SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sports ministry said Wednesday it will conduct an inspection of sexual harassment in pro sports. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said through the Korea Professional Sports Association (KPSA) that it will look into sexual harassment cases in the pro sports community. Five pro sports organizations [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Former South Chungcheong Gov. An Hee-jung was indicted Wednesday without physical detention on charges that he sexually assaulted his secretary multiple times last year. The Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office said An, 54, has been charged with sexual intercourse and harassment by abuse of occupational authority. An is accused [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — More needs to be done to ensure sexual harassment victims are better protected in the workplace, researcher Kim Ji-young of the Chungcheongnam-do Women’s Policy Development Institute said at an open forum held on parliamentary grounds in Yeouido yesterday. Citing data collected by 10 Korean Women Workers Association chapters across [...]
SEJONG, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has begun to take steps to remove works by world-renowned South Korean poet Ko Un from school textbooks amid growing sexual misconduct allegations, multiple industry sources said Friday. The Ministry of Education sent an official letter earlier in the day to the Korea Authorized & Approved Textbooks, [...]