The Court to Resume Trials Normally from Tomorrow... End of COVID-19 Adjournment Period

Meeting scene of the 'COVID-19 Response Committee' established at the Court Administration Office. / Photo by the Supreme Court.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] Due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), courts that had a three-week recess period will resume normal trial schedules starting from the 12th.

Kim In-gyeom, Deputy Director of the Court Administration Office, stated in an internal bulletin on the 11th, "We ask presiding judges to conduct trials and enforcement dates while strictly adhering to quarantine guidelines."

However, Deputy Director Kim requested ▲ all courtroom entrants to wear masks ▲ limiting the number of people in the courtroom gallery to one-third of the usual capacity ▲ strict staggered summons measures. Additionally, existing measures such as judicial staff working from home at least once a week and banning gatherings will remain in place.

Earlier, following a mass infection of about 200 staff and inmates at Seoul Eastern Detention Center, the Supreme Court’s Court Administration Office, based on the decision of the COVID-19 Response Committee established within the office on the 21st of last month, recommended from the 22nd of the same month until now to operate courts nationwide flexibly, similar to a recess period, by postponing or changing trial and enforcement dates for cases except for urgent matters (such as detention-related cases, provisional injunctions, suspension of execution, etc.).

As the Court Administration Office decided not to recommend an additional recess following the three-week recess recommendation, trials at frontline courts will resume normally from the 12th while complying with quarantine guidelines.

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