SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The sun had just dipped behind the skyline of Gwanghwamun when demonstrators began to gather, clutching banners, candles, and hastily printed placards. By nightfall, the streets outside the U.S. Embassy had become a stage for simmering outrage. Hundreds marched through central Seoul on Saturday evening, their chants ricocheting off the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — When Ji, a 41-year-old technician from South Korea, finally walked into the arrivals hall at Incheon International Airport this week, he was carrying more than a suitcase. He carried a story of humiliation. “The food was like garbage. We couldn’t eat it,” Ji said, recalling the seven days he [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — On a spring evening in 1964, an 18-year-old farm girl fought back against a man who tried to assault her in a desolate field near her home. She was small, he was strong, and escape seemed impossible. Desperate, she did the only thing she could: when he forced a [...]
PAJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A 95-year-old former long-term prisoner of war, An Hak-seop, attempted on Wednesday to cross into North Korea through Panmunjom but was stopped by South Korean military authorities at the Tongil Bridge checkpoint. An, who has long identified as a “non-converted” prisoner for refusing to renounce allegiance to the North, traveled [...]
UIJEONGBU, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean appeals court has upheld fines for two marriage brokers who illegally shared personal information of Vietnamese women with male clients via KakaoTalk, ruling the act violated the country’s marriage brokerage law. On August 15, the Uijeongbu District Court dismissed the appeals of two individuals, identified as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In a recent ruling, South Korea’s Supreme Court determined that a teacher’s use of inappropriate language toward a disruptive student did not constitute emotional abuse under child welfare laws. The case centers on a 4th-grade teacher, identified as A, who was accused of verbally abusing a student, referred to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has highlighted significant challenges disabled individuals face when using self-service kiosks in South Korea, with many preferring to order through human assistance rather than automated systems. The findings, released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare on August 8, were part of a study assessing the [...]
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 [...]