Removing an Executive vs. Dismissing an Employee at a Korean Subsidiary or Branch
When a foreign parent decides to part ways with the head of its Korean operation, it usually treats the move as a corporate governance decision: remove the director,…
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Global Brands vs. Korean Trademark Squatting: First-to-File Rules and Opposition Practice
Table of Contents Korea’s First-to-File System Turns Registration Speed Into Legal Risk Registration, Not Use, Creates the RightKorea’s trademark system is a first-to-file jurisdiction: whoever files the application…
Korea’s Tax Incentives for Foreign-Invested Companies: A Complete Overview
Most foreign investors researching Korea still come across references to a broad corporate tax holiday for foreign-invested companies — a multi-year exemption that made Korea an unusually attractive…
Leaving a Korean Subsidiary Dormant Instead of Closing It: The Risks That Accumulate
Most foreign parent companies deciding to exit the Korean market face the same choice: go through formal dissolution and liquidation — a multi-month process involving a shareholder resolution,…
RSUs and Stock Options for Korean Employees: What Foreign Companies Miss
Most foreign companies roll out their global equity compensation plan to a newly hired Korean team the same way they roll it out everywhere else: the parent company’s…
Will a Foreign Prenuptial Agreement Hold Up in a Korean Court?
Most international couples who sign a prenuptial agreement abroad treat the document the way it would function in the country where they signed it: a binding, court-enforceable allocation…
Overseas Koreans and Korean Real Estate: How Tax Delinquency Actually Happens
Most overseas Koreans and foreign residents who own property in Korea treat the ownership itself as the finish line — the purchase closed, the registration is done, and…
Regulations for Selling Online to Korean Consumers
Most foreign e-commerce sellers treat Korean compliance as something that ends once the mail-order sales business report is filed and the storefront goes live. Only after the site…
Foreign Medical and Healthcare Companies Entering Korea
Most foreign medical and healthcare companies planning a Korean launch start the same way they’d approach any regulated market: figure out the product — a device, a clinic…
Foreign Construction and Interior Companies Entering Korea
Table of Contents Most foreign construction and interior design firms planning a Korean launch start the same way they’d approach any market entry: set up a Korean entity,…