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Central, local governments hit over gender insensitivity

Pregnancy and childbirth information on a website run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government has been criticized for stereotyped gender perception. Captured from internetBy Bahk Eun-jiThe central and local governments have been criticized for their outdated perception of gender roles, after the city government published content related to pregnancy that was found to contain a number of statements readers found to be discriminatory. The Seoul Metropolitan Government opened a website, “Pregnancy and childbirth information center,” in 2019, to provide information on pregnancy, childbirth and relevant services provided by the city government.However, some of the information on the website about pregnancy implied that only women are responsible for housework and childcare.In the “preparation during end-of-pregnancy” section, the website said a woman who is likely to deliver a baby in a couple of weeks needs to prepare side dishes so her husband can eat while she is away from home after giving birth, as she has to spend days or weeks in hospital or at a postnatal care

Jan 6, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Central, local governments hit over gender insensitivity

Small business owners seeking group action against distancing rules

A coffee shop owner stands as part of a one-person relay protest arranged by an alliance of coffee shop owners from across the country in front of the National Assembly, Wednesday, to protest the government's social distancing measures, aimed at stemming COVID-19 infections, which have banned them from offering dine-in service. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeAn increasing number of small business owners who run coffee shops, PC rooms, bars and gyms are taking group action, such as relay protests and a constitutional appeal, against the government's enhanced social distancing measures that have banned or restricted their operations.The complaints of shop owners, who have already had a tough year due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, have grown especially after the government extended the Level 2.5 social distancing measures ― the second-highest in the five-tier system ― for the greater Seoul area and the Level 2 measures for other parts of the nation until Jan. 17, as infections show no sign of slowing down.The owners claimed that the continued restrictions have seriously threatened their sur

Jan 6, 2021By Jun Ji-hye
Small business owners seeking group action against distancing rules
  • Korea to provide relief funds to small business owners by Lunar New Year's holiday

Owners of coffee shops, bars, internet cafes join protest against 'unfair' virus restrictions

A cafe owner holds a protest against the government's "unfair" coronavirus restrictions imposed on certain types of businesses, in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. YonhapCoffee shops, bars and internet cafes have joined a growing list of businesses protesting the government's coronavirus restrictions, with shop owners lighting signboards, staging demonstrations and petitioning the Constitutional Court. The shop owners say the restrictions are applied unfairly, allowing some businesses to reopen while shuttering others, and without any promise of proper compensation for their losses.The complaints have grown since the government extended Level 2.5 social distancing measures in the capital area until Jan. 17, but with exceptions for certain facilities, including small-sized hagwon (private academies) and ballet and taekwondo schools, which can now hold classes of up to nine children at a time."After seeing how the government eased restrictions for taekwondo (schools) in response to their protests, I decided that cafe owners should have someone to represent them, too,

Jan 6, 2021
Owners of coffee shops, bars, internet cafes join protest against 'unfair' virus restrictions
  • Owners open gyms in defiance of 'unfair' virus restrictions

New cases below 1,000 for 2nd day amid tentative signs of slowdown

A man wearing protective suits sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus near a makeshift clinic in Seoul, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. APSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 1,000 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday amid signs of a slowdown, while nursing homes and churches continued to be hot spots for virus outbreaks despite extended virus curbs. The country added 840 more COVID-19 cases, including 809 local infections, raising the total caseload to 65,818, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).Wednesday's daily caseload rose from 715 on Tuesday but fell sharply from 1,020 on Monday when mass infections from a Seoul prison and nursing homes were reported. The average daily new cases stood at 863.9 and the reproduction rate stayed slightly below 1 over the past week.Twenty people died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours to raise the death toll to 1,027.Health authorities said the virus curve has been slowly flattening thanks to preemptive testing and social distancing rules, but they remained cautious over continue

Jan 6, 2021
New cases below 1,000 for 2nd day amid tentative signs of slowdown

Political circles seek heavier sentencing for child abuse

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun presides over a meeting with ministers of relevant government departments on child abuse prevention at the Government Complex Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapBy Jung Da-minHeavier sentencing for abusers of children is being discussed following the death of a 16-month-old baby girl at the hands of abusive parents.Public anger has been mounting over the case, after an investigative journalism program on local broadcaster SBS last weekend covered the story, which showed that the girl named Jung-in died last October after being habitually assaulted and abused by her adoptive mother for at least five months. It was found that a worker at the child's daycare center and others reported suspicions of child abuse to the police three times but the police did not take proper action as the parents denied the allegations. The adoptive mother has since been arrested.President Moon Jae-in also expressed his regret of the incident, saying the follow-up management system for adopted children needs an overall reexamination to prevent child abuse.“We need to strengthen managem

Jan 5, 2021
Political circles seek heavier sentencing for child abuse
  • Public anger intensifies over fatal child abuse

Experts call for cold chain preparation for vaccination

A medical worker conducts a coronavirus test at a makeshift testing center in front of Seoul Station, Tuesday. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiAhead of Korea's planned COVID-19 vaccination program that will start possibly next month, experts said a proper storage and distribution system is required so that vaccines can reach people ready to be used.The government has so far secured vaccine doses for 56 million people from four suppliers ― AstraZeneca, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen, and Pfizer ― as well as through COVAX, but multiple steps are required to deliver the glass vials of vaccine to local hospitals and medical institutions as most of them have to be refrigerated at certain temperatures. Among them, Moderna's vaccine has to be shipped at minus 20 degrees Celsius, and it can then be stored at that temperature for six months. Pfizer's vaccine must be kept at minus 70 degrees Celsius, and once unfrozen for administration, it must be administered within five days. Vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson's Janssen can be stored at a temperature similar to ordinary flu v

Jan 5, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Experts call for cold chain preparation for vaccination

Urging operation resumption for indoor gyms

Members of the Korea Functional Training Federation stage a performance during a protest in front of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea headquarters on Yeouido, Seoul, Tuesday, to call on the government to allow indoor gyms to resume operation, adding that social distancing rules against COVID-19 are not equally applied to sports facilities as taekwondo and ballet academies have been allowed to open. / Yonhap

Jan 5, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Urging operation resumption for indoor gyms

Correctional authorities cremate virus victim without notifying family

A staff member wearing protective gear stands in front of a vehicle at Seoul Dongbu Detention Center in Songpa District, Seoul, Tuesday, when a sixth mass round of COVID-19 testing was conducted among correctional officers and detainees. / YonhapBy Lee Hyo-jin Prison authorities, who have already been criticized for lax management resulting in mass COVID-19 infections at a prison, are under fire again as they allegedly cremated the body of an inmate who died as a result of infection by the coronavirus without notifying his immediate next of kin, according to the deceased's family, Tuesday.The Seoul Dongbu Detention Center, currently struggling with massive infection outbreak, had recently reported the first death of an inmate, Yoon Chang-yeol, 66, who had been serving out a four-and-a-half year jail sentence for fraud since 2018. According to the center, the inmate tested positive with the virus Dec. 23. After a court ordered medical parole, he was transferred to a hospital for treatment the next day, but died Dec. 27. He reportedly had an underlying disease, and had been receiving h

Jan 5, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Correctional authorities cremate virus victim without notifying family
  • New cases fall back sharply to 715 amid tighter virus curbs
  • Korea reports 2 more British COVID-19 variant cases

Korea reports 2 more British COVID-19 variant cases

A medical worker in a booth takes a sample from a woman during COVID-19 testing at a makeshift clinic in Seoul, Jan. 2, 2021. APSouth Korea's health authorities on Tuesday confirmed two more cases of a more transmissible variant from arrivals from Britain, bringing the total caseload here to 12.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the two people, who entered the country on Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 from Britain, respectively, were confirmed to have the new COVID-19 strain. The two tested positive for COVID-19 after landing and were immediately quarantined, meaning others in the community had no contact with them.However, the authorities said the possibility of the variant spreading to other passengers on the flight they were aboard cannot be ruled out. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the new variant, referred to as VOC202012/01, was identified through viral genome sequencing.Initial analysis indicates that the variant may spread more readily between people than the original virus, maybe up to 70 percent more transmissible than the old variant.The COVID-19 vi

Jan 5, 2021
Korea reports 2 more British COVID-19 variant cases
  • New cases fall back sharply to 715 amid tighter virus curbs
  • Correctional authorities cremate virus victim without notifying family

Owners open gyms in defiance of 'unfair' virus restrictions

A police officer is seen in an empty gym in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. In protest of the government's “unfair” coronavirus restrictions, some gym owners have opened their facilities. YonhapA growing number of gym owners have reopened their businesses this week in defiance of the government's coronavirus restrictions, claiming the rules are unfair and putting their livelihoods at stake.Indoor gyms in the capital area are subject to an assembly ban under Level 2.5 social distancing measures, which were recently extended by two weeks until Jan. 17. In announcing the extension, however, the government allowed ballet and taekwondo schools to hold classes of up to nine people, sparking an outcry among gym owners."A policy that applies different standards to the same type of indoor sports facility isn't fair," said Oh Seong-young, who runs a gym in Pocheon, 46 kilometers northeast of Seoul, and serves as the head of a gym owners' association."Gym operators reopened their businesses while following antivirus rules because we can't possibly continue to live like this," h

Jan 5, 2021
Owners open gyms in defiance of 'unfair' virus restrictions
  • New cases fall back sharply to 715 amid tighter virus curbs
  • Owners of coffee shops, bars, internet cafes join protest against 'unfair' virus restrictions
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