SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The government needs to establish measures to subsidize kindergarten fees for children of foreign nationality residing in the country, the state human rights watchdog said Tuesday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said it made this recommendation in response to a petition filed by a civic group, [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday unveiled a string of measures to enhance the work environment for seafarers, specifically targeting the challenges posed by an aging workforce and a general shortage of labor in the sector. The government will engage in tripartite consultations involving labor, management, and government bodies to reduce [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has ruled that universities refusing to allow advertisements on campus for small LGBTQ groups is an act of discrimination. A college student from Gyeonggi Province submitted a petition to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) in April last year after their university [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The weekly protest rally demanding Japan’s apology to the victims of its wartime sex slavery marked its 1,600th edition Wednesday. About 200 activists, students and others gathered to participate in the 31-year-old protest in front of the former compound of the Japanese Embassy in central Seoul at noon. On [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Residents living near a military base hosting an advanced U.S. missile defense system in southeastern South Korea are showing high levels of mental health instability, the state human rights watchdog said Wednesday, calling for swift government countermeasures. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said it has raised [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Granting a change of legal gender solely based on whether the petitioner had sex reassignment surgery constitutes a grave human rights violation, the state human rights watchdog said Thursday. The National Human Rights Commission issued the opinion on a petition lodged by Rainbow Action Against Sexual-Minority Discrimination of Korea, [...]
GWANGJU, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The case of a migrant worker who developed leukemia after spraying formalin at a fish farm has been recognized as an industrial disaster. The Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service acknowledged the case of Khan Mubasherullah, a migrant worker from Pakistan, as an industrial disaster last month. The Disease [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Tuesday acknowledged the “illegal adoption” of a South Korean child by the adoption agency Holt Children’s Welfare Society (Holt). Even though his parents were still alive, the child was registered as an orphan and adopted overseas. This landmark ruling marks the first time [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign worker organizations, including the Migrant Trade Union and the Migrant Workers’ Equality Alliance, protested in Seoul on April 30, one day before Labor Day, to demand better working conditions. They chanted “guarantee freedom of movement at workplaces” and staged a chain performance to attract attention. They called for [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog said Thursday that the curriculum used to train people to acquire a driver’s license should be available in different languages. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) advised the National Police Agency and the Road Traffic Authority to offer Arabic translations for the written [...]