SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Tuesday that trainee doctors would face legal punishment, including suspension of their licenses, unless they go back to work by the Thursday deadline, stepping up warnings against thousands of junior doctors who left hospitals to protest against a plan to boost medical students. About [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — One in four teachers cited insufficient punishment for misbehaving students and parents as the main reason for the increase in the infringement of teachers’ rights, a poll by the education ministry showed Thursday. In the online survey of 22,084 teachers working at 1,315 kindergartens and elementary, middle, high and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A maximum of 15-year imprisonment will be sought for those convicted of house rental scams, the government said Thursday, as part of efforts to crack down on a growing number of fraud crimes against tenants. The decision was made during a government meeting presided over by Finance Minister Choo [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet owners could face jail time starting next year if they starve their animals to death, the agricultural ministry said Monday, as the government seeks to prevent animal abuse and better protect them in line with the growing number of pet owners. Under the revision of the Animal Protection [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An anti-stalking law took effect on Thursday, enabling the punishment of perpetrators with up to three years in prison. It is the first South Korean law that has been enacted specifically targeting stalking. Previously, the act of stalking was classified in the Criminal Code as a misdemeanor subject to [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 4,500 stalking cases were reported to police across the country last year, but offenders were punished by law in only 1 in 10 cases, police data showed Saturday. According to the National Police Agency’s data released by an opposition lawmaker, police received reports of 4,515 stalking cases [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The consistent stalking of others will constitute a crime that can be punished by up to three years of imprisonment under a new law. The National Assembly passed a bill on a 235-0 vote Wednesday to strengthen the punishment for stalkers amid growing public voices calling for increasing penalties [...]
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, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents who fail to provide child rearing expenses despite court rulings subjecting them to temporary incarceration in case of violation will from now on be subject to criminal punishment, exposure of their personal records and a ban on foreign travel. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Those who engage in sex trafficking of children or youths below the age of 16 will face tougher punishment in South Korea. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Thursday that the revised act on the protection of children and juveniles against sexual abuse passed at the parliament [...]