A 52 hour workweek system in South Korea aims at improving the quality of workers’ lives by reducing their laboring hours significantly and creating more jobs. It was implemented after the revised Labor Standards Act was sanctioned on 1 July 2018. This policy intends to shorten working hours and inc

Even a few years ago, the nation didn’t disclose the personal information of sexual criminals. In those days, citizens didn't pay a lot of attention to the issue of sexual offenders. This is partly because they assumed that sexual crime did not occur frequently. People usually thought that kind

Korea is now in a moral dilemma. According to the Jeju Immigration and Foreign Affairs Office, 561 people entered Jeju Island this year, and 549 of them applied for refugee application as of June 20th. This is twelve times the amount of Yemeni refugees as this time last year. These Yemeni refugees l

Nowadays, Korean people have been suffering more from fine dust than other countries in Asia. Korea and China, especially, have been experiencing severe air pollution problems. It has been a significant issue in Korea, and people have demanded the government to take some measures to reduce the damag

Let’s figure out whether our university center has been playing their role adequately or not. Yeungnam University enacted the Regulation on Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Abuse in November 2001 and established a Gender Equality Center in accordance with this regulation. Fol

Korea is embroiled with appalling revelations by women who have been sexually abused by men. This is the ‘Me Too movement.’ This movement started with a public prosecutor Seo Ji-hyun’s disclosure of sexual harassment from Ahn Tae-geun who was a senior Justice Ministry official at the time. Her discl

On 16 April 2014, one of the most tragic accidents in Korea occurred: the Sewol Ferry Disaster. It took a lot of victims and created unutterable grief and suffering for our nation. The Sewol Ferry, headed to Jeju island, capsized and sank while carrying 476 people in the morning of 16 April 2014. Mo

June 6 is Korea’s annual Memorial Day to honor the noble sacrifices of those who have fought for Korea. Korea has undergone a number of difficult times in its history, including the Korean War and the Japanese Colonial Period, and a huge number of people sacrificed themselves to protect Korea. To ho

Do you know one of the painful aspects of Korea’s history – the comfort women? The term “comfort women” refers to women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War in order to enhance the morale of Japanese soldiers during the war.The Japanese forces who caused the worl

A job portal ‘Alba Chunguk’ has launched a new advertisement, slogan as “shining the new part-time job culture”. For making “proud” part-time job culture, it offers a free online employment contract and prepares events; offering a breakfast and compensation the cost of interview. However it wonders

What is ISIS?The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or “Daesh” is an extremist militant group which was declared in June 2014, self-proclaimed to be the caliphate or Islamic State. It is led by and composed of extremist Arabs from Iraq, Syria, as well as some other countries. As of March 2015, t

IARC(International Agency for Research on Cancer), a WHO(World Health Organization) affiliated organization, announced ‘processed meat’ is a first division of carcinogen and ‘Red meat’ is SecondA division of carcinogen on October 26th. In the manufacturing process, ‘PAH(Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarb

A security bill including 11 collective self-defense rights has passed in the Japan parliament. There were 144 delegates who voted for the bill while 90 were against the law. In the past, Japan was only able to protect their nation according to Article 9 1) of the Japanese Constitution 2). However,

The Greek financial situation has been known to fluctuate throughout history. There have been some low times caused by civil war, political instability and simple economic mismanagement; but there has also been periods of boom or growth. Most recently, the boom period experienced immediately after j

Have you heard of these people who escape to alive? In a Middle Eastern country, Syria, which is about 7,000 km far away from Korea; 11.6 million among 23 million Syrian have left their country, and many countries’ heads of state are troubled about what to do with Syrian refugees.Actually, the situa

The Constitutional Court ruled that the ‘Name verification’ legislation is constitutional on July 26th, which will be applied to the election period. The main reason for this is that during an election period, propaganda and false information are circulated. The media could test public confidence th

Last August, two Korean soldiers sustained serious injuries such as amputations due to mines that North Korea had planted. Because of this North Korean military provocation, which violated the ceasefire agreement, the government of South Korea demanded an apology and punishment of the people in char

You have seen the recipes of Baik Jon-won on his TV program titled ‘My Little Television'? When he cooks on TV, live chat comments of his broad­cast are filled with the comment 'use sugar!' As evident of these comment boxes, the recipes of Chef Baik are famous of using lots of sugar.

A ‘Shut Down System’ is becoming a hot topic among some universities. ‘Shut Down System’ is blocking the Internet in dormitories at midnight. From March, POSTECH accom­plished a ‘Shut Down System’, and Yonsei University, Wonju Campus, Chungbuk University, KOREATECH, Mokpo National Maritime Unive

The controversy regarding labor reform legislation continues. Due to a strained relationship over differences between the Tripartite Commission and the Government, it seems unlikely that an agreement will be reached. As its reform has had difficulties from the beginning, labor reform cases occurring