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Rights Watchdog Rules Dating App Restrictions on Male Members Aren’t Discriminatory

Rights Watchdog Rules Dating App Restrictions on Male Members Aren’t Discriminatory

SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog on Thursday ruled that a dating app policy that only allows men from certain schools or occupations to join the app fails to amount to an act of discrimination. The National Human Rights Commission announced that it had turned down the complaint that it [...]

South Korean Army Under Fire for Using Dating App to Persecute Gay Soldiers

South Korean Army Under Fire for Using Dating App to Persecute Gay Soldiers

SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Growing evidence of an alleged investigation into homosexual acts in the South Korean army including images of conversations on gay dating app Jack’d between service members and secret service agents is causing an uproar, with some human rights groups calling for the army general accused of giving the order to track [...]

College Student Dating App “Just Across the Street” Gaining Popularity

College Student Dating App “Just Across the Street” Gaining Popularity

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 04 (Korea Bizwire) – A new dating app is out for those young college students fed up with social dating services not up to their expectations. Created by students of Yonsei and Ewha Woman’s universities themselves, the app “Gil Hana Sai” (meaning “Just Across the Street”) requires verification of enrollment upon registration, giving [...]