WASHINGTON D.C., Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The UNITED SIKHS legal team is working with the family of an elderly Sikh man after receiving a report today that he encountered several brutal attackers inside his own home during a suspected hate crime. According to details provided by the family, who wish to stay anonymous during this hardship, the home is now a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A study by the Sookmyung Women’s University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation revealed that 94.6 percent of sexual minorities have come across discriminatory expressions on online communities. The study was the first of its kind in South Korea related to hate speech, and was based on an online survey last year of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A local court on Friday handed down a 30-year jail term to a man accused of stabbing to death a 22-year-old woman near one of the country’s busiest subway stations in Seoul, which sparked nationwide protests. The Seoul Central District Court convicted the man, surnamed Kim, of stabbing the [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the Gangnam Station murder last month, the government is planning to take more serious action against schizophrenia patients, including involuntary hospitalization. However, many of those suffering from mental disorders have pleaded that their illnesses do not make them potential criminals. The ‘Experts Debate for Countermeasures against Social Hatred [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will announce steps to counter violent crimes targeting females next week as witnessed in a recent random murder of a woman at a bar’s bathroom in southern Seoul, the gender equality minister said Thursday. “Everyone can be a victim (of violent crimes), and thus it’s urgent to [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The case of a woman who was stabbed to death by a stranger last week was not a hate crime, but rather a crime induced by mental illness, authorities said on Sunday. Kim, a 34-year-old man, was arrested last Tuesday on suspicion of killing a 23-year-old woman in a [...]