tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post1203504506224668463..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Statistics on foreigners in Korea, and the ROK before the CERDmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-75317085852366710492012-09-07T14:31:22.391+09:002012-09-07T14:31:22.391+09:00to be fair, if you watch that video there was a hu...to be fair, if you watch that video there was a huge number of questions asked (like 20 minutes worth), and i'm sure this wasn't the only one that wasn't answered.<br />i had no idea that the u.n. was that thorough in it's analysis of whether or not countries have followed the CERD guidelines, or that it had meetings like this in the first place. given everything that the government has to work on, i can sort of understand them not paying too much attention to HIV testing. i think resolving the issue of stateless children, for example, deserves a lot more attention than whether we foreign teachers are offended by a policy or not.dcorkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403677387975698588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-1866877271390072632012-09-07T08:56:24.466+09:002012-09-07T08:56:24.466+09:00It appears that S. Korea will just ignore the CERD...It appears that S. Korea will just ignore the CERD. Why would they respond when they don't know how without looking or sounding stupid? I doubt they ever responded to the U.N. General, they're very own Ban, Ki-moon when he suggested they stop discriminating against native English teachers(requiring HIV/AIDS tests) so nobody really expects them to respond to anyone else connected with the U.N.do they?<br /><br />From the CERD meeting summary "Today’s conversation would be concerned with ‘rights realization’, in particular with regard to the Convention, as a basic for a peaceful and successful society. The State party’s enactment of the Refugee Act, which would come into force in 2013, was noted, as were new employment legislation for migrants, although the visa system was often very confusing."<br /><br />I don't think anyone from Korea Immigration Service or elsewhere could explain Korea's visa system?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com