SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Police launched an investigation Friday into what purports to be a Korea Medical Association (KMA) document ordering the listing of trainee doctors not participating in a walkout protesting the government’s decision to increase the medical school quota. The document, which was uploaded on an online community site Thursday with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two former senior aides to ousted President Park Geun-hye did not appeal recent court rulings convicting them in connection with an artist blacklist scandal, leading to the finalization of their prison sentences. In a retrial last week, the Seoul High Court sentenced Kim Ki-choon, a former chief of staff [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Pension Service (NPS), a key player in the domestic stock market, included two firms on its blacklist for paying low dividends to shareholders. According to the NPS, a special committee held a meeting on Wednesday last week and voted to reveal that Namyang Dairy Products and Hyundai [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The culture ministry said Thursday it will enact a bill aimed at protecting artists from political oppression and censorship as part of measures to prevent any future blacklisting of artists critical of the government. Any act that violates artistic freedom and discriminates against artists for political reasons will be [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of South Korean artists on Thursday filed a compensation suit against President Park Geun-hye and her former aides over allegations her administration blacklisted cultural figures deemed critical of the government, a lawyers association said. A total of 461 plaintiffs filed the case with the Seoul Central District Court, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The existence of a “black list” censoring South Korean artists has been confirmed. Under the Park Geun-hye administration, thousands of artists, including filmmakers and actors, were blacklisted for supporting agendas that went against the opinions of the central government. Condemning the act of censorship and the suppression of freedom [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – According to recent reports, a Chinese “celebrity blacklist” was found to have included not only entertainers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also celebrities from other countries, including Korea, Japan, the U.S., and Australia. Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily reported Sunday that China’s Ministry of Culture issued the blacklist, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea unveiled a set of its own punitive measures against North Korea on Friday, blacklisting scores of people and entities suspected of supporting the regime’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The move came days after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted Resolution 2321 on Wednesday condemning [...]