Joowon Law · Insights
Clear notes for companies entering Korea and overseas Koreans managing matters here. Read the context, then decide the next move.
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Overseas Koreans and foreign nationals who buy a home in Korea usually pay with money held abroad: savings, the proceeds of selling a home overseas, investments, or help…
Since August 26, 2025, foreign nationals who want to buy a home in Seoul and most of the surrounding metropolitan area have needed government permission before signing a…
When a foreign investor sells its shares in a Korean company, the deal involves more than a share purchase agreement and a wire transfer. Korean law requires a…
Many divorces between overseas Koreans, or between a Korean and a foreign national, are decided in the United States, Canada, Australia, or elsewhere, while a significant part of…
For a foreign parent company, discovering that the representative director of its Korean subsidiary, or the Korean representative of its branch, has been diverting money is one of…
Influencers on Instagram, YouTube, Naver Blog, and TikTok are central to how foreign brands launch in Korea, especially in beauty, food, fashion, and consumer electronics. Korea regulates this…
Foreign buyers of Korean companies usually focus diligence on revenue, customers, and intellectual property. The liabilities that most often surprise them after closing are less visible: severance that…
Korea offers a dedicated visa for foreign founders who want to build a technology business here: the D-8-4 Technology Startup Visa. Unlike Korea’s standard investor visa, it does…
Korea’s semiconductor, battery, display, shipbuilding, and biotech companies attract steady interest from foreign strategic buyers and investors. When the target holds technology the Korean government has designated as…
Global companies entering Korea usually start with the contract templates their headquarters already uses: customer terms, distribution agreements, SaaS subscriptions, supplier terms. These templates often include broad liability…
