Scared that your story might set off an expensive and career damaging lawsuit here in Korea? Do you even know what the defamation laws are? Come find out over traditional Korean tea and snacks with our esteemed experts who have been through it all!
TOPIC: How not to get sued and what to do if you do (as a reporter)!
GUESTS: Korea University Law Professor Park Kyung-shin, former correspondent Michael Breen, and Korea Observer’s Lee Tae-hoon. Professor Park will give us the legal and historic background of the defamation law. Michael Breen and Lee Tae-hoon will recount their experiences of getting sued (one by Samsung in particular!)
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2015
Time: 11AM – 1PM
Location: Insadong, Kyungin Art Museum (meet at the tea shop in the complex) http://www.kyunginart.co.kr/English/e-main.htmhttp://map.naver.com/local/siteview.nhn?code=11678081
Cost: 10,000 won for members / 15,000 won for non-members Please RSVP to me by Wednesday, 2/25 and send payment in advance. Due to space restrictions we may have to cap attendance. First transferred first served! Cost INCLUDES the tea and snacks!
Come at 11AM to mingle and tour the museum. And by 11:30AM let’s settle down with our tea and rice cakes for our discussion.
See you then!
– Sean Lim AAJA ASIA (Seoul Leader)