http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn Your Source for Social News and Networking Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:16:07 CST en http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=migrant-women-still-suffer-discrimination http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=migrant-women-still-suffer-discrimination Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=migrant-women-still-suffer-discrimination Some 41.3 percent of foreign-born women married to Korean men say they have experienced discrimination, according to a 2012 survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The figure rose 4.9 percentage points from 36.4 percent in 2009.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=fake-asylum-seekers-nabbed http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=fake-asylum-seekers-nabbed Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=fake-asylum-seekers-nabbed Twenty-one foreigners from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Burma have been caught falsely applying for asylum to extend their stay, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday. They were caught by immigration officials paying brokers to illegally obtain refugee status in Korea.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-embassy-to-hold-topik http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-embassy-to-hold-topik Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-embassy-to-hold-topik BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Embassy of the Republic of Korea announced through a press release that it would be organising a Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK), to be held on October 28 at the IBM. Centre of UBD, Borneo Bulletin reported.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=registered-expats-in-korea-hit-1-4-million http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=registered-expats-in-korea-hit-1-4-million Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=registered-expats-in-korea-hit-1-4-million More foreigners are living in Korea each year. The number of alien registrations has already jumped to 1.409 million in 2012, up from 1.139 million at the end of 2010, according to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=vietnamese-migrant-wives-now-outnumber-chinese http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=vietnamese-migrant-wives-now-outnumber-chinese Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=vietnamese-migrant-wives-now-outnumber-chinese Vietnamese women who married Korean men for the first time outnumbered their counterparts from China last year. In a report published last week, Lee Sang-lim of the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs said 7,636 Vietnamese women married Korean men in 2011, slightly outnumbering their 7,549 Chinese counterparts.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=n-korean-regime-fleeces-overseas-workers http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=n-korean-regime-fleeces-overseas-workers Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=n-korean-regime-fleeces-overseas-workers North Korean agents abroad have been ordered to squeeze expatriate laborers for US$167 a month each on top of the hefty cut the regime officially takes from their earnings.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=healing-school-to-open-for-young-n-korean-defectors http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=healing-school-to-open-for-young-n-korean-defectors Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=healing-school-to-open-for-young-n-korean-defectors SOUTH KOREA _ An organisation dedicated to helping North Korean defectors plans to open a school next month to educate and heal the physical and psychological wounds of young refugees from the North.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=daily-nk-north-korea-cant-stop-the-defections-forever http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=daily-nk-north-korea-cant-stop-the-defections-forever Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=daily-nk-north-korea-cant-stop-the-defections-forever The North Korean authorities have been working tirelessly ever since Kim Jong Eun came to power to limit the number of people defecting, and the policy has met with some success. However, most experts agree that it will be impossible for the regime to continue doing so indefinitely.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=gov%E2%80%99t-overhauls-subsidies-for-nk-defectors http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=gov%E2%80%99t-overhauls-subsidies-for-nk-defectors Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=gov%E2%80%99t-overhauls-subsidies-for-nk-defectors The Ministry of Finance and Strategy in charge of allocating the national budget is currently reviewing spending on North Korean defectors living in the South.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korea-to-permit-more-foreign-workers-next-year http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korea-to-permit-more-foreign-workers-next-year Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korea-to-permit-more-foreign-workers-next-year Korea will allow more foreigners to work in the country next year to cope with rising demand for labor in the manufacturing sector.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=deportation-of-illegal-aliens-is-constitutional http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=deportation-of-illegal-aliens-is-constitutional Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=deportation-of-illegal-aliens-is-constitutional The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the deportation of illegal aliens after putting them into custody is constitutional.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreigners-face-tougher-criminal-health-checks http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreigners-face-tougher-criminal-health-checks Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreigners-face-tougher-criminal-health-checks The government will tighten entry rules for foreign workers as part of its efforts to keep out immigrants with criminal records or infectious diseases

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-citizenship-to-become-even-more-difficult-to-attain http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-citizenship-to-become-even-more-difficult-to-attain Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-citizenship-to-become-even-more-difficult-to-attain The Korean government announced on June 20 that they will submit a revised Nationality Act in a plenary session by the end of this year. According to the revised act, foreign workers, marriage immigrants and Korean residents abroad would have to obtain permanent residency before they can acquire Korean nationality. With enforcement, foreigners staying in Korea wo

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=north-koreans-meet-chinese-demand-for-cheap-labor http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=north-koreans-meet-chinese-demand-for-cheap-labor Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=north-koreans-meet-chinese-demand-for-cheap-labor Rising labor costs in China have hit some companies hard, particularly in low-end manufacturing.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-8-n-korean-defectors-arrive-in-seoul http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-8-n-korean-defectors-arrive-in-seoul Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-8-n-korean-defectors-arrive-in-seoul Eight North Korean defectors who fled a logging camp in Russia arrived in South Korea earlier this month. According to a government source, the eight defectors arrived in Seoul aboard a Russian passenger jet on April 13 with the aid of the South Korean Embassy in Moscow.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=china-stops-n-korean-deportations-over-rocket-report http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=china-stops-n-korean-deportations-over-rocket-report Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=china-stops-n-korean-deportations-over-rocket-report China has stopped sending fleeing North Koreans back across the border, in retaliation for Pyongyang failing to consult its ally over last week's rocket launch, a Japanese report said Wednesday.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-society-ambivalent-about-foreign-labor http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-society-ambivalent-about-foreign-labor Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=korean-society-ambivalent-about-foreign-labor In the wee hours of a freezing day in January, hundreds of people, mostly middle-aged men, were lining up in front of a branch office of the Employment and Labor Ministry in Uijeongbu north of Seoul.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=china-to-let-n-koreans-leave-for-s-korea-report http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=china-to-let-n-koreans-leave-for-s-korea-report Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=china-to-let-n-koreans-leave-for-s-korea-report Some of the North Korean fugitives who have taken refuge for many months in South Korean consulates in China will soon be allowed by Beijing to leave for Seoul, a report said Wednesday.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=un-envoy-indirectly-presses-china-not-to-repatriate-nk-defectors http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=un-envoy-indirectly-presses-china-not-to-repatriate-nk-defectors Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=un-envoy-indirectly-presses-china-not-to-repatriate-nk-defectors GENEVA (Yonhap) -- The U.N. special envoy on North Korean human rights made a thinly veiled request on Monday that China not send back North Korean defectors in its territory to their communist homeland, saying most of the fleeing North Koreans are "asylum-seekers."

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=50-north-korean-orphans-flee-to-china-legislator http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=50-north-korean-orphans-flee-to-china-legislator Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=50-north-korean-orphans-flee-to-china-legislator SEOUL (AFP) — Some 50 North Korean orphans are hiding in China after fleeing their impoverished homeland, a South Korean legislator involved in a high-profile campaign to help such refugees said Thursday.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=n-koreans http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=n-koreans Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=n-koreans PYONGYANG:l North Korean defectors warned that some 30 refugees in China risked severe retribution if they are sent back, as they joined US lawmakers in urging Beijing to halt plans for repatriation.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=smaller-firms-demand-more-foreign-workers-survey http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=smaller-firms-demand-more-foreign-workers-survey Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=smaller-firms-demand-more-foreign-workers-survey One out of two workplaces that employ foreign workers said the government must increase its quota for the foreign workforce, according to a recent survey conducted by the Korean chamber on Thursday.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreign-nationals-make-up-3-percent-of-population http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreign-nationals-make-up-3-percent-of-population Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreign-nationals-make-up-3-percent-of-population The number of foreign nationals in Korea hit an all-time high this year, making up 3 percent of the country’s total population.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=migrant-workers-flock-to-gimhae http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=migrant-workers-flock-to-gimhae Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=migrant-workers-flock-to-gimhae Migrant workers are flocking to the southeastern city of Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, looking for jobs at small and mid-sized firms.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-envoy-to-address-problem-of-korean-sex-workers-in-australia http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-envoy-to-address-problem-of-korean-sex-workers-in-australia Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-envoy-to-address-problem-of-korean-sex-workers-in-australia The Foreign Ministry on Sunday dispatched the special ambassador for overseas Koreans and consular affairs, Moon Ha-yong, to Australia after reports that there are more than 1,000 Korean sex workers there.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=un-concerned-about-nkorea-asylum-seekers http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=un-concerned-about-nkorea-asylum-seekers Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=un-concerned-about-nkorea-asylum-seekers UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. investigator for human rights in North Korea said Wednesday he's concerned about the growing number of asylum seekers leaving the country, with nearly 870 arriving in Thailand in the first quarter of this year.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=bill-submitted-to-improve-migrant-worker-visa-rules http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=bill-submitted-to-improve-migrant-worker-visa-rules Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=bill-submitted-to-improve-migrant-worker-visa-rules A governing party lawmaker has submitted a revision bill seeking to ease restrictions on renewing work visas for migrant workers and prevent them from being deported due to unfair treatment or law violations by employers.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=e-7-visas-available-for-qualified-migrant-workers http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=e-7-visas-available-for-qualified-migrant-workers Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=e-7-visas-available-for-qualified-migrant-workers Foreign workers with certain qualifications can now change their visa status from one of Non-Professional Employment or Working Visit to an upgraded General Work visa, also known as the E-7.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=seoul-offers-free-korean-and-it-lessons-to-expats http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=seoul-offers-free-korean-and-it-lessons-to-expats Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=seoul-offers-free-korean-and-it-lessons-to-expats Seoul city government is offering free Korean and computer lessons in the nation’s biggest Central Asian town in Gwanghui-dong, Jung-gu, where foreigners from Russia, Mongolia and Uzbekistan have gathered and formed their own community since 1990.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreign-residents-in-korea-face-poverty-discrimination http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreign-residents-in-korea-face-poverty-discrimination Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreign-residents-in-korea-face-poverty-discrimination Though there are 45,475 foreign permanent residents in the country, just 0.2% (97) of them are high-earners with a doctoral degree, a study has found. Six in ten are employed as irregular workers. Although the government is opening the door to immigration to deal with the low birth rate and aging population, the immigration policy aimed at producing a low-le

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=for-many-working-in-korea-is-dream-come-true http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=for-many-working-in-korea-is-dream-come-true Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=for-many-working-in-korea-is-dream-come-true For the past three years, the Bangladeshi native has worked at YG-1, a company that makes cutting tools in Ansan, Gyeonggi, earning 1.6 million won ($1,490) per month.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=state-programs-diversifying-for-multicultural-families http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=state-programs-diversifying-for-multicultural-families Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=state-programs-diversifying-for-multicultural-families Unfamiliar with the Korean language and culture, many immigrant spouses and their multicultural families here suffer from social challenges and sometimes domestic feuds.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=200-n-koreans-still-working-in-strife-torn-libya-official http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=200-n-koreans-still-working-in-strife-torn-libya-official Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=200-n-koreans-still-working-in-strife-torn-libya-official SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- More than 200 North Koreans are still working in Libya, an official said Wednesday, despite ongoing violence between rebels and forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=the-korean-dream-becomes-nightmare http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=the-korean-dream-becomes-nightmare Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=the-korean-dream-becomes-nightmare Korea has expressed concerns over the clash that occurred last week when job seekers were refused application forms, noting that the situation that day was "pretty bad." Arriving at the distributing centre in Colombo, the Police Park grounds on Tuesday, on receiving information that there was an issue, Korean Ambassador Jongmoon Choi had observed that the situation

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=work-on-2nd-settlement-center-for-defectors-gets-under-way http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=work-on-2nd-settlement-center-for-defectors-gets-under-way Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=work-on-2nd-settlement-center-for-defectors-gets-under-way Ground was broken on a second resettlement center for North Korean defectors in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province on Thursday.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreigners-ordered-to-submit-fingerprints http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreigners-ordered-to-submit-fingerprints Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=foreigners-ordered-to-submit-fingerprints The Ministry of Justice has announced that foreigners who come to Korea and stay for more than 90 days are now required to submit their fingerprints and mug shots.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=u-s-wants-seoul-to-do-more-against-human-trafficking http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=u-s-wants-seoul-to-do-more-against-human-trafficking Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=u-s-wants-seoul-to-do-more-against-human-trafficking The U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report 2011 published on Monday depicts South Korea as a "source, transit, and destination country for men and women subjected to forced prostitution and forced labor." But the report mostly repeats what the U.S. government has been saying in previous editions, and experts say some of the allegations are unfounded.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=more-foreigners-stay-in-korea-for-longer http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=more-foreigners-stay-in-korea-for-longer Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=more-foreigners-stay-in-korea-for-longer The number of long-term foreign residents in Korea increased drastically last year, a reflection of the economic recovery.

In figures released on Tuesday, Statistics Korea said the number of foreigners staying more than 90 days increased by 97,000 last year. Some 64,000 Chinese nationals topped the list at 66 percent, followed by Vietnamese (13,000),

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=number-of-n-korean-defectors-to-thailand-jumps-50-fold http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=number-of-n-korean-defectors-to-thailand-jumps-50-fold Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=number-of-n-korean-defectors-to-thailand-jumps-50-fold The number of North Koreans escaping to Thailand has jumped more than 50-fold in six years.

1 Vote(s) ]]> http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-illegal-north-korean-migrants-on-rise http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-illegal-north-korean-migrants-on-rise Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST jacobo Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea http://smc.org.ph/smc_amn/story.php?title=-illegal-north-korean-migrants-on-rise Thai authorities have rejected South Korea's proposal to build a coordination centre to deal with North Koreans illegally entering the country over concerns that it might encourage more inflows of migrants from the communist nation.

1 Vote(s) ]]>