SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic activist groups advocating various causes on behalf of physically and mentally disabled individuals started a sit-in protest yesterday at Seoul Station. The groups held a press conference inside Seoul Station to state that the government’s announcement that it would revoke the grading system of disabled individuals was “fake” [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Drivers that work for Three Call, a company based in Busan providing designated drivers for a fee to car owners unfit to drive, have come together to ask for better treatment from their employer. The Busan branch of the national labor union for relief drivers said it had “began [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Women activists calling for the repeal of current anti-abortion laws took to the streets in black yesterday, putting on a performance in which they took illegal abortion pills. Female activist groups carried out the demonstration yesterday in front of the Bosingak Pavillion in Seoul’s Jongno district, asking that the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in’s pet dog, Tori, appeared at a protest against the South Korean dog meat trade that was held yesterday at Seoul Plaza. Read More: Moon Becomes First President to Adopt Stray Dog at the Blue House A Blue House official said that CARE, the animal rights group, had [...]
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – WHAT: Last Chance for Animals (LCA) and sister organization in S. Korea, Animal Liberation Wave (ALW), will lead hundreds of protesters in three simultaneous demonstrations in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Seoul, South Korea to draw attention to the inhumane slaughter of approximately one million dogs annually in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — On Saturday, feminist activists took to the streets of Gangnam, marching, removing their tops and yelling “My body is not porn” before being stopped by police. The members of “Fire Femi Action” carried out a shirtless protest at Facebook Korea’s headquarters in Yeoksam-dong in Seoul’s Gangnam district, denouncing Facebook’s [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that that 8 out of 10 Koreans view conflict within society as being “severe.” According to a report released on Saturday by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 8.5 percent of respondents answered “very severe”, and 71.8 percent “generally severe.” Thus, 80.3 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police forces have been advised by a reform committee to exercise less force and authority to control peaceful protests and do more to protect protestors. At a press conference held on Thursday with the commissioner general of the National Police Agency, the police reform committee urged South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — On August 27, a four-year saga that had pitted local residents and a growing number of government officials against South Korea’s horse racing establishment drew to a close, as the mayor of Seoul, the president of the Korea Racing Authority (KRA) and various politicians and luminaries shook hands to [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of false notices of protest, which were previously used by corporations and public organizations to block unions and civil groups from gathering and demonstrating, has dropped significantly thanks to a major police crackdown. According to Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, zero cases of so-called ‘ghost protests’ – a [...]