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Criminal

Facing criminal proceedings in a foreign country is one of the most stressful experiences anyone can encounter. Whether you are a victim seeking justice or a suspect navigating an unfamiliar legal system, SUGAR SQUARE 's criminal defense team provides comprehensive, English-language support at every stage — from the moment of investigation through final verdict. We have extensive experience representing foreign nationals in Korea's criminal justice system, ensuring your rights are fully protected regardless of language or cultural barriers.

l Key Services

What You Need to Know Korea's criminal justice process can move fast and feel opaque to those unfamiliar with it. 

Here is how we help: 

๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ ๋ฐ ๊ฒ€์ฐฐ ์กฐ์‚ฌ ๋Œ€์‘


Immediate Response & Investigation Support

- Emergency legal consultation from the moment of arrest or summons

- Accompaniment during police and prosecution interviews — you are never alone in the room

- Review and challenge of interrogation records (ํ”ผ์˜์ž ์‹ ๋ฌธ์กฐ์„œ) before signing

- Defense strategy established before your first interview

ํ˜•์‚ฌ์‚ฌ๊ฑด์ ˆ์ฐจ ๋Œ€์‘


Arrest & Detention Defense 

- Arrest warrant review hearings (์˜์žฅ์‹ค์งˆ์‹ฌ์‚ฌ) — challenging detention before it begins 

- Habeas corpus applications (๊ตฌ์†์ ๋ถ€์‹ฌ์‚ฌ) to secure release after arrest

- Bail applications and procedural support

- Airport arrest response — rapid legal intervention to prevent detention or deportation

ํ˜•์‚ฌ๊ณ ์†Œ์ ˆ์ฐจ ๋ฐ ๊ณ ๋ฐœ ์ž๋ฌธ


Criminal Trial Defense

- Full representation from indictment through verdict

- Evidence gathering, witness preparation, and courtroom defense

- Appeals and Supreme Court filings post-verdict

- Pursuing non-indictment outcomes (๊ธฐ์†Œ์œ ์˜ˆ, ๊ธฐ์†Œ์ค‘์ง€) wherever possible 

๋ณ€ํ˜ธ์‚ฌ์„ ์ž„ ๋ฐ ์‚ฌ๊ฑด ๊ด€๋ฆฌ


Filing a Criminal Complaint 

- Criminal complaint (๊ณ ์†Œ์žฅ) drafting and filing 

- Pre-filing assessment of legal viability

- Monitoring of investigation progress on your behalf

- Accompaniment and statement preparation for victim interviews

ํ˜•์‚ฌ์ „๋ฌธ ๋ฒ•๋ฅ  ์ž๋ฌธ


Foreign National-Specific Support

- Full English-language representation throughout all proceedings

- Guidance on how Korean criminal procedure differs from your home country

- Coordination with immigration authorities to minimize visa and residency impact 

- Criminal record management and expungement advisory 

- Juvenile case representation for children of foreign residents

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ํ˜•์‚ฌ์†Œ์†ก
Criminal

Facing criminal proceedings in a foreign country is one of the most stressful experiences anyone can encounter. Whether you are a victim seeking justice or a suspect navigating an unfamiliar legal system, SUGAR SQUARE 's criminal defense team provides comprehensive, English-language support at every stage — from the moment of investigation through final verdict. We have extensive experience representing foreign nationals in Korea's criminal justice system, ensuring your rights are fully protected regardless of language or cultural barriers.

l Key Services

What You Need to Know Korea's criminal justice process can move fast and feel opaque to those unfamiliar with it. 

Here is how we help:

๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ ๋ฐ ๊ฒ€์ฐฐ ์กฐ์‚ฌ ๋Œ€์‘


Immediate Response & Investigation Support

- Emergency legal consultation from the moment of arrest or summons

- Accompaniment during police and prosecution interviews — you are never alone in the room

- Review and challenge of interrogation records (ํ”ผ์˜์ž ์‹ ๋ฌธ์กฐ์„œ) before signing

- Defense strategy established before your first interview

ํ˜•์‚ฌ๊ณ ์†Œ์ ˆ์ฐจ ๋ฐ ๊ณ ๋ฐœ ์ž๋ฌธ


Criminal Trial Defense

- Full representation from indictment through verdict

- Evidence gathering, witness preparation, and courtroom defense

- Appeals and Supreme Court filings post-verdict

- Pursuing non-indictment outcomes (๊ธฐ์†Œ์œ ์˜ˆ, ๊ธฐ์†Œ์ค‘์ง€) wherever possible

ํ˜•์‚ฌ์ „๋ฌธ ๋ฒ•๋ฅ  ์ž๋ฌธ


Foreign National-Specific Support

- Full English-language representation throughout all proceedings

- Guidance on how Korean criminal procedure differs from your home country

- Coordination with immigration authorities to minimize visa and residency impact

- Criminal record management and expungement advisory

- Juvenile case representation for children of foreign residents

ํ˜•์‚ฌ์‚ฌ๊ฑด์ ˆ์ฐจ ๋Œ€์‘


Arrest & Detention Defense

- Arrest warrant review hearings (์˜์žฅ์‹ค์งˆ์‹ฌ์‚ฌ) — challenging detention before it begins

- Habeas corpus applications (๊ตฌ์†์ ๋ถ€์‹ฌ์‚ฌ) to secure release after arrest 

- Bail applications and procedural support

- Airport arrest response — rapid legal intervention to prevent detention or deportation



๋ณ€ํ˜ธ์‚ฌ์„ ์ž„ ๋ฐ ์‚ฌ๊ฑด ๊ด€๋ฆฌ


Filing a Criminal Complaint

- Criminal complaint (๊ณ ์†Œ์žฅ) drafting and filing

- Pre-filing assessment of legal viability

- Monitoring of investigation progress on your behalf

- Accompaniment and statement preparation for victim interviews


l Selected Cases
SUGAR SQUARE Law & Advisors

Managing Partner Jiyoung Park

Business Reg. No. 509-86-02659    

Tel +82-2-563-5877    

Email sugar@sugar.legal

Address 7 Teheran-ro 113-gil, 2F, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Copyright โ“’ SUGAR SQUARE Law & Advisors All Rights Reserved.


SUGAR SQUARE Law & Advisors

Managing Partner Jiyoung Park    Business Reg. No. 509-86-02659   Tel +82-2-563-5877    Email sugar@sugar.legal

Address 7 Teheran-ro 113-gil, 2F, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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