SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Fairness and justice have been pressing concerns in South Korean society for years. More than a decade ago, Michael J. Sandel, a professor of government at Harvard University, rocked the country with his explosive best-seller “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?”– a thought-provoking piece that struck a chord [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has been abuzz about the issue of bullying lately, particularly with the return of the Netflix original series “The Glory”, which has raised awareness of school violence around the world. The series, which has become a must-watch for TV fans everywhere, will be back for Part 2 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has showed that a large proportion of high school students from multicultural families are suffering in silence when they are bullied since many they have no one to turn to for help. The state-funded National Youth Policy Institute carried out a survey of 1,118 teenagers in [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Kwon Min-ah, the 26-year-old former member of a K-pop girl group AOA, revealed last week that she has been harassed by former AOA leader Jimin for the last 10 years. Jimin, the 29-year-old rapper and singer whose real name is Shin Ji-min, was subject to massive criticism after threatening [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — One in five workers in the IT sector has been bullied or witnessed bullying at work, according to a recent survey. Out of 1,364 IT workers surveyed, 265 or 19.4 percent said they had experienced or witnessed bullying at work, according to findings released Tuesday by the Federation of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of school violence victims in South Korea increased for the third straight year, mostly due to a rise in bullying at elementary schools, a report showed Tuesday. The annual report by the education ministry showed that 1.6 percent of the respondents were victims of school violence, compared [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision of the Labor Standards Act, which prohibits bullying in the workplace, was proclaimed Tuesday, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said. The revised law specifically bans bullying from people in more senior positions, the ministry said. It defines the prohibited workplace bullying as an act by an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent investigation has revealed that many flight attendants at Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. have experienced bullying in the workplace, not only from management, but also from their direct supervisors. An activist from the human rights movement network Baram announced the results of an investigation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who claim they experienced “gabjil” at their jobs neared the 9,000 mark in October, amid growing public condemnation against high-handedness at workplaces, a local employment information site said Sunday. Gabjil refers to bullying and sometimes violence by a person of power against someone or an [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Su-jin — not her real name — said going to work is a highly stressful affair as she has little choice other than to put up with frequent bullying and verbal abuse by her superiors. The 28-year-old, who is employed in a non-permanent position at a small architectural [...]