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September 26, 2017 Social affairs

FKTU calls for new panel on labor issues

South Korea’s biggest umbrella trade union on Tuesday called on President Moon Jae-in to participate in a new body consisting of eight parties to initiate long-stalled social dialogue among workers, ...

[Newsmaker] Jailed ex-spy chief grilled over political manipulation

The prosecution summoned Won Sei-hoon, former chief of the National Intelligence Service, for questioning Tuesday amid a sprawling investigation into the spy agency’s alleged irregularities including...

September 26, 2017
Social affairs
More Koreans spending Chuseok holiday alone: survey

More Koreans spending Chuseok holiday alone: survey By Ock Hyun-ju Two in five workers in South Korea have no plans to go to their hometowns to visit their family during the upcoming 10-day Chusoek...

September 25, 2017
Social affairs
Ministry scraps controversial labor guidelines

The Korean government on Monday abolished two controversial labor guidelines, which had made it easier for employers to dismiss workers and unilaterally change working conditions, in a bid to help re...

September 25, 2017
Social affairs
‘Stop ethnic cleansing of Rohingya’

Amnesty International Korea Director Catherine Heejin Kim held a one-person protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul on Friday, calling for an end to the alleged ethnic cleansing of Rohingya ...

September 22, 2017
Social affairs
20 years, life imprisonment for child murder teens

A local court sentenced an underage girl to 20 years in prison and her teenage accomplice to life imprisonment on Friday for murdering an 8-year-old girl and dismembering her body, in a murder case t...

September 22, 2017
Social affairs
Paris Baguette ordered to directly hire over 5,000 bakers

The government on Thursday ordered Paris Baguette, a leading bakery brand of food giant SPC Group, to directly hire nearly 5,400 bakers currently dispatched by its partner firms. The Ministry of E...

September 21, 2017
Social affairs
3 in 10 divorces happen after 20 years of marriage

Three out of 10 divorced couples in South Korea last year were married for at least 20 years, setting a new record in “gray divorces,” a judicial yearbook showed Wednesday. According to 2017 Judicia...

September 21, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Prosecution opens probe into former leader Lee

The prosecution on Wednesday began looking into a complaint filed against former President Lee Mung-bak that he masterminded the national spy agency’s alleged smear campaign against Seoul Mayor Park ...

September 20, 2017
Social affairs
Prosecution seeks retrials for wrongful convictions

The prosecution on Sunday asked a local court to reopen trials of “politically motivated” cases under past authoritarian governments, a month after its new chief apologized for the law enforcement bo...

September 17, 2017
Social affairs
'Over 150 retired spies joined efforts to sway 2012 election’

More than 150 retired agents of the nation’s spy agency were mobilized to manipulate public opinion in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, according to the prosecution. The prosecution is ...

September 13, 2017
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] Top court nominee grilled over left-wing views, qualifications

Kim Meong-su, the nominee for South Korea’s Supreme Court chief justice, was grilled over his qualifications and ideological orientations Tuesday during a parliamentary confirmation hearing. In his ...

September 12, 2017
Social affairs
Torrential rain hits Busan, southern cities

Torrential downpours and strong winds hit southern parts of Korea on Monday, flooding streets, shutting down schools, paralyzing traffic and causing power outages. Busan (Yonhap) Geoje and Tongyeon...

September 11, 2017
Social affairs
Judge says government ‘negligent’ on conscientious objectors

The South Korean government’s failure to introduce an alternative service system for conscientious objectors is tantamount to “negligence,” a judge said Sunday, acquitting two religious objectors. J...

September 10, 2017
Social affairs
[Herald Interview] Rohingya in Korea calls for more pressure on Myanmar

Amid news of Rohingya Muslims risking their lives to escape escalating violence in Myanmar, Ishaque Mohamed, one of only 11 Rohingya people known to be living in South Korea, feels guilty that he is ...

September 10, 2017
Social affairs

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