English-Speaking Criminal Defense Lawyers in Korea: Korean Defense Lawyers to Hire and Not to Hire?

In all Korean criminal defense cases where you are accused of a Korean crime, you fear that you may be sentenced to time in jail, may be deported or the conviction may harm your future, hire quickly an experienced and proactive English-Fluent Korean criminal defense lawyer prior to any interrogations by the Korean police or prosecution. To repeat, you should hire a criminal defense attorney in Korea prior to giving statements to the Korean police or Korean prosecution. In most

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Korean Pretrial Detention: Korean Criminal Law Basics

Korea allows a prosecutor, via approval by a Korean court, the right to hold a defendant pending trial in a criminal case for up to 180 days. The approval by the court in Korea is the granting of a Pretrial Detention Warrant, also, often referred to, in English, as a Korean Arrest Warrant. In most cases, a decision, in a criminal case, must be rendered within 180 days of the time of the detention or the Defendant must be released

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