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Government Values Diplomacy over Freedom of Speech Regarding Propaganda to the North (Nov. 26, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
South Korean civic groups, such as the Fighters for Free North Korea and the Family Assembly Abducted to North Korea [sic], are reportedly sending about ten ...
Topic: Freedom of Speech
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Universal Health Plan and Citizens Abroad (Nov. 19, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Article 5 of the National Health Insurance Act of the Republic of Korea states that Korean nationals who reside in the country are national health insurance ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Free Trade Agreement (Nov. 03, 2008) by Constance Johnson
As of November 2008, a free trade agreement between South Korea and Cambodia will be in effect. According to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance of ...
Topic: Trade and Commerce
Jurisdiction: Cambodia / South Korea
Doctors Can Disclose Gender of an Embryo (Sep. 05, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Constitutional Court of South Korea ruled on July 31, 2008, that a Medical Law provision that bans doctors from telling parents the gender of their ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
New Rule to Sell Old Munitions (Jul. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Ministry of National Defense of South Korea has sold to the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Kazakhstan, at an extremely low price, old munitions that had been ...
Topic: Weapons
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Permanent Residence for Investors (Jun. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Korean government will ease the rule contained in the Immigration Control Enforcement Decree to give investors permanent resident status. Foreigners will be able to obtain ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Stricter Measures for Those Convicted of Sexual Violence Against Children (May. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
Ten- and eight-year-old girls (Hye-jin and Yae-seul) vanished in South Korea on Christmas day in 2007. A suspect was arrested in March 2008. He confessed that ...
Topic: Children
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Court Bans Executives from Switching to Rival Company for Certain Period (Apr. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Seoul Central District Court banned 13 former executives of Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Company from working for the rival company, STX Heavy Industries Company, ...
Topic: Trade and Commerce
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Legalizing Abortion to Be Considered (Mar. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare drafted a new policy in late 2007 to seek more realistic measures to address the growing number of ...
Topic: Abortions
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Plan to Reduce Ocean Dumping (Mar. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
South Korea dumped 2.02 million cubic meters of sewage from livestock farms, 1.71 million cubic meters of leftover food, and 1.61 million cubic meters of urban ...
Topic: Environment
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Trans Fat Labeling (Feb. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The amendment of the country's Food Sanitation Law made it possible for the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) to implement trans fat labeling regulations in ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
First Asbestosis Compensation Case (Jan. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
The Daegu District Court ordered an asbestos cloth making company to pay 160 million won in compensation to the bereaved family of a former worker on ...
Topic: Health and Safety
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Kim Dae-jung Kidnapping by KCIA Affirmed (Dec. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
The South Korean government made a report public in late October 2007, which concluded that the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) had seized former South Korean ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Foreign Remittance De-Regulation (Dec. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
The Korean Finance and Economy Ministry released the Foreign Currency System Improvement Plan on November 8, 2007. Korea currently allows a Korean person or firm to ...
Topic: Foreign Exchange
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Breast Cancer Survivor Regained Position in the Military (Nov. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
The Seoul Administrative Court rendered a judgment on October 4, 2007, that revoked the Defense Ministry's decision to discharge a female lieutenant colonel in the first ...
Topic: Disability
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Prison Abuse (Nov. 02, 2007) by Sayuri Umeda
The father of an inmate in a South Korean prison who was allegedly attacked by a guard filed a written statement complaining of the attack in ...
Topic: Human Rights
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Last updated: 11/26/2008