SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In response to a series of human rights violations involving foreign workers, South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor has announced intensified labor monitoring and a focused reporting campaign. From August 11 to 29, the ministry will operate a special period for reporting labor rights abuses affecting foreign workers, particularly [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is grappling with the increasing challenge of suspects refusing to reveal their smartphone passwords—a trend spotlighted most recently by former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s reported noncompliance in a high-profile investigation into the death of military corporal Chae. Prosecutors say Yoon’s refusal to unlock his device has hindered the [...]
GWANGJU, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent case of workplace bullying in Naju, South Korea, has once again exposed the harsh realities faced by migrant workers—many of whom suffer in silence under a labor system critics say traps them in abusive conditions. According to the Gwangju-Jeonnam Migrant Human Rights Network and the Jeonnam Labor [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — One year after South Korea implemented a program allowing pregnant women in crisis to give birth under pseudonyms, 109 women have utilized the service, and 171 others have opted to raise their children following state-supported counseling, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The program, known as the [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has launched an investigation into global sandwich franchise Subway over allegations that its online ordering system left customer data exposed without proper security measures, raising renewed concerns about digital privacy across the country’s food delivery sector. According to the PIPC, Subway’s website [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean internet user who left offensive comments under a news article about the nation’s first pregnant same-sex couple has avoided criminal punishment after reaching a settlement with the victims. According to legal sources, the Cheonan branch of the Daejeon District Court dismissed the criminal case against the commenter, [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-running legal battle between South Korean human rights activists and Google over personal data transparency has come to an end after 11 years, with both parties agreeing to a court-proposed settlement. Under the terms of the agreement, Google will provide South Korean users with improved access to their personal [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry voiced regret Monday over a recent anti-North Korea leaflet campaign staged by a group of families of those abducted by North Korea, “strongly” calling on them to suspend the campaign. Families of abduction victims launched four large latex balloons carrying leaflets into North Korea from the [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — While the overall incidence of sexual harassment in South Korean workplaces has declined slightly, a new government report reveals a troubling surge in online abuse—a shift attributed to the rise in remote and hybrid work settings. According to a triennial survey released Monday by the Ministry of Gender Equality [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court has ruled in favor of a 107-year-old victim of Japan’s wartime forced labor, ordering Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pay compensation nearly 80 years after the abuse occurred. The civil appeals division of the Seoul Central District Court overturned a 2022 lower court decision that had [...]