Weekly Korean Legal News from International Law Firm – IPG Legal

This Week’s Korean Legal News Reported by the Media

• Kerry calls for better Korea-Japan ties
• Barack Obama to visit Korea in April
• Korea vows to ensure family reunions in talks with N. Korea
• Housing market shows signs of upturn
• Schindler may seek Hyundai takeover
• KT exports security systems to Angola
• GM’s restructuring chief visiting Seoul

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Sean Hayes may be contacted at: SeanHayes@ipglegal.com. Sean Hayes is co-chair of the Korea Practice Team at IPG Legal. He is the first non-Korean attorney to have worked for the Korean court system (Constitutional Court of Korea) and one of the first non-Koreans to be a regular member of a Korean law faculty. He has, recently, been ranked as one of only two non-Korean attorneys as a Top Attorney working in Korea by AsiaLaw.