SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — About four out of 10 female marriage immigrants in South Korea have experienced domestic violence, according to a government report released Wednesday. The report, compiled by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea on the basis of a poll of 920 foreign women married to Korean men, also found [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Police in Seoul said Saturday that they will double the number of officers in charge of handling domestic violence cases and implement stronger measures to protect victims. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) announced the measures, noting that the number of family violence cases reported in the capital city [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) revealed that Koreans have grown to feel less safe across all social areas in the first half of 2016, with the level of social safety reported by the general population scoring 2.79 out of 5. The ministry [...]
SEOUL, August 3 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a report published by the Women’s Human Rights Commission of Korea (WHRCK) on August 2, while the number of violence acts committed against women increased by 3.1 percent from 265,792 in 2014 to 274,226 in 2015, the increase in reported dating violence against women was ten times higher, [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of elementary and high school students have experienced psychological or physical abuse at home, and over 10 percent of them had sustained bodily injuries, a report said Friday. The findings are from research by Kim Seung-gyeom at the National Youth Policy Institute, based on a 2013 [...]