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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea/Korean

Flipping a desk in an argument not assault if it only startles, Supreme Court rules

In a significant ruling that clarifies the boundaries of assault, South Korea's Supreme Court has determined that flipping a desk during a heated argument, which merely startles the other party, does not qualify as criminal assault. This decision overturns a lower court's verdict that had found a 60-year-old man guilty of assault for overturning a table during a meeting with a fellow resident reprโ€ฆ