuit if the tenant does not move out after the lease agreement ends?
Termination of a Lease: What are the prerequisites for getting my security deposit back from my landlord?
Lease Registration Order: What must I do if I have to move out without receiving my deposit back?
Claim for return of deposit: The contract has ended, but the landlord has not returned the deposit.
What should I do?
Responding to the Auction Process: The house I was renting was put up for auction.
Are tenants protected?
Comprehensive Case Study of Jeonse Fraud: What's the Difference Between a Tin Can Jeonse and a Jeonse Fraud?
Preparing for a Safe Lease Agreement Part 1: How to Avoid Unsolicited Leases and Jeonse Fraud? Where and How Should I Start Reading the Real Estate Registry?
Preparing for a Safe Lease Agreement 2: Is Just Checking the Real Estate Registry Enough to Avoid Unsolicited Leases and Lease Fraud?

Chapter 3 Protection of Rights

Cancellation: Travel agencies/airlines charge large cancellation fees when requesting a refund for an airline ticket.
Is there any way to deal with it?
Installment Transaction: I signed a one-year gym contract without thinking, and I want to cancel it.
Unfair Terms: Should You Always Follow Unfair Terms?
Policyholder's duty to notify: Even though an insured accident has occurred, the insurance company is not paying the insurance money.
Medical Disputes: Are you feeling discouraged after a medical accident?
Telecommunications Fraud Response: What are the remedies for victims of telecommunications fraud, such as voice phishing, smishing, and loan fraud?
Compensation for damages against financial institutions: I've been a victim of telecommunications fraud. Can I claim compensation from the financial institution?
Violation of the Advertising Act: Should I pay a commission on winnings when a lottery number recommendation company asks for it?
Request to view CCTV footage: When I want to view the CCTV footage I was filmed in.
Nondisclosure Agreement: Is it necessary to keep a confidentiality agreement signed in exchange for an agreement?
Unfair Competition Prevention Act: Can business partner information be protected as a trade secret?

Chapter 4 Criminal Cases

Writing a Complaint: You're About to File Your First Complaint or Accusation
Police Investigation: You will be asked to appear at the police station for questioning.
What should I do?
The surefire way to sue and accuse: A surefire way to win in this mudslinging battle of accusations and lawsuits?
Intent to commit a crime: Can administrative punishment also be claimed as not guilty if there is no intent?
Search and Seizure: What should I do if my company is under search and seizure?
Seizure of a separate case: Is there a problem with a seizure of a separate criminal case unrelated to the charges stated in the warrant?
Return of Seized Items: Can I request a return of seized items?
Arrest/Detention System: I'm confused about the pre-arrest suspect interrogation, arrest/detention review, and detention cancellation systems!
Visitation: I am curious about the visitation rights for those imprisoned in a detention center or prison.
Duration of Detention: If I am detained during the trial, do I have to remain incarcerated indefinitely?
Criminal Settlement: I would like to reach a criminal settlement.
Are there any points to note?
Plaintiff's Objection: I am so angry that the police decided not to prosecute the case I filed.
Objection to non-indictment: Can an accuser, who is not the complainant, also object to the police's decision not to indict?
Prosecutor's Request for Reinvestigation: The prosecutor's request for reinvestigation has been granted, but what is going on?
Prosecution Disposition: Is there a way for the plaintiff to contest the prosecutor's decision not to indict?
Evidence: If I secretly recorded someone else's conversation, can I use it as evidence?
Sentencing Argument: If I plead guilty, what is the best way to seek leniency and a reduced sentence?
Sentencing Date Changed: I'm so frustrated that the sentencing date has changed.
What is the reason?
Suspended indictment, suspended sentence, suspended execution: What is the difference between suspended indictment, suspended sentence, and suspended execution?
Criminal Compensation: If I was wrongfully arrested, tried, and found not guilty, can I receive compensation?
Fraudulent Use: Can someone be punished for fraud if they borrow money by lying about the purpose of the loan?
Embezzlement of Unpaid Wages: As the CEO of a one-person company, I embezzled money under the pretext of unpaid wages. Will this be a problem?
Violation of the Stalking Punishment Act: What should you keep in mind when inter-floor noise disputes escalate?
False Accusation: I would like to file a false accusation complaint.
Drunk Driving: This is your third drunk driving incident?
Theft: The outrageous incident where a lawyer's car was stolen from an apartment parking lot.
Defamation: You're suing me for simply stating the facts in my review? Can reviews be prosecuted for defamation?

Chapter 5 Personnel Management

Under the Labor Standards Act, workers: Does everyone receive severance pay after working for more than a year? I'm eligible for severance pay.
Are you a health trainer?
Writing an Employment Contract: Should day workers also have employment contracts?
Period of employment: If I initially worked for a fixed period of one year and was rehired and worked for an additional year, am I still considered a fixed-term worker?
Renewal Expectation: Should workers who have reached retirement age be rehired as temporary workers?
Fixed-term employment contract period: When hiring a fixed-term worker, can the employment contract period be set to "work only for the period required by the company"?
Job Description: My employment contract states that my duties are security work, but I'm being asked to do clerical work as well?
Working Hours: I signed a 25-hour workweek contract, but this week I worked 35 hours. Can I receive overtime pay?
Break time: Is the time the reading room manager spends sitting at his desk waiting to greet guests also considered working hours?
Overtime Pay: How much extra will I receive if I work overtime beyond my agreed-upon working hours?
Wage Arrears: Your boss isn't paying you? He's giving you less than promised?
Annual paid leave: Starting date 2024.
8. 1. 2025.
7. How many days of paid annual leave do I get if I work until 31st?
Unfair Dismissal Relief: I agreed to work for a fixed period of time, but I was fired for an unreasonable reason, and I feel it was unfair.
How to appeal: I want to appeal the Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission's relief order and dismissal decision. What should I do?
Hiring Process (1): Isn't it against the law to ask if I'm married or what my religion is during an interview?
Recruitment Procedure (2): If the job description and annual salary in the job posting and employment contract are different, is this a violation of the Recruitment Procedure Act?
Temporary Holidays: If a temporary holiday is designated, will that day be treated as paid time?
5 or more permanent employees: Do the same labor laws vary depending on the workplace?
Part-time workers: All workplaces are required to provide severance pay, but if I only work 8 hours a week, am I not entitled to severance pay?
Probationary Period: What if I decline full-time employment after the probationary period?
Workplace Bullying: My coworker is bullying me at work.
Post-Tax Contract: How much severance pay is given to so-called net workers?
Standard Wage: What does it mean to abolish fixedness in the standard wage criteria?
Annual Leave Promotion System: How much is the unused annual paid leave allowance?
Granting childcare leave: Can employees take childcare leave for one year and six months as long as they have a child eligible for childcare leave?
Childcare Support System: I heard there have been many changes to the childcare support system. What are the changes?
No Work, No Pay: What are the consequences if an employee is absent without permission?
Employment Rules: Can employers change employment rules at will?
Working Hours: Can I continue working as a temporary worker?
Unemployment Benefits: What are the disadvantages of receiving unemployment benefits fraudulently?
Severance pay: I retired, but they don't give me severance pay right away?
Career Certificate: I'm trying to get a career certificate, but the user has written down past mistakes. What should I do?
Public Interest Reporting: Can I submit someone else's personal information for a public interest report?
Resignation from office: I'm wondering how to tell if it's a dismissal or if the employee resigned voluntarily?
Disciplinary Action (1): Can an employee be disciplined for something that happened three years ago?
Disciplinary Action (2): What should a company do if an employee is uncontactable and absent without permission for a week?
Disciplinary Action (3): If I receive a pay cut as a disciplinary action, how much will my wages be reduced? Can I post the disciplinary action on the company bulletin board?
Disciplinary Action (4): The company is disciplinary action against me again for the same reason. Is this possible?
Disciplinary action (5): I would like to know about the overall reasons for disciplinary action.
Temporary Workers, Discrimination Correction: Should regular and temporary workers performing the same or similar work be paid the same holiday pay?
Industrial Accident and Medical Insurance Application: If a worker accidentally gets injured while working, do they need their employer's permission to apply for industrial accident compensation?
Industrial accident, commuting accident: A worker fell on the icy road in front of the company while leaving work.
Can I apply for workers' compensation?
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Duty to Take Action: If an employee claims to have been a victim of sexual harassment in the workplace and requests paid leave, must the employer grant it?
Sexual harassment in the workplace, criteria for judgment: I am a woman and I just felt bad for my fat female subordinate and said something bad. Is this considered sexual harassment in the workplace?
Establishing a Labor-Management Council: Our company sometimes has fewer than 30 full-time employees. Should we establish a labor-management council?
Punishment for Serious Accidents: Are all deaths at construction sites considered serious accidents?
Penalty: I was fined by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and I feel wronged.
Civil servant status: I've become a career civil servant. What's the difference between that and a regular private sector employee?
Pardon: I want to know about pardon.

Chapter 6 Pensions

Pension Plan: I joined a new company.
The human resources department is asking me to choose between the DB and DC retirement benefit systems.
Which one is better?
Pension System: Is interim settlement possible under the pension system?
Retirement Pension System: I received my retirement benefits through a newly opened IRP.
I am currently past the retirement age (55 years old or older), but I heard that I need to have been a member for at least 5 years to receive a pension from the IRP.
So, does that mean I have to wait 5 years to receive my pension?
Retirement Pension System: Every time I changed jobs, I saved the retirement money I received in one IRP.
The retirement income tax rate will be different for each retirement payment. How are taxes calculated and paid when receiving or canceling a pension?
Retirement Pension System: I heard that executives can receive 20% of their annual salary as retirement pay, plus a severance pay equivalent to their length of service.
Is it impossible to exceed this amount? If so, what are the penalties?
Retirement Pension System: Since I am not a member of the retirement pension system, I did not use the IRP and received my retirement pay after deducting taxes into my personal account.
However, I heard that there are tax benefits if you receive your retirement pay as a pension through IRP. Does this mean that I cannot receive pension tax benefits?
Understanding the Private Pension System: I operate two types of plans: an IRP and a pension savings plan.
I heard that it is possible to merge two accounts. In what cases is this possible?
Understanding the Private Pension System: I understand that the annual contribution limit for the IRP is 18 million won.
If I transferred my retirement pay to an IRP this year, will the IRP deposit limit be reduced by the amount of that retirement pay?
Private Pension Contribution Benefits: Please tell me about the year-end tax benefits for IRP and pension savings.
Private pension contribution benefits: Amounts paid into IRP and pension savings are eligible for tax deductions at the end of the year.
The annual deduction limit is 9 million won, but some people exceed this limit and pay 18 million won per year. What are the benefits that make them pay so much?
Taxation of Retirement Pension Withdrawals and Contribution Benefits: I quit my job after 10 years and received 50 million won in severance pay. I heard that I could save 30% on taxes by receiving it through an IRP and then receiving it as a pension.
Looking at the withholding tax receipt for retirement income, the tax rate is about 1.5%. Would it be more beneficial for me to receive it as a pension?
Taxation of lump-sum withdrawal from retirement pension: I signed up for a retirement pension and am now resigning from my job.
I'm told I must receive my retirement pay through an IRP, but I have no intention of receiving it as a pension. They say canceling an IRP would result in a tax loss. In my case, wouldn't I lose money if I received my retirement pay through an IRP?
Taxation of lump-sum withdrawals from private pensions: I need money urgently and am trying to access my pension savings.
If I cancel my pension without receiving it, what are the disadvantages? Also, can I withdraw only a portion of it?
Taxation of lump-sum withdrawals from private pensions: I contributed to IRPs to take advantage of year-end tax settlement benefits and invested in funds and ETFs.
But I cancelled my IRP because I incurred a loss, and they are asking me to pay taxes.
Is it correct to pay taxes on an account that has a loss?
Taxation of private pension withdrawals: I heard that if the annual pension amount exceeds 15 million won, it is subject to comprehensive taxation and I have to pay a lot of tax.
I receive over 15 million won from the National Pension alone, but if I also receive IRP and pension savings as pension, won't I be hit with a tax bomb?
Private Pension Withdrawal Taxation: I am receiving my pension for the tax benefits, and I do not intend to receive it for a long time.
If I'm receiving a pension through an IRP or pension savings plan, is it possible to receive it for only five years? If so, what are the penalties for receiving it for a longer period (e.g., 10 years or more)?
Taxation of Private Pension Withdrawals: I heard that if the pension amount received from IRP and pension savings exceeds 15 million won per year, you can choose separate taxation at 16.5%.
The tax rate seems to be higher than the general pension income tax rate (5.5%). In what cases is it advantageous to choose separate taxation?
Taxation of Private Pension Withdrawals: Can I withdraw my pension from my IRP? If so, how will I pay taxes?
National Pension: Please explain the early and deferred pensions of the National Pension.
National Pension: I receive national pension.
I heard that if your annual income exceeds 1 million won, you cannot register your working son as a basic deduction recipient.
Most people will probably receive more than 1 million won in national pension. Can I assume that if I receive national pension, I will be unconditionally excluded from the basic deduction for my children?
Health Insurance Premiums: If I receive a pension through the National Pension, IRP, or Pension Savings Plan, will my health insurance premiums increase?

This book provides easy-to-understand answers to common legal questions people may have in civil, criminal, and administrative areas.
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Beyond simply conveying information, it suggests a direction for thinking that allows readers to examine their own situations.

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It helps you understand the pension system in general and provides specific answers to real-life situations you may face after retirement.
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