SEOUL, March 6 (UPI) -- A South Korean anti-corruption law targeting a narrow category of journalists, government workers and schoolteachers has become a flashpoint of controversy for excessive rules against gift-giving.
The law, passed Tuesday in South Korean parliament, would allow courts to pass a maximum three-year prison sentence to those receiving gifts or cash donations in excess of $910. The sentence also applies to recipients of gifts that exceed an annual value of $2,700, South Korea's Herald Business reported.