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Real Reality
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 Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: Foreigners Face More Work-Related Risks Than Koreans |
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Foreigners Face More Work-Related Risks Than Koreans
By Kang Hyun-kyung, Korea Times (September 8, 2008)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/09/116_30720.html
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Foreign workers are more exposed than their Korean counterparts to industrial injury, but are often discouraged from seeking compensation when they are victims of work-related injuries, a lawmaker said Monday.
Rep. Kim Sang-hee of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) urged the Ministry of Labor to work out an effective plan to improve the human rights conditions of foreign workers and their health benefits..... |
UN Panel Faults Korean Emphasis on Homogeneity: Discrimination against foreigners found widespread
By Lee Eun-ju, JoongAng Ilbo (August 20, 2007)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2879475
UN Concern at 'Ethnocentric' Korea
Chosun Ilbo (August 20, 2007)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708200011.html
Foreigners Have a Hard Time in Korea � Report
Chosun Ilbo (January 30, 2007)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200701/200701300016.html
Foreigners Experience Difficulties in Living in Korea
by Jae-Dong Yu and Soo-Jung Shin, Donga.com (July 4, 2004)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004070522448 |
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mountainous
Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:35 am Post subject: |
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These comments are from the UN Concern at 'Ethnocentric' Korea article:
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| The committee praised the Korean government for the National Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and the Basic Act on the Treatment of Foreigners adopted in May and establishing an Interpretation Support Centre for Foreign Migrant Workers last year. |
This praise is just a work up to the suggestions that follow.
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| But it urged Korea work out better systematic devices and suggested the country legally guarantee equal rights for foreign workers and children born from international marriages in employment, marriage, residence, education, and interpersonal relations. |
A suggestion for a Korean legal system.
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It called for information about the history and culture of various ethnic groups and peoples to be included in elementary and secondary school textbooks. |
A suggestion about the content of Korean textbooks. Sparkling Korea! |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:18 am Post subject: The Poster Known as Real Reality |
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Madam/Sir:
Thanks for the post.
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