SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of South Koreans have seen expressions of hatred against women online, the state human rights watchdog said Thursday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea conducted a survey of 1,200 people over 15 years of age, 80.4 percent of whom said that the expressions of hatred [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Stereotypes and a sense of hatred against ethnic Koreans from China are on the rise following a recent case in which two Korean-Chinese, or “Joseonjok” in Korean, killed two people in Seoul. Following news reports about the murder, many online comments made hateful remarks about the Korean-Chinese, saying “they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans, in general, tend to react more sensitively to the expressions of hatred on the grounds of political orientation or place of birth, rather than those on account of race or religion. Prof. Lee Seung-sun from Chungnam National University and Dr. Choi Jin-ho from Hanyang University conducted a [...]
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, 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. [...]