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The policeman drew his knife. Going beyond simply arresting criminals, civil lawsuits have begun in earnest to directly charge criminals for the enormous costs of public power expended due to false threats. Recently, there has been a series of terrorist threats targeting corporate headquarters such as Kakao and KT, as well as the President's Office and BTS concert halls, and the social costs have snowballed, with police special forces and riot squads being dispatched to the scene. The police believe that if this is left unattended, a vacuum in security and social chaos will be repeated, so since December of last year, a compensation deliberation committee has been established and operated in each city and provincial office. The amount charged this time is tens of millions of won, which clearly shows that a single playful threat will never end in a light criminal punishment.

The police's hard-line response is directly aimed at the 'or-nothing' culture of false reporting that is prevalent in our society. In the past, false threats were simply subject to criminal punishment, but now the perpetrator is now civilly liable to compensate for the specific economic losses caused by the crime. Authors of posts threatening to bomb BTS concert halls or targeting major national facilities must now prove in financial terms how big of a social impact their carelessly thrown stones caused. This can be said to be an expression of the police organization's strong will to maximize the effect of crime prevention by giving real disadvantages to criminals who waste public power.

Meanwhile, a new phase is unfolding in the gaming industry with the legal dispute that has been holding back for a long time coming to an end. Wemade has been engaged in a fierce profit distribution dispute with Actoz Soft over the intellectual property rights of 'The Legend of Mir 2 and 3', but has completely completed royalty settlement after the final ruling of the Supreme Court. As the clear standard of Wemade owning 80% and Actoz Soft owning 20% ​​has been confirmed, the energy previously wasted due to wasteful litigation is expected to be converted into a productive direction of business expansion. Wemade emphasized that the withdrawal of this lawsuit will go beyond simply ending the dispute and will serve as an opportunity to maximize the value of Mir IP and secure a stable business position.

In contrast to this, there are also notable cases where people tried to misuse the court of law and suffered defeat. Jang Dae-ho, who is serving time in prison for the Han River torso incident, filed an administrative lawsuit against the prison warden, claiming the unfairness of opening the mail, but the court did not accept it, and GS Engineering & Construction also filed a lawsuit against the defect ruling that facilities for the disabled were omitted, but was ruled defeated along with criticism for neglecting its duty to review the design as a large construction company. These cases teach us that before asserting only our rights, whether individuals or companies, we must first reflect on our social responsibilities and duties as professionals established by law. In the end, we must keep in mind that the law is a tool to resolve injustice, but it also serves as a standard that imposes strict standards on obvious negligence or irresponsible behavior.