SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – An ironic factor contributing to around 40% of South Korea’s declining birthrate has been identified as younger women experiencing less employment discrimination than in the past, according to a new report. While gender-based disadvantages in hiring have decreased for young women, the probability of career interruption after childbirth has remained [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has uncovered widespread discriminatory practices against temporary and part-time employees at major financial institutions, including banks, credit card companies, and credit bureaus. In a labor inspection spanning 35 firms during the first quarter, the Ministry of Employment and Labor found a total of 185 violations pertaining [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean human rights watchdog has determined that a bank’s refusal to open an account for an Iranian national residing in the country based solely on their nationality constitutes discrimination. According to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) on March 25, an Iranian citizen, identified only by [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of children believe that people are discriminated against based on their gender or wealth in South Korea, a survey showed Wednesday. The Korean Teachers and Educational Workers Union conducted a survey of 1,841 children from 4th to 6th grade, 64.7 percent of whom believed that there [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of immigrant women working at social welfare institutions are being discriminated against in terms of wages and career experience, a survey showed Sunday. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions conducted a survey of 118 immigrant women working as consultants and translators at public family centers across [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of all students and faculty at Seoul National University believe there is severe discrimination occurring on campus. The school, one of the country’s most prestigious universities, conducted a survey of 2,198 undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and school staff, 49.8 percent of whom said that there is a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Netizens expressed displeasure online after a coffee shop franchise distinguished vaccinated and non-vaccinated customers by affixing stickers of different colors to customer cups. A post written on an online community on Thursday talked about how a local coffee shop attached different colors of stickers based on the customer’s vaccination [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Korean businesses in China are struggling with a rapidly deteriorating environment for local investment as well as regulatory discrimination compared to Chinese competitors, a major Korean business lobby group said Wednesday. The Federation of Korean Industries conducted a survey of 131 businesses (excluding financial firms) [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A larger share of South Koreans believe that discrimination is more serious than human rights violations in Korean society, a survey showed. According to a survey conducted by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea of 17,593 adults over 19 years of age across the country, 41.8 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Asking a job applicant whether she will wear a hijab at work is a discriminatory action, the state human rights watchdog has said. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said Monday it has recommended the chief of an unidentified nongovernmental organization come up with measures to prevent [...]