SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry unveiled a plan Wednesday to introduce a new collective school grievance response system, seeking to protect teachers from abusive complaints by parents. The government will also enhance schools’ authority to address violations of teachers’ rights and educational activities by students and parents. The ministry announced these [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The interior ministry is pushing for a law revision that would give victims of home rental scams priority to recoup their security deposits before taxes are collected when their rented homes go up for auction, officials said Thursday. The measure comes as three cash-strapped tenants have taken their own [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday announced a set of measures to cope with the country’s extremely low birthrate and rapid population aging, which could undercut its growth potential and have a wide-ranging effect on its society down the road. The government, among other things, will try to create a stable [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has come up with various measures to prevent crowd surges, including crowd control in high-density subways, officials said Thursday, in the wake of the deadly Itaewon tragedy. The measures were discussed at a meeting, presided over by Interior Minister Lee Sang-min, with the participation of Yoon Hee-keun, [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphones and online social platforms will be included in restraining orders against perpetrators of school violence to prevent secondary offenses through online means. The government on Thursday announced a new policy under which any student who is expelled for school violence will have the case recorded on their student [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Slightly over 70 percent of South Koreans approve of toughened social distancing measures to stem the resurgence of COVID-19, a poll showed Monday. In the poll of 1,000 adults nationwide organized by multiple civic groups, 71.3 percent supported the government’s decision to halt the “living with COVID-19″ scheme this [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Concern over animal abuse is on the rise due to what many South Koreans describe as lenient punishment for offenders. The Korean Animal Welfare Association and Lawyers for Animal Rights recently published a compilation of animal rights cases which noted that many instances of animal abuse have ended in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 2021 economic policy plan underscores its commitment to boosting domestic demand and propping up the sluggish job market as the country sets its sights on overcoming economic slumps caused by the new coronavirus outbreak. The finance ministry unveiled two-pronged approaches in managing the 2021 economic policy plan, [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean plans to mandate tougher punishment for parents who abuse their children and provide a safety net for at-risk children, the education ministry said Wednesday. As part of the measures, the government plans to scrap a decades-old law that allows people with parental rights to physically punish their [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government on Thursday announced new get-tough measures against digital sex crimes, vowing to push to punish even buyers, advertisers and possessors of child and youth sexual abuse materials, as well as their producers and sellers. The government said it will treat any production of digital sexual materials [...]