1. The Defendants are 15,00,000 won to each Plaintiff and 5% per annum from December 8, 2007 to June 9, 2015.

Basic Facts

The Plaintiff: (a) established a company “D” around April 1999; (b) changed its trade name to “E Co., Ltd.” (hereinafter “E Co., Ltd.”); (c) around February 2001, the Plaintiff collected the shares of “F Co., Ltd.”; and (d) was appointed as its representative director on or around February 2001. G completed the term of office on or around June 19, 2006; (b) was elected as the candidate for the 17th presidential election (hereinafter “G candidate”) on or around August 19, 207; (c) on or around February 2000, before and after the presidential election was elected as candidate, the Plaintiff and the representative director of the K Co., Ltd. were established with the Plaintiff and the Plaintiff arrested the Plaintiff on or around 201, the Plaintiff and the Plaintiff were charged with the 16th presidential election on or around February 2001.

The plaintiff was arrested by the U.S. authorities around May 2005, but the plaintiff filed a petition for personal protection and was not repatriated to the Republic of Korea.

On the other hand, from February 2007, the suspicion that G candidates were involved in the Plaintiff’s stock manipulation and embezzlement was raised in the political right, and these suspicions were reported to the press.

The plaintiff argued that G candidate is the actual owner of E company, and political and press have a great interest in the plaintiff's above argument.

The plaintiff was elected as a candidate for the 17th presidential election by the H party on October 2007.