a second ago [ASEAN Plus Korea] 'Restrictive immigration may dampen Southeast Asian interest in Korea'

South Korea's attempts to make its immigration rules more restrictive to reduce the number of unregistered immigrants here could easily backfire, a veteran diplomat said, adding that the current popularity of the Korean Wave is far from everlasting. Kim Jae-shin, secretary-general of the ASEAN-Korea Center, noted much interest among people in Southeast Asia in learning about South Korea and its culture. However, he cautioned that making immigration procedures for citizens of the 10 countrie

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a second ago Refugee status granted for Ugandan woman who fled over domestic violence

A South Korean court has recently granted refugee status to a Ugandan woman who fled her country to escape severe domestic violence, court officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Administrative Court ruled in favor of the woman, who had filed a lawsuit against the Seoul Immigration Office to overturn a previous decision denying her refugee status, on September 25. The court determined that she demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution and was not adequately protected by her home country. Judges

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a second ago 675 workplace bullying cases ruled 'industrial accidents' since 2019, including 16 deaths

In the past five years, nearly 700 cases of bullying in the workplace have been classified by the government as industrial accidents entitling the victims to compensation, including 16 cases that resulted in the victim committing suicide, government data showed Tuesday. A total of 675 cases of workplace bullying were recognized by the authorities as industrial accidents, defined as death, injury or disease caused by factors related to a job, according to Article 2 of the Occupational Safety and

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a second ago [Oddities] What's in a name? How Koreans faked their way to Kim, Lee and Park

If you meet a South Korean, there's a 45 percent chance that their surname is either Kim, Lee or Park. And there’s an even higher probability -- some say nearly 90 percent -- that their surname originates from a bogus family tree. According to the latest census data from Statistics Korea, these three surnames account for nearly half the population, which is over 20 million people. Expand that to the top 10 surnames, and you're looking at 64 percent of the population. This remarka

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1 hour ago North Korean leader's sister says still investigating South Korea drone intrusion

North Korean leader's sister says still investigating South Korea drone intrusion  Reuters

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2 hours ago North Korean Leader's Sister Says Still Investigating South Korea Drone Intrusion

North Korean Leader's Sister Says Still Investigating South Korea Drone Intrusion  U.S. News & World Report

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19 hours ago [History through films] ‘Hunt’ spy flick set in Korea’s violent, chaotic ’80s

South Korea in the 1980s is often described as an era of violence and chaos. The period was marked by numerous major events in South Korean history, among them: the Gwangju Democratic Uprising in 1980 in which the military cracked down on civilians leading to a massacre; one of the largest fraud cases to date involving Jang Young-ja, a woman associated with then-President Chun Doo-hwan’s wife’s family in 1982; the Oct. 9, 1983 assassination attempt on Chun in Yangon, Myanmar in which

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22 hours ago Yoon urges increased police efforts to combat evolving new crimes, deepfakes

President Yoon Suk Yeol urged police Monday to step up efforts to crack down on crimes affecting ordinary people and new types of crime emerging from advanced technologies like deepfakes. Yoon addressed concerns over new crimes enabled by artificial intelligence, such as deepfakes, as well as fake news, during a ceremony marking the 79th Police Day. "Police must drastically enhance their advanced investigative capabilities in line with the rapid pace of technological development," Yoon

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23 hours ago [Bills in Focus] Addressing smartphone addiction, strengthening cooperative finances

Proposed Bill: Partial Amendment to the Act of Corporate Governance of Financial Companies Proposed by Rep. Lee Jung-mun (Democratic Party of Korea) ● In response to recent financial incidents such as the misselling of funds and large-scale embezzlements, this amendment is part of ongoing efforts to promote responsible management within the financial sector. The core objective of the amendment is to establish unified disciplinary standards for employees across all financial companies when inte

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