Human Rights Watchdog Warns Universities, Scholarship Foundations Over Intrusive Information Collection

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A human rights watchdog in South Korea issued a warning to universities and scholarship foundations over the collection of information regarding recipients’ parents. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) told the Ministry of Education and 17 local education authorities that asking about recipients’ parents during the scholarship application [...]