SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Voters in their 20s and 30s demonstrated different views during the presidential election, which also revealed differences in their views on human rights, the state human rights watchdog said Sunday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea conducted a nationwide survey of 5,770 people under 30, in which 82.3 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Queer Women’s Network, a women’s rights advocacy group for sexual minorities, hosted a women’s sexual minority athletic competition Sunday at KBS Sports World Hall 2 in Seoul. The “Queer Women Games” were first held last year with the aim of creating a culture in which women and sexual [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of a public trial at the Constitutional Court of Korea regarding South Korea’s abortion ban, civic groups advocating women’s rights have called for an abolition of the law as it infringes upon women’s rights to equality and happiness. Various women’s rights organizations came together to create an anti-abortion [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the government’s drive to boost declining birth rates, routine violations of women’s rights in the workplace continue to take place in South Korea. A series of reports showing employers interfering with female workers’ personal affairs – including pregnancy and marriage – has sent shockwaves across the country this [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Those who believe history to be an endless repeating cycle rather than a linear sequence of events may feel justified in their convictions as South Korea once again groans under the weight of a consumer goods scandal that has dominated the public consciousness in recent days. The general fear, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The plight of female secretaries working for large corporations has come under the spotlight thanks to a study conducted by grad student Park Ji Yeon at Sookmyung Women’s University. Park crafted the study using in-depth interviews she carried out with 12 secretaries who had been on the job for [...]