She filed the complaint on Aug. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Newsis reported, citing Asiana's filing with South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service on Aug. 19.
She had boarded an Asiana flight to Vietnam without the visa required for entry and is seeking damages for emotional and material harm suffered after immigration officers refused her admission.
The filing named the plaintiff as Denise Mai without giving her nationality and put the claim at KRW141.1 billion ($101.86 million), HuffPost Korea reported.
That is 13.7% of Asiana's shareholders' equity of KRW1.03 trillion at the end of 2025. South Korean rules require listed companies to disclose lawsuits worth more than 5% of equity.
Securing a visa and the documents needed to enter a foreign country is ordinarily the traveler's own responsibility. The decision to admit or refuse a foreign national rests with immigration authorities at the destination.
