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Rights Watchdog Urges Swift Resolution of Prison Overcrowding

Rights Watchdog Urges Swift Resolution of Prison Overcrowding

SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday urged the justice ministry to take swift measures to relieve overcrowding in prison cells. The recommendation follows a petition by an inmate of an unidentified detention center, who complained his time at an overcrowded prison cell infringed upon his human rights. The [...]

Rights Watchdog Recommends Legislation Recognizing Same-sex, Non-traditional Civil Unions

Rights Watchdog Recommends Legislation Recognizing Same-sex, Non-traditional Civil Unions

SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday recommended enacting legislation recognizing same-sex civil unions and other non-traditional family formats to help ensure the basic rights of sexual minorities. The recommendation followed a petition previously filed by 1,056 Korean nationals in homosexual relationships at home and abroad, claiming they are [...]

Education Ministry Refuses to Amend Discriminatory Qualification Required of Foreign Teachers

Education Ministry Refuses to Amend Discriminatory Qualification Required of Foreign Teachers

SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry did not accept a recommendation from the National Human Rights Commission that it address a potentially discriminatory regulation requiring higher qualifications for foreign teachers at private learning institutions, officials said Tuesday. The human rights watchdog has recommended the ministry amend the Private Teaching Institution Act’s enforcement [...]

Rights Watchdog Calls On Gov’t to Include Sexual Minorities in Statistical Surveys

Rights Watchdog Calls On Gov’t to Include Sexual Minorities in Statistical Surveys

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog is calling on the cabinet to add categories about sexual minorities to government statistics and surveys that form the basis of making public policy. The the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) recently passed a policy recommendation to prevent hatred and discrimination against [...]