SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has discovered an illicit trade of prescription ADHD medications through social media platforms, raising concerns about drug abuse among students. In a joint operation with police conducted from July to September, the NIS identified 37 chat rooms on Telegram and X (formerly Twitter) dedicated [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that two-thirds of South Korean teachers have experienced verbal abuse, while around 20 percent have experienced physical threats and violence. Furthermore, 40 percent of teachers exhibit severe depression symptoms, while 17 percent have contemplated suicide. The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union and Green [...]
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, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of elderly abuse cases that were judged as actual abuse cases among those reported to elderly care facilities increased last year compared to a year ago. According to a report released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of elderly abuse cases reported to the [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A 2-year-old girl has been in a coma for nearly a month since her adoptive father abused her to the point she fell unconscious with bleeding in her brain. Doctors say she is unlikely to wake up given the extent of the trauma she suffered when her father, 36, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Children’s rights activists on Thursday urged the health ministry to look into the role, if any, of a major adoption agency in the death of a 16-month-old adoptee. At a press conference near Cheong Wa Dae, the activists, including those who advocated for the rights of adoptees and single-parent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that more than half of South Korean adults have experienced stress or abuse related to their financial situation. Choi Chul, a professor at Sookmyung Women’s University, and Shin Sang-hee, a researcher at the Korea Financial Investors Protection Foundation, carried out a survey of 2,000 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Although temporary work breaks, treatment, and counseling should be provided to emotional workers who suffer from abusive language and assault by customers, protection systems are not working as intended. According to a recent survey of 2,765 emotional workers conducted by the National Network for Emotional Labor, 70.9 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of rights violation cases involving soldiers has been on a steady increase over the past five years, government data showed Wednesday. A total of 253 complaints were filed by service personnel with the National Human Rights Commission last year, up from 153 in 2015 to 199 in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are raising concerns that the concept of a family is being overly exploited as a ‘shield’ to protect emotional laborers. The laborers themselves believe that using the concept of a family to describe them is inappropriate. Last October, the Ministry of Employment and Labor distributed seven ringtones that [...]