Park Beom-gye "Will Provide Legal Support for Startups for Youth"

Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye held a meeting with Elizabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag, at the Members' Office Building of the German Federal Parliament on the 11th local time, and discussed common issues in the societies of both countries. / Ministry of Justice

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Park Beom-gye, Minister of Justice, announced that he will provide legal support for young people’s startup entrepreneurship.

According to the Ministry of Justice on the 12th, Minister Park, who has been visiting Germany from the 8th to the 15th, held a meeting on the 11th local time at the Federal Parliament Members’ Office Building with Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, Chairperson of the Bundestag Legal Affairs Committee, and discussed common social issues between the two countries.

At this meeting, discussions covered social issues in Korea such as the response to the spread of false information and defamation through SNS, deepfakes, mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, as well as measures to address youth suicide rates, protection and support for North Korean defectors, and exchange and cooperation plans for unification legislation.

In particular, Minister Park stated, “The increase in youth suicide rates stems from uncertainty about the future. The Korean Ministry of Justice is making efforts such as preparing a legal platform to support startup entrepreneurship so that young people can have quality jobs and live with hope.” He also said, “The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea will actively participate in exchange and cooperation between the two countries to establish unification legislation.”

At the subsequent meeting with the German Lawyers Association, the Ministry of Justice introduced its legislative efforts for startups and the establishment of a ‘Startup Entrepreneurship Support Legal Platform,’ seeking advice from German legal experts from a leading startup nation.

Additionally, regarding recent conflicts with lawyer organizations due to the growth of Korea’s legal tech industry, the meeting provided an opportunity to consider solutions together on improving public access to justice while maintaining the public nature of the lawyer system. At this meeting, Minister Park said, “We will strive to establish an institutional foundation for legal support to revitalize startups and to settle the legal tech industry.”

Meanwhile, attendees at the meeting included Son Dong-wook, President of the German Lawyers Association; Elster Thomas, Honorary Consul in Munich; Horst Hammen, Professor at Justus Liebig University and Research Fellow at Goethe University’s Law and Finance Research Institute; Christian Horz, Professor at Justus Liebig University; Hwang Baek-rim, lawyer at Finegrove Law Office; and Lee Jae-yoon, Legal Advisor at the Korean Embassy in Germany.

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