SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) recently recommended restricting some sub-culture games to an adult-only level, raising disputes over unfairness in its deliberations. Such disputes are now threatening the existence of the committee. The office of the Rep. Lee Sang-heon of the main opposition Democratic Party on Saturday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic groups opposing the government’s plan to expand the COVID-19 vaccine pass program to adolescents filed a petition with the state human rights commission on Wednesday, arguing that the scheme would violate the learning rights of students. The decision to require teens aged 12 to 18 to present vaccine [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a rapid hike in lending rates, an online petition calling for the government to prevent commercial banks from excessive profiteering was submitted to the presidential office. The petition, filed through Cheong Wa Dae’s website on Nov. 5, claimed that financial institutions are chalking up excessive profits by raising [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tattooists once again filed a petition with the Constitutional Court Monday against the medical law that requires tattooing to be conducted only by licensed medical personnel. A total of 153 tattooists associated with the Korea Fashion Tattoo Association and the Korea Tattoo Federation said Article 27 of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A conscientious objector, now carrying out his alternative military service as a prison staff member under the current law after refusing to enlist for religious reasons, has filed a constitutional appeal contending that the alternative military service law is unconstitutional due to its punitive nature, judicial officials said Wednesday. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a heated scandal over Luda, a chatbot that ended up being unplugged amid controversies over its hypersexualization and unfiltered comments on sexual minorities, South Korea faces another socio-technological issue on how to tackle artificial intelligence technology that targets real, living celebrities as victims of deepfake porn. On Wednesday, [...]
JEJU, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In general, the petitions made public on an online petition site run by the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae are filed by individuals for various reasons. They use the website to call for the improvement of institutional systems or to make an appeal against injustice. This time, however, the [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — A petition has been filed via South Korea’s official online petition site to request the mayor’s dismissal and ban the city of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province from further providing quarantine goods to its Japanese sister and friendship cities. “Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young, who arbitrarily provided quarantine goods to Japan [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The operator of the ride-hailing service Tada has filed a constitutional appeal against a revised passenger transport service act, company officials said Tuesday, accusing the amendment of infringing on the freedom of corporate activities and other basic rights. The Value Creators & Company (VCNC) submitted the petition to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean animal welfare activists said Thursday they will petition the Constitutional Court next month against the government for not curbing dog meat consumption and slaughterhouses. Members of KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates) and the PNR (People for Non-human Rights) said in a news conference the government has infringed [...]