One out of every four Southeast Asians living in Seoul has experienced discrimination, according to survey results released Tuesday.The poll of 333 expatriates living in Seoul, conducted by the Seoul Development Institute, found that Asians experience more discrimination than foreigners from OECD countries, which also include Japan.According to the poll, 25.9 percent of those from Southeast Asian

Minor but pervasive conduct of a sexual nature can be seen as sexual harassment, the state human rights watchdog said in a guidebook released Monday.The guidebook, by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, illustrates scenarios where offensive verbal, physical and visual conduct constituted sexual harassment, and advises on how to deal with such situations.The watchdog has distributed 12,0

Students here are using mobile phones as a tool in cyber bullying, according to a study released Monday.Professors from the Cyber University of Korea and Soongsil University conducted a survey of 718 middle school students in Seoul in 2008. Of the 715 that answered, 13.7 percent said they had been victims of bullying through their cell phone.According to the survey, one out of every seven students

January saw the highest ever competition ratio of young men applying to be enlisted in the Marine Corps, according to a report submitted to a lawmaker by the Military Manpower Administration on Sunday.The number of applicants for the Marine Corps for January was 4,553. The competition ratio of 4.5 to 1 is the highest since the MMA began tallying the number of applicants for the Marine Corps in 200

A native of Burundi, Ghyslaine Kamikazi is bringing her fresh perspective and foreign background to help raise Korea’s cultural sensitivity and hone its competitive edge in the global market.Kamikazi, who came to Korea four years ago for higher education, eagerly took the opportunity to gain experience as an intern for the Seoul city government this winter. The senior at Ehwa Women’s University is

Company denies illegal activityPolice said they have charged global Internet giant Google Inc. Thursday for their online location tracking service over allegations it violated Internet privacy laws here. According to the Cyber Terror Response Center, the National Police Agency’s Internet crime unit, the conglomerate’s “Street View” mapping service gathered private information from unencrypted wire

The age of legal adulthood is to be lowered from the current 20 to 19 under a revised civil law bill, officials said Wednesday.The bill, which was passed by the parliamentary Legislation and Judiciary Committee last month, is expected to be approved at a plenary session of the National Assembly next month, they said.When the revision takes effect in July 2013, young adults the age of 19 will be ab