SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that 1 out of 3 part-time workers in Seoul have experienced sexual harassment. This is according to a study conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and two part-time job portals that surveyed 6,722 part-time workers last month. The SMG said that 85 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 60 percent of female workers in the cultural industry have experienced sexual harassment or assault, a government survey showed Tuesday. The poll was released by a special probe team jointly run by the National Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to look into [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 high student students believe that sexual harassment by teachers takes place in school, according to a survey carried out by a government institution. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea released on Thursday the results of an investigation into sexual harassment by teachers. Of the [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the warmer weather marking the beginning of another school year, the #MeToo movement is exploding on university campuses across South Korea. The first day of the spring semester saw students sharing their experiences of sexual assault and harassment on social media. “Amid the #MeToo movement that has shaken the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will introduce measures to make it more difficult for those guilty of sexual assault to obtain public jobs in the arts sector and cut funding for those suspected of sexual violence. Monitoring efforts will be increased for public servants in the arts sector [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Calls are mounting on Tuesday for an investigation into a sexual harassment claim by a female prosecutor against a former senior justice ministry official. Seo Ji-hyeon, a public prosecutor at the Tongyoung branch of the Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office, insisted that she was unfairly moved to another post because [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of expats in South Korea is increasing, so too is the number of sexual harassment cases involving foreigners taking place on beaches during the summer vacation season. Among foreigner-related sexual offense cases, many offenders deny knowingly having committed a crime. However, courts have thus far rejected [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — To prevent sexual harassment arising from cultural differences, the Busan Police Department has taken measures to increase the awareness among foreigners of Korea’s policies and laws. On July 15, a woman in a bikini swimsuit on Busan’s popular Haeundae Beach noticed a foreigner filming her on his cellphone. She [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A report released Monday by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training has revealed that 29 percent of employees in South Korea have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past six months. According to the report, based on a survey of 3,000 employees from 15 industry [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty student groups from 12 universities in the Seoul metropolitan area are promoting a solidarity campaign dubbed the Penguin Project to bring changes to the local campus culture that privately, and sometimes openly, discriminates against women. The campaign’s title was inspired by a French book on sexual assault and [...]