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Monday, June 13, 2011
Women Migrant Workers' Discrimination in Employment (South Korea Case)
This briefing looks primarily at the discrimination against women migrant workers in South
Korea. The South Korean National Assembly has, by enacting the Act Concerning the
Employment Permit for Migrant Workers (2003 EPS Act), begun a significant attempt to
protect the basic rights of migrant workers in South Korea. The Act prohibits discrimination
against foreign workers and is intended to give migrant workers legal status and to put an end
to human rights abuses against them2. However, short-comings in the implementation of the
Act reveal that migrant workers, especially women migrant workers, remain a vulnerable
community3. Details are found HERE.
Korea. The South Korean National Assembly has, by enacting the Act Concerning the
Employment Permit for Migrant Workers (2003 EPS Act), begun a significant attempt to
protect the basic rights of migrant workers in South Korea. The Act prohibits discrimination
against foreign workers and is intended to give migrant workers legal status and to put an end
to human rights abuses against them2. However, short-comings in the implementation of the
Act reveal that migrant workers, especially women migrant workers, remain a vulnerable
community3. Details are found HERE.
Amnesty International Report on Korea (2009)
Amnesty International is submitting this briefing to the UN Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights (the Committee) in view of its forthcoming examination of third periodic
report by the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on the implementation of the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Covenant) during its 43 session
between 2-20 November 2009. The briefing is not an exhaustive review of the government’s
implementation of the Covenant, but highlights specific concerns about the rights of migrant
workers.
In particular, this briefing looks at the failure of South Korea to respect and protect the rights
of migrant workers under Articles 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 of the Covenant. The briefing
summarises Amnesty International’s concerns around the treatment of migrant workers,
including their vulnerability to human rights and labour rights abuses because of the
restrictions on labour mobility; failure of the government to enforce and monitor health and
safety at workplaces, discriminatory treatment experienced by migrant workers; sexual
harassment and violence against female migrant workers ; failure to guarantee the right of
migrant workers to form trade unions, trafficking of female migrant workers for sexual
exploitation; and detention of migrant workers.
Detailed Report is available Here.
and Cultural Rights (the Committee) in view of its forthcoming examination of third periodic
report by the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on the implementation of the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Covenant) during its 43 session
between 2-20 November 2009. The briefing is not an exhaustive review of the government’s
implementation of the Covenant, but highlights specific concerns about the rights of migrant
workers.
In particular, this briefing looks at the failure of South Korea to respect and protect the rights
of migrant workers under Articles 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12 of the Covenant. The briefing
summarises Amnesty International’s concerns around the treatment of migrant workers,
including their vulnerability to human rights and labour rights abuses because of the
restrictions on labour mobility; failure of the government to enforce and monitor health and
safety at workplaces, discriminatory treatment experienced by migrant workers; sexual
harassment and violence against female migrant workers ; failure to guarantee the right of
migrant workers to form trade unions, trafficking of female migrant workers for sexual
exploitation; and detention of migrant workers.
Detailed Report is available Here.
Korea's New Revolutionaries
Solidarity - US in an article asserts that the rising militant working-class movement, revolutionary socialists in South Korea are undergoing a process of regroupment. An important force in this development are comrades of the Power of the Working Class (PWC) organization, formed in August of last year.
At a conference of various Asian Pacific Marxist groups from differing backgrounds held in Sydney, Australia called Marxism 2000, I was able to speak with Won Young-su, the International Coordinator of the PWC. The Marxism 2000 conference was initiated by the Australian Democratic Socialist Party.
For further details read Here
At a conference of various Asian Pacific Marxist groups from differing backgrounds held in Sydney, Australia called Marxism 2000, I was able to speak with Won Young-su, the International Coordinator of the PWC. The Marxism 2000 conference was initiated by the Australian Democratic Socialist Party.
For further details read Here
Arbitrary arrest and subsequent deportation of three trade union leaders (ROK)
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests urgent intervention (Dec 2007) in the following situation in South Korea.
More on crackdowns against migrantworkers can be read at jinbo.net.
Brief description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the arbitrary arrest and subsequent deportation to their countries of origin of Messrs. Kajiman Khapung, Raju Kumar Gurung and Abul Basher M. Moniruzzaman (Masum), three leaders of the Migrant Workers’ Trade Union (MTU), an affiliate of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). For details read HERE and another request by Amnesty Intl HERE.More on crackdowns against migrantworkers can be read at jinbo.net.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Multicultural Policy on Education in Korea
One of the latest, and most contentious, policy developments has been the move to establish the country’s first public high school exclusively for multi-ethnic children, due to open in Seoul in 2012 reported Korea Herlad in an article.
According to the Division of Education and Welfare Policy of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the school, pending public and parliamentary hearings, will primarily cater for older children born outside of the country who have been brought to Korea with limited knowledge of the language and culture.
The school was agreed upon in conjunction with The Presidential Commission on Social Cohesion. According to the ministry, it will help children of multicultural families adapt to Korean society and further their future job prospects.
Read the article in full HERE.
According to the Division of Education and Welfare Policy of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the school, pending public and parliamentary hearings, will primarily cater for older children born outside of the country who have been brought to Korea with limited knowledge of the language and culture.
The school was agreed upon in conjunction with The Presidential Commission on Social Cohesion. According to the ministry, it will help children of multicultural families adapt to Korean society and further their future job prospects.
Read the article in full HERE.
Types of Korean Visas
Types of Korean Visa , their names in English and Korean can be found here on wiki.
Saskia Sassen
Online book " Losing control: Sovereignty in an Age of Globalization" by Saskia Sassen can be read here.
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