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, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of marriages between South Koreans and foreign spouses rose more than 18 percent in 2023, as those between Vietnamese grooms and naturalized South Korean brides gained sharply, data showed Wednesday. The number of multicultural marriages increased 18.3 percent on-year to reach 20,000 last year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Olive Young Corp., the distribution unit of South Korean food-to-cosmetics conglomerate CJ Group, on Wednesday opened a foreigner-focused outlet in Seoul as travelers return to the country after years of the COVID-19 pandemic. CJ Olive Young’s outlet in Myeongdong, central Seoul, underwent a large-scale renewal to serve as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Han Dong-hoon, the Minister of Justice, announced his commitment on Monday to provide permanent residency opportunities to verified foreign workers who can contribute to the national interest. This statement was made as he unveiled the ‘Innovative Measure for Expansion of the Skilled Technical Workforce’ at the Government Complex in Gwacheon. [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A departure order for a foreigner who drove approximately 1 meter while under the influence of alcohol has been ruled unfair, the Central Administrative Appeals Commission (CAAC) said Tuesday. The CAAC, under the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, said it has repealed the immigration authorities’ departure order for the [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Immigration detention centers in South Korea, where foreign nationals are held till deportation, will start welcoming back visitors for the first time in seven months, officials said Friday, in accordance with changing COVID-19 circumstances. The Hwaseong Immigration Detention Center in Gyeonggi Province and the Cheongju Immigration Detention Center in [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese man has been arrested on charges of violating self-isolation rules during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul said Thursday that they’ve detained the 23-year-old man for allegedly going outside while under two-week self-isolation. He is the first foreign national to be arrested for breaking [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of international marriages between a South Korean national and a foreigner rose 8.5 percent in 2018 from a year earlier, government data showed Wednesday. There were 23,773 international marriages last year, up 1,856 from 2017, according to the data by Statistics Korea. It marked the second straight [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A “one-strike” system will be introduced to prevent ex-convicts of domestic violence from inviting foreigners from Vietnam and other countries to get married internationally. The measure is aimed at preventing such incidents as the “Vietnamese marriage immigrant assault case,” in which a video clip of indiscriminate assault on a [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that 8 in 10 unmarried men and women were willing to have a relationship with a non-Korean. Matchmaking agency Duo Info Corp. conducted a survey of 408 unmarried men and women, specifically 197 men and 211 women, and released the results on Thursday. According [...]