Unique Laws In South Korea
The laws in South Korea concerning issues of libel, slander and contempt of court are very different from the laws in North America on very specific key points.
For example, in South Korea, one may still be found guilty of libel or slander even if what is exposed to the public is unequivocally true.
The "example" of Michael Breen
In a nutshell, Breen is an expat who's been in Korea for a really super long time. He's a cool dude so I've been told and now his chestnuts are roasting on Samsung's fire. I'll let you follow the links to read all about him if you dont know already. The point is, Samsung is making a huge deal out of Breen's two line reference to Samsung in a comedic poem, but ignoring the ex-employee's tell all book.
After the information went international, Samsung withdrew the civil suit, but not the criminal suit. Breen still faces possible jail time and a huge fine. Does Anyone have a follow up on this? click here plz
All this while Kim Yong-Chul doesn't even have to worry about a thing from Samsung, even though this ex-employee wrote a tell all BOOK about the corruption within Samsung and their political bedfellows.