Rights commission rules Ewha discriminated against sexual minorities The National Human Rights Commission of Korea ruled that neither a university's institutional autonomy nor a religiously affiliated school's founding principles can justify discrimination against minority groups. 2026.7.15
Human Rights Commission urges government to reconsider mobile phone facial recognition mandate Korea's human rights watchdog has requested the government review the upcoming mandate for facial recognition when opening up a new mobile phone subscription. 2026.3.13
Foreign teachers say racism is still a big problem in Korean hagwon Korean officials, especially in the education sector, often talk a good game when it comes to globalization. But foreign English teachers working here say that racism is still rampant in the world of hagwon, or private cram schools. 2022.9.9
Many human rights complaints were of sexual harassment One out of 10 complaints to Korea's National Human Rights Commission are about sexual harassment, the rights watchdog said Sunday. 2022.3.6
Human rights watchdog asked to investigate allegations of abuse by Park Representatives of the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s former secretary on Tuesday formally asked the country’s human rights watchdog to investigate Park’s alleged “sexual bullying” of the victim. 2020.7.28
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