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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Anti English Spectrum distributes pamphlets in Seoul part 2 [AKA the final post of the English Spectrum Incident series]

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The 2005 English Spectrum Incident Part 1:  English Spectrum and 'Ask The Playboy' Part 2:  The Kimchiland where it’s easy to sle...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Fringe Christian anti-gay group opposes ending HIV tests for E-2s

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In the wake of the Ministry of Justice announcing that it would no longer require HIV tests for foreign instructors, (reported in the Korean...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Yonhap: Controversy over discrimination prompts Korea to stop E-2 HIV tests

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[Update, July 12] Here's an article about the end of HIV testing which borrows from the article Benjamin Wagner and I wrote, though i...
Saturday, July 08, 2017

Justice Ministry announces it has ended HIV tests for English teachers

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The Korea Herald reported yesterday that South Korea has done away with mandatory HIV tests for English teachers: A controversial require...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

American Public Health Association urges UNAIDS to revoke ROK’s status as a country with no HIV-related travel restrictions

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In May of 2015 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ruled that Korea should drop its HIV testing requirements for fo...
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Monday, March 20, 2017

Strange bedfellows

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[Update, March 30: Gord Sellar has written about this article as well .] [Update, March 21: I added a link to the Rape Crisis Center (hat...
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Friday, March 10, 2017

Portrait of the ex-president as a young woman

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And so President Park has been impeached and an election is to follow. Interesting times, to say the least. As I'm researching the crack...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Korea Herald on HIV tests for English teachers

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The Korea Herald published an article the other day titled " Controversy persists over HIV test for English teachers ." The most i...
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