Currently, in South Korea sexual abuse and hate crimes are on the rise and becoming a serious problem. There were some suspects whom were sentenced to death and some were not. For heinous crimes, the public demanded the death penalty. However, the death penalty has not been carried out since 1997, although there are 60 current… Continue Reading »
Republic of Korea Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 14th Session of the UPR Working Group Submitted 23 April 2012 Joint Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD). NGOs in General Consultative Status and Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC 1. CIVICUS: Alliance for Citizen Participation Web:… Continue Reading »
In amidst the recent South Korean Constitutional Court ruling that the failure to act by the South Korean government regarding comfort women, over 200,000 Asian women, majority Korean, who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, was deemed unconstitutional the South Korean ministry released that the Foreign Minister, Kim Sung-hwan,… Continue Reading »
News Briefs April 16~18, 2011 16 April 2011 National Police Agency to Root out Gender and Class Discrimination… Continue Reading »