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Sun, December 3, 2023 | 10:47

Employees with multicultural backgrounds suffer from poor working conditions: survey

Employees with multicultural backgrounds suffer from poor working conditions: survey

A large proportion of young adults and children with multicultural backgrounds and work experience here have suffered from unfair treatment, such as salaries that are lower than minimum wage and verbal abuse from employers, a survey showed Thursday.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2021-12-16 17:05

Court rules refugees eligible for public rental housing

Court rules refugees eligible for public rental housing

Foreign nationals who have refugee status in Korea have the same right to apply for public rental housing as Korean nationals, according to a local court ruling.

Yoon Ja-young | 2021-12-16 15:42

Afghan evacuees to be allowed to work on farms amid rural manpower shortage

Afghan evacuees to be allowed to work on farms amid rural manpower shortage

Afghan evacuees who came to Korea in August to escape from the Taliban regime in their homeland will be allowed to work as seasonal workers in the agriculture and fishery sectors, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced a set of measures to ease regulations on foreign worker recruitment for seasona...

Lee Hae-rin | 2021-12-15 16:33

Refugees, adoptees call for more tolerance in Korea

Refugees, adoptees call for more tolerance in Korea

A sense of belonging is often taken for granted by many people. But for those who are adopted by families from other countries or who have been forced to leave their homeland due to war or other political reasons, becoming refugees, a sense of belonging becomes something that needs to be acquired. The process of acquiring a new sense of belonging in a new country is highly ch...

Jung Da-min | 2021-12-14 16:36

Advocacy group launched to improve labor conditions for Cambodian migrant workers

Advocacy group launched to improve labor conditions for Cambodian migrant workers

In December last year, a Cambodian migrant worker in her 30s was found dead inside a greenhouse that was being used as accommodation for foreign workers at a farm in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province. The death shed light on the poor working and housing conditions of migrant workers here. A year has passed, but foreign employees in the agricultural sector still face long working hou...

Lee Hae-rin | 2021-12-14 15:22

French photographer visits same mountain 100 times

French photographer visits same mountain 100 times

French photographer Romain found inspiration high up the slope of Mount Samseong, a 481-meter mountain standing in southwestern Seoul and Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. His muse? Two pine trees growing out of a rocky cliff, viewable from a vantage point about 20 meters off a not very well traveled path.

2021-12-14 15:11

[RAS Korea] RAS Korea digitizes art historian Jon Carter Covell's 2,000 photos

RAS KoreaRAS Korea digitizes art historian Jon Carter Covell's 2,000 photos

Before there was a “K” anything, Dr. Jon Carter Covell was Korea's biggest “K-fan.” Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea has digitized her massive collection of more than 2,000 color slides, taken from the late 1970s to mid-1980s. So far, the project has been ongoing for almost one full year, thanks to Ms. Pak Ji-young volunteering to do the work by coming in one day a week. The...

2021-12-07 14:56

The Collective hosts 3rd annual Stories From Below art festival

The Collective hosts 3rd annual Stories From Below art festival

This weekend, The Collective will host an event featuring a day of standup comedy, theater, craft and visual art (which will be available for purchase), drag performances, spoken word, live original music, a DJ and more. The Collective, a performance arts and production company, is hosting the holiday edition of its Stories From Below arts festival.

2021-12-07 14:05

[Korea Encounters] 'Traitorous' translators tread carefully in Korean literature

Korea Encounters'Traitorous' translators tread carefully in Korean literature

While the global success of Korean popular culture obviously owes a great deal to its creators, the popularity of the TV series “Squid Game,” Bong Joon-ho's Best Picture Oscar for “Parasite” and the winning of the Booker International Prize by Han Kang for her novel “The Vegetarian,” all owe a great deal to their translators.

2021-12-07 03:45

South African singer-songwriter in Gwangju forges unique art event

South African singer-songwriter in Gwangju forges unique art event

For most weekend punters, the going out and “clubbing” experience can be rather predictable. Go to a bar, get a few drinks and some snacks, maybe play pool or some darts. Head out to a club, get down to some beats played by the DJ - and generally pay a premium for it.

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