SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Fear over coronavirus infection is inciting hatred and discrimination in Korean society. Participants at the 10th World Human Rights Cities Forum, held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in the southwestern city of Gwangju from Oct. 7-10, agreed that discrimination and hatred towards foreigners, sexual minorities, and religious groups [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Far-right Christian groups are obstructing the works of the National Assembly with protests against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) individuals. Representatives at the National Assembly in charge of submitting or processing bills related to human rights protection are constantly hindered by these groups, who call the bills ‘legislation [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Nine in 10 South Koreans fear they could be discriminated against following the coronavirus outbreak, a poll said Tuesday, indicating the pandemic may have heightened public sensitivity to discrimination. In the poll of 1,000 adults nationwide by the National Human Rights Commission, 91.1 percent said they agree to the [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans think discrimination and human rights violations in the country are serious, a survey showed Friday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea unveiled the results of its first annual survey on human rights conditions in the country, conducted with 13,077 adults across the country [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A human rights advocate group for minorities demanded Wednesday the government enact legislation to protect the country’s minorities from hatred and discrimination. In a press conference held in downtown Seoul, the group urged the country to acknowledge persistent racial discrimination against migrant workers and other minorities. “Although the country [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sexual minorities are facing social discrimination, hatred and isolation following a mass outbreak of the coronavirus in Itaewon that began on May 7. An individual referred to only as Kim, who visited a club in Itaewon and tested negative for the coronavirus on May 12, talked of his recent [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Asians are responding in force to a global campaign launched by a South Korean civic group opposing and fighting against discrimination in the Americas and Europe targeting people of Asian descent sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean nongovernmental organization, has [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid nationwide confusion over the distribution of protective masks following the coronavirus outbreak, discrimination over the supply of masks is disheartening many. Hyundai Motor Co., while giving out proper dust-prevention masks to regular workers, distributed ‘mouth warmers’ to irregular employees. “You can’t just make irregular workers hold hammers and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — About one out of five North Korean defectors experienced discrimination in South Korea last year mostly due to “cultural” differences, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted by the Hana Foundation, a state-run agency that helps resettlement of North Korean defectors, 17.2 percent of 3,000 defectors polled [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the unrest caused by the coronavirus, some South Koreans residing overseas are being subject to discrimination. Foreign netizens posted malicious comments online after Son Heung-min, a South Korean football player for Tottenham Hotspur, was seen making a small cough following a victorious match against Manchester City last Monday. [...]