A South Korean province removed more than 2,500 books on sex education, gender equality and feminism from school libraries.
The person behind the campaign claims the books promoted the “early sexualization” of children through “sexual explicitness” and the “promotion of homosexuality.”
Taiwan is the only "open" country in Asia, based on a report by Civicus. Japan and South Korea are categorized as "narrowed." As expected, Afghanistan, China and North Korea are "closed."
NARROWED: Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Timor Leste
OBSTRUCTED: Indonesia, Malaysia
REPRESSED: Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, India
CLOSED: HK, Vietnam, Laos, China, Myanmar, North Korea
“#NorthKorea has abolished key government organizations tasked with managing relations with #SouthKorea, state media said Tuesday, as authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un said he would no longer pursue reconciliation with his rival.”
#SouthKorea's National Assembly passed a bill to ban #deepfakes in #election campaigns, with violators facing up to seven years in prison or hefty fines.
#SouthKorea has proposed anti-#monopoly legislation targeting major online platforms to address concerns of market dominance, protect small businesses and ensure fair competition, with "dominant platform operators" facing restrictions on unfair practices.
"Passengers who have a visa to enter the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 32 countries of the European Union can stay in Korea visa-free for 30 days. Those who will be going to a third country not included in the previous list may also enter Korea visa-free for 3 days."
“#SouthKorea’s liberal opposition parties were expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election, initial exit polls suggested, a result that if confirmed would make conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol a lame duck for his remaining three years in office.” https://apnews.com/article/c362a024e6eff3d4a410927be00b4d0c
"All South Koreans have instantly become a year or two younger, as the country ditched its traditional – and increasingly unpopular – system for counting someone’s age and replaced it with the internationally accepted method.
Under the previous system, the country’s citizens are deemed to be a year old when they are born, and a year is added every 1 January. The unusual custom meant that a baby born on New Year’s Eve would become two years old as soon as the clock strikes midnight." #Korea#SouthKorea#calendar#birthday
The Republic of Korea (South Korea) provided indirectly 330,000 artillery shells (155mm) to Ukraine, making it a larger supplier for this kind ammunition than all European nations combined.
#SouthKorea's exploration team arrived at the candidate site for its future #Antarctic inland research station, aiming to become the sixth country with an interior presence focusing on climate change and polar research.
"Insisting that content providers pay usage fees is thus likely to affect a large number of content creators and end users in the country," writes John Lee.
Fewer Koreans are getting married due to rising costs of weddings and apartment rentals. In this context, the decrease in marriages may be the leading cause of the country's falling birthrate since most couples only have children after marrying.