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Topic: many foreign workers in Korea sometimes experience discrimination. And there are lots of conflicts.

1. Kim sung min The foreign worker who got violence from the Korean worker in the factory submitted a lawsuit to court. Korean worker hit foreign worker because the foreign worker couldn’t understand his word. The problem happened because of communication between Korean worker and foreign worker. Then, angry Korean worker threw a machine parts to the foreign worker. So, the foreign worker had a fit of apoplexy. He did not give any return. Furthermore, he does not have ability for charges of an operation. This article shows disregard about foreign worker and poor situation of foreign worker.

2. “47% say gender inequality serious problem” 03. 26. 2009 The Korea Herald by Cho Ji-hyun. A study on gender equality released yesterday said less than half of Koreans believed sexual discrimination was a serious issue at workplaces. In the survey of 1,000 people over age 20, gender inequality was a serious concern to about 47 percent of the respondents, said officials of the Labor Ministry, which conducted the research. It showed eight out of 10 people saw less sexual discrimination acts at their companies compared to the past. This is the first time that the number of people who perceived gender inequality as a serious workplace issue has fallen below 50 percent since the study was first conducted in 2006. Of the female respondents, more than 34 percent said they have experienced sexual discrimination involving salary, promotion, educational opportunities and skill development sessions. It can be evidence Korea still have sexual inequality problem.

3. “Dealing with racism in hagwon.”
2008. 06. 11 By Susan Kim. Korea Herald.
Because cram schools operate under their own particularities, racial discrimination is quite common and blatant among them. In many cases, the discrimination involves race, gender, age and sexual orientation. Hagwon hire fewer black people, and recruiting agencies are not active in matching such people with jobs.
The Korea Herald has reported on cases of blatant racism in the hagwon industry. One such case involved several schools and recruiters placing job ads for "white teachers only." I also heard a story of a telephone interview in which a hagwon owner, during his talk with a potential English teacher, hung up immediately upon learning that the applicant was black.
Korean people have some prejudgment based on unsubstantial facts about black people.

4. “Setting a precedent on racism” Paul Kerry and Matthew Lamers 2009.11.06
Hussain's incident was reported in national dailies in Korea extensively after prosecutors charged the assailant with contempt, the first time the charge has been applied to an alleged act of racism here. In a country with a rapidly rising foreign population, incidents of racism have been a hot topic of debate amongst many non-Koreans, but had so far escaped national debate in what is still a homogeneous society. There is still no law to protect foreigners from racial abuse (the attacker in this case has been charged with contempt). But there has been some progress on the issue. Hussain delivered a speech last month at the National Assembly that was organized by the opposition Democratic Party and National Human Rights Commission to debate a proposed anti-racism bill. The law has been proposed to give prosecutors legal grounds to act on crimes instigated by race.
Fortunately nowadays in Korea there is some movement to protect foreign workers who live in Korea. But Korean’s thought have changed very slowly compared formal change like law.

5. “Are 'foreigner only' rules legal?” Benjamin K. Wagner 2009.07.24 Korea Herald
Some foreigner needed a new cell phone. But as a foreigner in Korea, that worker quickly found that options were limited. There are models galore, but complicated Korean rules turn something as simple as buying a phone into an exercise in futility. Everything depends on his visa status. A recent visit to one store was typical. Did he have a national ID, the counter guy asked. He produced his Alien Registration Card, and the man brought out a chart matching up visa types with cell phone plans. Why is that? The answer is usually that the foreigner is considered a "flight risk." While the citizen may be more risky financially, the reasoning goes, the foreigner could always flee the jurisdiction altogether