G.F. Korea v. Yehyang CA4/3

FACTS

I. The Parties

Jong Dae Lee (Lee) and his wife Ji Young Kim (Kim), were devout Christians from South Korean. They had four school-aged children. Lee and Kim both had bachelor degrees in chemistry, and Lee ran a small company in Korea providing electrical work. Before 2011, they did not speak or read English. Ik Soo Bang (Ik), a pastor, and his wife, Hye Young Bang (Hye), were also South Korean nationals.1 Ik, formally a musician, became an ordained pastor in 2000. In 2004, the Bangs immigrated to America. In 2009, Ik started his own church and Hye purchased Corea BBQ. The Bangs had three adult children.

II. How They Met

The Bangs met Lee and Kim in April 2011, during a religious revival meeting in Korea. After Ik finished preaching, he attended a dinner with members of Lee and Kim’s congregation. A few months later, the two couples attended another revival meeting where Ik delivered sermons. The two couples dined together, and they discussed

To avoid confusion, we refer to Ik and Hye Bang by their first names when the context requires but will otherwise refer to them collectively as the Bangs.

2 faith and Ik’s church’s need for money. At the time, Lee was…