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The legal status of online game items in Korea
The legal status of online game items in Korea
Computer games, which used to be regarded as simple amusements, have evolved to offer a whole other world to the players of today.
2018-05-13 10:19
Tax for 'sharing economy'
Tax for 'sharing economy'
A sharing economy is an economy based on products and services being shared and used by several people. Specifically, it means that a person with sufficient goods, production facilities and services can rent them out to others, thus constituting shared consumption.
2018-05-06 13:02
Development of fintech and Korean government's position
Development of fintech and Korean government's position
Fintech is a new word that comes from the fusion of “financial” and “technology”. Mobile banking and mobile payment technologies, which many people use nowadays, are examples of fintech.
2018-04-28 10:36
Why Uber is having hard time in Korea
Why Uber is having hard time in Korea
Uber, the leading global car-sharing platform, is having hard time in Korea. The company started business here in 2013. As elsewhere, Korean taxi drivers have been resistant. Unfortunately, Uber Korea was unable to withstand this pushback.
2018-04-22 13:44
What's all this about General Data Protection Regulations?
What's all this about General Data Protection Regulations?
Recently, there has been a controversy about Facebook users' personal information being leaked. Although it has not been decided whether Facebook was neglectful, Facebook suffered discredit for failing to act responsibly to protect the personal data of its users. The data, it has been suggested, was used to sway opinions in the British referendum on leaving the EU and the 201...
2018-04-15 10:23
Significant meaning in Switzerland's ICO Guidelines
Significant meaning in Switzerland's ICO Guidelines
On February 19, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) announced its ICO Guidelines. They have attracted attention from all over the world for two reasons.
2018-04-07 10:17
What does Korean law say about identity theft?
What does Korean law say about identity theft?
Identity theft is the deliberate use of someone else's identity, usually as a method to gain financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits. Under Korean law, just pretending to someone else is not a punishable offence, but there are acts commonly involved in identity theft for which regulations have been put in place.
2018-04-01 10:37
Cryptocurrency and the law
Cryptocurrency and the law
It should not be too much of an exaggeration to say that 2017 was the year of cryptocurrency, with Bitcoin leading the pack. The craze and hot debate on cryptocurrencies have continued this year. As cryptocurrency trading overheated and Ponzi schemes and fraudulent deals involving cryptocurrencies occurred, Korean regulators declared in a series of press releases that they wo...
2018-03-25 09:22
Why no taxation on cryptocurrency trading in Korea?
Why no taxation on cryptocurrency trading in Korea?
The American polymath Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This famously paraphrased quotation refers to the fact that people cannot live without paying taxes to the state, and there is no way to evade taxes if they earn income.
2018-03-08 18:34
Legal protection from ubiquitous cameras
Legal protection from ubiquitous cameras
Photos of you and me pour daily into social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram among others, as well as in traditional publications and broadcasting media. Whether professionally, or not, many people take pictures on the streets and in other public places. However, for street photographers, there exists a significant issue to worry about _ the issue of possibly infrin...
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