Ministry of Government Legislation Moves Forward with ‘One Click, Practical Law‘ - 15 areas closely related to citizens‘ daily lives are added including ‘firefighting safety management‘ - □ The Ministry of Government Legislation (Minister Lee Seogyeon) has added 15 new categories that are closely linked to citizens‘ daily lives such as ‘firefighting safety management‘ and ‘housing subscription‘ to its "Customized Legal Information Service." Through this information system, the public can easily find and use legal information needed in their everyday lives. The latest expansion is expected to boost the service‘s popularity and attraction as a people-oriented legal information system. - Now the public can easily search for the legal information they need through Web portals and other channels using an easy-to-remember name, "One Click, Practical Law." □ In the "One Click, Practical Law" system, the body of Korean laws, which are intricately intertwined among various government agencies, have been classified by categories that are relevant to people‘s lives or occupations. Under the framework of this legal information system, the often-arcane contents of laws are explained from the public‘s perspective. The system was launched as a pilot project in February 2008 containing five areas of wide interest to the public, namely ‘transportation & driving,‘ ‘opening of restaurants,‘ ‘employment of the handicapped,‘ ‘foreign investment‘, and ‘care of infants and children.‘ The latest addition of 15 new categories related to daily life as of July 29, 2008 means that the legal information database now encompasses 20 areas of everyday living. □ The expanded legal information on 15 areas related to people‘s everyday lives includes ‘housing application‘, ‘establishment and operation of private teaching institutes and extracurricular lessons‘ ‘firefighting safety facilities,‘ and ‘establishment of online shopping malls.‘ As such, the system now covers all of the major areas of everyday interest to the general public and almost anyone can find their sought-after legal information easily, conveniently, and at no cost, with just a few clicks of a mouse. - To provide convenient access to the 15 additional categories, the Ministry subdivided each subject into ‘areas of interest,‘ ‘items of interest,‘ and ‘overview‘ and also provided legal information such as relevant Acts and subordinate statutes, interpretations, legal precedents, and related decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea. - For example, on the subject of opening an online shopping mall, a total of 57 Acts and subordinate statutes (consisting of 19 Acts, 11 Presidential Decrees, seven Ministry Ordinances, and 18 directives, established rules, etc.) are reviewed and analyzed. Relevant information is provided in an easy-to-understand way by classifying and arranging related information according to 20 items of interest such as business registration, operations report, things to take note of, and administrative remedies. ※ For more information, refer to Attachment 1. □ The Ministry plans to continue to identify and service areas of everyday life for which the public needs more legal information in order to help the public obtain necessary legal information easily and conveniently, without having to incur legal expenses by seeking the help of legal professionals. The system is expected to serve as an innovative instrument of e-government by efficiently providing legal information services to the public. □ To use this system, one can visit the home page of http://oneclick.moleg.go.kr in the navigation bar. ※Attachment: 15 newly added categories of legal information related to everyday living ○ Housing Application Application for purchase of a home; qualifications for housing application; standard home sales; special terms for sales of homes for households with three or more children and no home, newly married couple with no home, etc.; preferential home sales; restrictions on resale of homes, home registration, taxes, etc. Housing subscription - Categories of standard sale A standard sale is to sell public housing and other housing units to a household with no existing home or to other parties living in a corresponding construction area. Applicants should meet certain application as well as move-in qualifications. The following are application and move-in qualifications for standard applicants. Areas of interest Overview of the subscription system - Types of housing - Housing subscription qualifications - Home sale application, etc. Standard home sales - Categories of standard sale Special home sales - Categories of special sale Preferential home sales - Categories of preferential sale Housing subscription information - Restrictions on resale of homes - Home purchase money - Home registration - Taxes - Application qualifications for standard sale of public housing and other housing and selection of people to move in VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Application qualifications for standard sale of mid-sized public housing units built by private companies and selection of people to move in VIEW - Application qualifications for standard sale of housing built by private companies and selection of people to move in VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Cases of decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudications Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 5 10 26 7 2 3 1 13 5 - 11 1 17 ○ Establishment of online shopping malls Qualifications for those establishing an online shopping mall; trade names and domain names; obligations for collection and use of private information; trade-related obligations; administrative restraints such as correction orders and assessments of penalties; appropriate remedies, etc. Establishment of online shopping malls - General information on online shopping malls Transactions through online shopping malls fall under both electronic commerce transactions and telecommunications sales under the "Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce Transactions, Etc." In general, anyone can establish an online shopping mall business, but a minor seeking to operate one must first obtain permission from a legal representative such as a parent or guardian. Liquor, tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, etc. cannot be sold through online shopping malls and medicinal health foods, medical devices, harmful chemicals, etc. can be sold online only when necessary conditions for sale are met and a report is made. Areas of interest Preparation - General information on online shopping malls - Trade names and domain names Business registration and operations report - Business registration - Operations report, etc. Things to observe - Indication and advertising obligations - Private information-related obligations - Trade-related obligations; Administrative remedies and restraints - Administrative remedies - Administrative restraints - Meaning and types of online shopping malls VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Establishment qualifications VIEW - Products whose sale is restricted VIEW - Outline of establishment procedures VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Cases of decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 4 9 20 30 8 4 14 56 1 - 35 1 37 ○ Adoption Completion and effects of adoption; full adoption (adoption of a child who will take the adoptive father‘s surname and place of origin), and disowning a child; support for adoptive families; international adoption and disowning; the adoptive child‘s family and place of origin; changing the surname and place of origin, etc. The information below is accurate as of July 8, 2008. Print / Include in My Information Notes / Send by e-mail Overview Relevant provisions Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. Cases of administrative adjudication Precedents, etc. Cases of decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Meaning and changes of the adoption system The adoption system is in place to locate a new family for children who need protection and help them develop normally within their new family by ensuring their mental and social needs are met. Korea‘s adoption system has changed from "contract-type" (partial adoption) to "declaration-type" (full adoption) in terms of adoption completion status and from "incomplete" (partial adoption) to "complete" (full adoption) in terms of effect. - Meaning of the adoption system ˚ All children are born with the right to be protected by their parents and grow healthily but the reality is that many children are without parents or have parents who can no longer adequately protect them ˚ The adoption system is in place to find a new family for such children and help them develop normally, within the framework of a family, in order to satisfy their mental and social needs. - What is adoption? ˚ Adoption is a social act that forms a legal parent-child relationship between people who are not parent and child based on blood relationship. ˚ An adoption enters into effect when there is agreement between the person to become a parent and the one to become the adopted child, or a family court awards permission for adoption and an adoption report is filed. ˚ A legal parent-child relationship is formed between the two parties upon filing of an adoption report and the same rights are granted as those of blood relatives in terms of support, inheritance, etc. Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Act Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 5 12 28 10 3 3 6 22 - - 19 1 20 ○ Establishment and operation of private teaching institutes and extracurricular lessons Qualifications of persons seeking to establish and operate a private teaching institute; standards for location and facilities of private teaching institutes; report and registration; qualifications of lecturers; fines for negligence, administrative measures, appropriate remedies, etc. Establishment and operation of private teaching institutes and extracurricular lessons - Private teaching institutes and teaching schools People usually go to private teaching institutes to learn a certain area(s) of knowledge, techniques, arts, etc. at a place other than a school. The Act on the Establishment and Operation of Private Educational Institutes and Extracurricular Lessons divides such facilities into private teaching institutes and teaching schools. Areas of interest Preparation - Private teaching institutes and extracurricular lessons - Standards for the location and facilities of private teaching institutes - Names of private teaching institutes and teaching schools - Qualifications of persons seeking to establish and operate a private teaching institute - Lease Report and registration - Registration of establishment and operation of private teaching institutes - Report on establishment and operation of teaching schools - Report by individuals who provide extracurricular lessons - Business registration - Suspension and close of business Management and operation - Operation - Qualifications of lecturers, etc. - Other matters Administrative restraints and remedies - Administrative restraints - Private teaching institutes and teaching schools VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Types of private teaching institutes and learning process VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive cases of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Cases of decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 4 15 29 30 16 7 2 55 25 2 59 7 120 ○ Employment of foreign workers Foreign workers‘ qualifications for being hired and sojourning in Korea; qualifications for and scope of hiring foreign workers; things to observe by employers; appropriate remedy system; support for and restrictions on employment of foreign workers; information regarding domestic affairs of foreign workers such as international marriage, birth of children, death, etc. - Qualifications for and scope of hiring foreign workers Employers intending to hire foreign workers holding Nonprofessional Employment (E-9) or Working Visit (H-2) visas must meet certain criteria determined by relevant Acts and subordinate statutes, including but not limited to making an effort to first hire local personnel. The scope of hiring of foreign workers holding Nonprofessional Employment (E-9) & Working Visit (H-2) visas is determined through the annual foreign worker admission plan established and disseminated each year. - Qualifications of employers VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Scope of admission of foreign workers and types of businesses that can hire foreign workers VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Cases of decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 3 7 13 5 4 3 33 45 4 - 3 - 7 ○ Contentious administrative cases Outline of appropriate remedies; conditions for requesting an administrative adjudication; inquiry into an administrative adjudication; request to suspend an execution of administrative litigation; period for filing a lawsuit; benefits to be obtained from a lawsuit; completion of a lawsuit, etc. Contentious administrative cases - Outline of administrative remedies Administrative remedies include administrative litigation and government compensation for damages Areas of interest Administrative remedies - Outline of administrative remedies - Outline of contentious administrative cases Administrative adjudication - Outline of administrative adjudication - Conditions for requesting an administrative adjudication - Inquiry into an administrative adjudication Administrative litigation - Outline of administrative litigation - Conditions for requesting administrative litigation - Inquiry into administrative litigation - Meanings and special characteristics of administrative legal relations VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Meaning and types of administrative remedies VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Cases of decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Act Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 3 8 20 38 2 - - 40 7 18 169 5 199 ○ Parties contracting to a franchise Definition of a franchise; payment and return of deposit money to join a franchise business; conclusion, renewal, and cancellation of a contract; things to take note of when engaging in a franchise business; conflict mediation and claims for damages; fines for negligence and administrative restraints Parties contracting to a franchise - Franchise business □ A franchise business is a commercial act in which an independent party who wishes to enter the business pays a certain franchise fee; uses the trade name, trademark, logo of the franchisor; and sells products or services according to a specified quality standard or operating methods suggested by the franchisor □ The independent operator can imitate and use the highly developed operating methods of the franchisor and the franchisor can expand its market without incurring additional expenses or risk and distribute the risk of launching a new business branch. The variety of franchises continues to broaden to include fast food restaurants such as pizzerias; family restaurants; everyday products such as eyeglasses and stationery; outdoor sports equipment; private teaching institutes; and more. Areas of interest Overview of franchise businesses - Franchise business - Letter of disclosure of information - Franchise fee Franchise contract - Conclusion of franchise contract - Renewal and cancellation of franchise contract Things to observe when contracting to operate a franchise business - Things to observe when operating a franchise business Grievance mediation, etc. - Grievance mediation and claims for damages Administrative restraints, etc. - Administrative restraints, etc. - Criminal punishment - Definition and terms related to franchise businesses VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Applicable Acts and subordinate statutes to the franchise business VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 5 9 22 8 2 - - 10 7 4 4 - 15 ○ Elderly welfare Establishment and operation of welfare facilities for the elderly; Long-term care insurance for the elderly; basic old-age pension; increase of preferential treatment and conveniences for the elderly; Residential, living, and health care support; safety and protection of rights and interests of the elderly, etc. - Concept of elderly welfare Those subject to elderly welfare policies are those older than 60 or 65, depending on the characteristics and contents of the support project in question. The central government and local government bodies are responsible for implementing policies aimed at improving the health and welfare of the elderly. Elderly welfare facilities are those that provide programs and services necessary to improve the quality of life of the elderly. These include residential, medical, and leisure facilities for the welfare of the elderly, welfare facilities visiting the elderly at their home, and specialized facilities to protect the elderly. Elderly welfare can be divided into residence, health, income, leisure, safety, protection of rights and interests, and others. The Welfare of the Aged Act was enacted to improve the health and welfare of the elderly by identifying and preventing, at an early stage, diseases among the elderly and providing proper treatment and care taking into account the status of the disease to maintain elderly individuals‘ mental and physical health and by implementing necessary measures to ensure stable living in old age. - Overall policy direction of elderly welfare VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Outline of the legal system for elderly welfare VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 5 18 36 20 9 10 2 41 22 - 5 8 35 ○ Housing lease Deposit-based lease and other types of leases; scope of housing lease; contract of housing lease; moving; rents; succession of lease and contract renewal; end of lease and recovery of deposit - Outline of deposit-based leases and regular leases Housing is an essential component of stable habitation and the foundation for humane living. The means of residing in another person‘s home are divided into a deposit-based lease and lease. - Legal system for housing lease VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Contents of protections for housing lessees VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 6 16 39 20 8 11 3 42 21 - 121 5 147 ○ Shopping center lease Protections for shopping center lessees; setting up lease rights and a lease contract; security of deposit; rents; transfer of the right of lease and sublease; requesting an order to register leasing right; exercising the right for preferred repayment; compulsory sale by auction, etc. Shopping center lease - Outline of the system of protections for shopping center lessees The "Act on the Protection of Lessees of Shopping Centers" defines special exemptions in the "Civil Law" to protect tenants in shopping centers, especially those who are small-scale merchants. It applies to shopping center leases falling within a certain deposit amount, by geographic area. If the deposit exceeds a certain amount, the lease is treated as a general lease and is protected under the "Civil Law." Areas of interest Outline of shopping center leases - Outline of the system of protections for shopping center lessees - Cases with deposits less than a certain amount - Cases in which the deposit exceeds a certain amount Lease contract for shopping centers - Matters to confirm before entering into a contract - Lease contract - Security of deposit Uses of and profits from shopping centers - Rents - Rights and obligations of concerned parties - Transfer of the right of lease and sublease; - Renewal of lease contract End of the lease - End of the lease - Recovery of deposit money - Recovery of invested expenses - Status of the "Act on the Protection of Lessees of Shopping Centers" VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Application scope of the "Act on the Protection of Lessees of Shopping Centers" VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 4 13 34 18 14 6 4 42 8 - 52 - 60 ○ Rental housing tenants Concept and types of rental housing; qualifications for tenants; point and lottery systems; selection of tenants; conclusion of a lease contract; live-in management; end of a lease contract; conversion of a rental unit to a unit for sale, etc. - Rental housing which is built by a public agency and can be sold five or ten years later With regard to these kinds of rental housing, the "Rules on Housing Supply" determine tenant qualifications and selection of tenants according to the size and type of the unit and lease type. - General supply of rental units 85 m2 or smaller VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - General supply of rental units larger than 85 m2 VIEW - Special supply of rental units including public housing VIEW - Special supply of rental units in free economic zones VIEW - Special supply of rental units in areas other than the Seoul metropolitan area VIEW - Special supply of rental units for households with three or more children and no current home VIEW - Special supply of rental units for newlyweds with no current home VIEW - Preferential supply of rental units that are built by a public agency and are 85 m2 or smaller VIEW - Preferential supply of rental units larger than 85 m2 VIEW Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 6 15 37 9 4 2 2 17 4 - 52 3 59 ○ Protection of female workers Legal system for protection of female workers; protection of women and maternity; temporary maternity leave; childcare facilities in the workplace; gender equality in hiring practices; prevention of and response to sexual harassment at work, etc. Protection of female workers - Outline of the legal system related to protection of female workers Paragraph 4 of Article 42 and Paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the "Korean Constitution" define work that suit women‘s physical and physiological traits; prohibit discrimination against women in the workplace; and promote the protection of female workers‘ maternity rights and the hiring of female workers. To realize the spirit of the Constitution, the "Act on Equal Employment for Men and Women and Support for Balance between Family and Work," "Labor Standards Act," "Employment Insurance Act," "Mother and Child Health Act" and other laws serve to define the protection of female workers. Areas of interest Legal system for protection of female workers - Outline of the legal system related to protection of female workers Protection of women and maternity - Protection of women - Protection of maternity - Dispute prevention and resolution Support for work by female workers - Temporary work leave for childcare and reduction of working hours while raising children - Childcare facilities at work Gender equality in employment - Ban on discrimination against female workers and promotion of hiring of female workers Prevention of and response to sexual harassment at work, etc. - Prohibition of sexual harassment in the workplace - Outline of the legal system related to protection of female workers VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. Helpful information Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 5 8 17 19 7 5 3 34 23 - 15 2 40 ○ Firefighting safety management Duty to install and maintain firefighting facilities and duty to manage fire evacuation facilities, etc.; scope and methods of installing firefighting facilities, etc. for each type of building where such facilities are mandated; fire prevention management; fire drill and fire safety education; inspection of firefighting facilities, etc. Firefighting safety management - Acts and subordinate statutes on firefighting safety management For matters involving firefighting safety management that the owner, manager, or occupants of a building should observe in order to prevent a fire, accident, and/or disaster, the "Act on the Installation and Maintenance of Firefighting Facilities and Safety Management," "Special Act on Safety Management of Public Use Businesses," "Framework Act on Fire Services" and other Acts and subordinate statutes are applied. Areas of interest General information on firefighting safety management - Acts and subordinate statues on firefighting safety management - Scope of installation of firefighting facilities, etc. and buildings that are subject to firefighting Installation and maintenance of fire fighting facilities, etc. and fire resistance - Installation and maintenance of firefighting facilities, etc. and management of fire evacuation facilities, etc. - Fire resistance including interior furnishings Safety management for buildings that are subject to firefighting - Fire prevention management - Fire drill and fire safety education - Inspection of firefighting facilities, etc. - Acts and subordinate statutes on firefighting safety management VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 4 14 29 19 11 9 18 57 9 - 49 6 64 ○ Married immigrants Establishment of international marriage; legal effects of international marriage; sojourn qualifications and acquiring of nationality; birth of children and enrollment in school; invitation of and visitation by relatives; death of spouse and inheritance, etc. Married immigrants - Establishment of international marriage □ An international marriage refers to a marital relationship between a man and a woman of different nationalities. □ For an international marriage to be legally and validly established in the Republic of Korea, both parties must satisfy the requirements of marriage set forth by their respective countries of nationality, and report their marriage to the relevant authorities so that such fact will be recorded in the appropriate family relations register. Areas of interest General information on international marriages - Establishment of international marriage - Procedures for international marriage - Effects of international marriage - Dissolution of international marriage International marriage and sojourn/nationality - Sojourn status - Naturalization International marriage and family life - Social welfare - Report of birth and education of children - Invitation/visitation of families and relatives - Death of spouse and inheritance - Support for multicultural families - Meaning of international marriage VIEW *Click on VIEW to open a pop-up window. - Requirements for establishment of international marriage VIEW Helpful information - Comparison table of relevant Acts, enforcement decrees, and enforcement rules - Prior legislative notices - Most recently revised Acts and subordinate ordinances - Directives, established rules, and notices - Information system on autonomous regulations -Electronic official gazette Interpretive precedent information -Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. -Cases of administrative adjudication -Precedents -Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Acts Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 3 11 22 19 7 7 6 39 8 1 29 8 46 ○ Plant establishment Procedures for obtaining permission to establish a plant; selection of type of business and location of plant; permission to establish plant; plant construction; plant registration, administrative measures, etc. The information below is accurate as of July 22, 2008. Print / Include in My Information Notes / Send by e-mail Overview Relevant provisions Interpretive case studies of Acts and subordinate statutes, etc. Cases of administrative adjudication Precedents, etc. Decisions by the Constitutional Court of Korea Determination of type of business and size of plant When intending to establish a plant, whether its business type and size fall under those required to obtaining a permit is checked first. >Determination of the type of business operating at plant ° Manufacturing business and coal-processing business - The types of businesses operating at plants subject to permission for plant establishment under the "Industrial Cluster Development and Factory Establishment Act", are a manufacturing business and a coal-processing business (Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the "Industrial Cluster Development and Factory Establishment Act" and Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Enforcement Decree of the same Act). · A manufacturing business refers to a manufacturing business (large classification: C) under the Korea Standard Industry Code (National Statistical Office Notice No. 2007-53) and industrial activities that convert inputted raw materials into new products with different properties through the addition of physical and/or chemical actions to raw materials (substances, ingredients, and components). ·The scope of manufacturing businesses can be found in the Korea Standard Industry Code (National Statistical Office Notice No. 2007-53). · A coal-processing business refers to a business that processes coal (Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the Coal Industry Act). Areas of interest Items of interest Overview Legal information Relevant legal information Act Presidential Decrees Prime Minister Ordinances, Ministry Ordinances Directives, established rules Total Interpretations of Acts and subordinate statutes (Q&A) Administrative adjudication Precedents Examples of decisions by Constitutional Court Total 6 12 23 19 12 4 5 40 16 - 16 1 32

"Constitutions of the World" Published to Celebrate 60 Years of Constitutional Rule - Ministry's 'Constitution Research Group' compiles the constitutions of 52 countries in one volume - □ On the occasion of 60 years since the enactment of the Korean Constitution, the 'Constitution Research Group,' established voluntarily by the staff of the Ministry of Government Legislation (Minister Lee Seogyeon) to further develop legislative functions and strengthen the members' legislative capabilities, has published the "Constitutions of the World" in Korean and English. Image to be added □ The Ministry's Constitution Research Group has been collecting and studying other countries' constitutions since 2006, and as a result of its efforts, has published an English version of the "Constitutions of the World" based on the English-language constitutions of 52 countries. The volume is based largely on the English-language constitutions of other countries that were posted on official government portals or other government Web sites such as foreign countries' parliaments and embassies. Also, any shortcomings were supplemented through comparison with Oceana Publications' “Constitutions of the Countries of the World,” which is regarded as the most up-to-date compilation of constitutions. □ Among the English-language constitutions of 52 countries compiled by the Constitution Research Group, those of 25 countries including the United States, Japan, Germany, and Russia were selected, translated into Korean, and reviewed while making reference to a number of foreign books. As such, the Korean version of the "Constitutions of the World" was published following exhaustive research and verification. □ The "Constitutions of the World" will be provided to the National Assembly and various academic communities around Korea. The Ministry expects the book to be of significant practical help to those who study constitutions and constitutional government. □ The Ministry stated that the publication of "Constitutions of the World" will increase understanding of the legal systems of other countries, based on which it will help Koreans to better understand their own constitution and help define the direction that the Korean constitution should be developed in the future. The Ministry, however, also noted that the book is not based on the officially promulgated versions of the English-language constitutions of foreign governments but on information secured by the Ministry's Constitution Research Group through a number of sources including foreign governments' Web sites, and that this factor should be taken into consideration. - End -