SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court has finalized a decision to grant refugee status to a Pakistani family who fled their home country in fear of so-called honor crimes, officials said Thursday. Upholding a lower court’s ruling, the top court sided with the Pakistanis’ request for asylum here after they received threats [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court struck down a law that bans those who are fined for emotional child abuse from working at a child care center for 10 years, saying it excessively restricts the basic rights of those subject to the law. The court decision follows a petition filed by a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of cases of abuse against disabled individuals caused by their families or acquaintances at facilities for the disabled are being reported, a government report said Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare reported a 17.8 percent increase in the number of reports of abuse against the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Refusing surgery to a patient infected with HIV, the virus that carries AIDS, amounts to discrimination that violates the patient’s right to equality, the state human rights watchdog said Monday. The National Human Rights Commission made the decision in response to a petition filed by a HIV-positive person against [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday proposed tougher countermeasures against stalking suspects, such as the imposition of a restraining order, amid growing societywide resentment over the recent murder of a young subway worker by her alleged stalker. The top court said in a statement that stalking suspects who are under [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — About 6 out of 10 beverage, cup noodle and milk products have no braille guides, and for those products that did have braille guides, the readability was low, a consumer advocacy group said Wednesday. The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) conducted a survey of 321 food items consisting of beverages, [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A proposed bill that bans the recording of phone calls and conversations without consent has prompted a debate on the boundary of privacy in a country where recorded clips of conversations often make headlines in whistleblowing cases and political spats. A group of ruling People Power Party lawmakers, led [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 percent of people who have reported cases of harassment at the workplace have been subject to retribution of various types, a pro-labor civic group said Monday. Gabjil 119 analyzed 1,442 tip-offs on workplace bullying cases between January and August this year in which they identified the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has submitted an opinion expressing the unconstitutionality of the military criminal code that punishes homosexuality in the military, officials said Thursday. The military criminal act, revised in 1962, prohibits same-sex relationships among military personnel, who are mostly male. The article states a maximum jail [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Monday that it is planning to set up a shelter for male victims of sexual and domestic violence in its first move to keep up with a rising number of men subject to such crimes. In its work plan reported to [...]