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Court denies Egyptian refugee status for homosexuality

An Egyptian man lost a suit he filed for refugee status, citing he would be persecuted in his home country for being homosexual. The 26-year-old man, whose identity was withheld, filed a suit against the chief of the Seoul Immigration Office in May 2014. The Supreme Court said Wednesday it overturned the Seoul High Court’s ruling and sent the case back.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-12 16:33

Law revision sought for better protection of migrant kids

A lawyers’ group is seeking to revise a law to allow unregistered migrant children to report cases of abuse without fear of being deported. Migrant children refer to those under the age of 18 who do not have Korean nationality. They are those who have either come to Korea with their parents or children who are born to foreign parents here. In Korea, about 20,000 out of over 1...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-11 16:51

Gov't hit for bungling over refugee policy

Yosaf is one of the very few to have been granted refugee status in Korea. Born in 1990, he escaped Eritrea, the horn of Africa, during a war at age 12 after both his parents died. In 2014, he obtained refugee status in Korea - a great fortune in a country that has accepted less than six percent of applicants over the last two decades. Despite this, he struggles to get by because of the first six digits of his alien registration card number: 910000. As more people seek asylum in Korea, this is likely to become increasingly problematic and in need of government attention. The alien registrati...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-07-03 17:29

Kwangdong Pharm boasts success via business portfolio diversification

Kwangdong Pharmaceutical has successfully diversified its business portfolio, leading the industry in which many struggle to find a sustainable growth engine amid growing pressure to develop high-quality products, the company said Wednesday.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-06-28 21:41

Victims of S. Korea's dark history still searching for justice

Thirty years after the atrocities of the Brothers Home were brought to light, much still remains in the dark, its former inmates said during a conference, Tuesday, at the National Assembly. Six survivors from the detention center spoke of the horrors - forced labor, beatings, rapes and killings - that continue to haunt them, as they pled for justice. The victims urged the Moo...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-06-28 17:09

Forum discusses protection for single mothers

Last week, police in Busan found two dead babies in a refrigerator in a couple뭩 apartment. The woman living in the apartment was the mother of the babies. However, they had different fathers, other than her current live-in boyfriend. The woman told police that she had killed them out of fear the now ex-boyfriends would break up with her. Scholars, lawmakers and activists said...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-06-26 17:58

Entrepreneur solves residential problems

When Toad Housing launched in 2010, Seoul had an estimated 80,000 empty houses. The houses were mainly 40- to 50-year-old buildings which were abandoned because the owners failed to sell them and remodeling costs were too pricy. The empty houses were contributing to crime rates.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-06-23 16:52

Rage rises as people grapple with economic inequality

A recent series of incidents is raising a red flag about the rising tide of rage in South Korea, a country where some 51 million live under hyper-competition in all aspects of life, including education and housing. On Sunday, police in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, said they were questioning a 55-year-old man for stabbing an internet services repair man multiple times ...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-06-23 11:32

3 medical professors win cancer research award

Three medical professors have won the Kwangdong Award for Cancer Research for their achievement in the study of oncology, Kwangdong Pharmaceutical said Thursday. The awardees are Kim Jeong-seon, oncology professor at the National Cancer Center; Lee Hyuck, international medicine professor at the Samsung Medical Center; and Lim Myong-cheol, gynecology professor at the National ...

Diseases & welfare | 2017-06-22 20:07

Unwanted name for namesakes: Park Geun-hye

People with the same name as Park Geun-hye, the former president who is now on trial for corruption after being impeached in March, are flocking to the district Family Court to have their names changed.

Diseases & welfare | 2017-06-22 16:44

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