A government report in South Korea has found that luxury brand Chanel is the most counterfeited brand in the country. From The Korea Times: French luxury brand Chanel most frequently falls victim to widespread trademark breaches in South Korea, which continues to grapple with rampant circulation of fake designer products, a government report showed Sunday. The market for [...]

A group of brothel operators in South Korea are releasing names of the names of the corrupt cops who assisted them in their operations.  The document written by the pimps lists the names of police officers, their rank, and the amount of money they received for allowing the brothels to operate.  Read the entire article from The [...]

Custom officials in South Korea are reporting that the postal service is a favorite of drug smugglers to transport their product. From The Korea Times: International mail, parcel and express cargo services are emerging as the most sought-after routes for drug trafficking here. According to Incheon Airport Customs Tuesday, customs officers detected 69 cases of drug smuggling [...]

Source: “Chinese Imitations Undermining Korean Exports,” The Chosum Ilbo, January 15, 2007,(accessed: January 24, 2007).

The Korean Film Council estimates losses of $1 Billion in pirated movies in 2007. Source: Han Sunhee, “Piracy on the rise in Korea,” Variety, December 21, 2007, accessed: December 26, 2007).

At least 1 million counterfeit purses and wallets are estimated to be manufactured in South Korea annually. Source: Velisarios Kattoulas, ” Counterfeiting: Bags of Trouble,” Far Eastern Economic Review, March 21, 2002.

Reuters reported that “market vendors throughout Asia seem to agree that the best fake handbags are manufactured in South Korea.” Source: Reuters, “Counterfeit goods are linked to terror groups,” International Herald Tribune, February 12, 2007, (accessed: March 3, 2007).

Around $200 million is lost in sales of auto parts to South Korean auto manufacturer Hyundai due to counterfeit parts made in China. Source: “Chinese Imitations Undermining Korean Exports,” The Chosum Ilbo, January 15, 2007,(accessed: January 24, 2007).

Lee Myuang Bak, President of South Korea, was inaugurated into office on February 25, 2008. Less than two weeks later, Lee is involved in a corruption scandal involving electronic giant Samsung. From the IHT: A corruption scandal at Samsung spread to the government of the new South Korean president, Lee Myung Bak, on Wednesday as a group of [...]

Every since authorities started cracking down on the $20 billion sex trade in South Korea, many industry workers have been moving abroad in an attempt to find comparable work. The English version of the Chosun Ilbo reports on what draws some of those workers abroad: Dedicated web groups are awash with advertisements drawing prostitutes abroad. A typical [...]