31.   Under current Korean law, layoffs are virtually impossible without union approval.

32.   Under Korean law, a company can continue to operate pending a court decision on its request for receivership, which usually takes two or three months.

33.   Under Korean law, all street demonstrations must be reported to authorities in advance.

34.   Under Korean law, both the prosecution and the defense have one week to appeal.

35.   Under Korean law, legislators cannot sell their influence for financial gain.

36.   Under Korean law, the court will set a new date to rule on the case.

37.   Under Korean law, the procedure would take up to two months.

38.   The publisher was not immediately available for comment Sunday but under Korean law companies are given two chances to pay up before being declared bankrupt by their creditors.

39.   The Korean government representatives might argue that no deadline was set for aligning Korean law on the legislation of other OECD nations, a senior OECD diplomat said.