[HanCinema's Digest] Culture Corner

Published on 2016/07/02

Understand the history of Korea's 'divorce culture', a new proposal could help Korean employees secure a better work-life balance, find out how Simon and Martina are doing after EYK, and is Korea letting its Muslim visitors down at the dinner table?

"South Korea ponders law to ban bosses contacting employees out of office hours"

Will South Korean employees soon be able to call their bosses out on out-of-office-hours emails and calls? In an attempt to strike a better work-life balance, a new bill has been proposed "for banning work-related communication from managers via phone calls, emails, text messages, or social media after office hours".

...READ ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

"Evolution of Divorce Culture in South Korea"

Here's an interesting read by Joseph Shin as he examines the evolution and history of divorce in South Korea: "In the 1980s and 1990s, the major reason cited for divorce was 'husband's domestic violence'. But from 2010 onward, it has changed to rather abstract discords between couples, like 'difference in personality'..."

...READ ON THE KOREA BIZWIRE

"Muslim patients exposed to 'forbidden food' in Korea"

Some Muslims aren't happy about the availability of halal foods in certain sectors, a recent survey by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute finds. "South Korea has no diverse halal foods and there is a difficulty in purchasing the necessary ingredients [...] There is a need to diversify halal foods by establishing a network of information on halal restaurants and stores".

...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES

"Vloggers Simon and Martina: 'We feel like we need to whisper in our own house'"

Okay, so we know Simon and Martina have moved on from Eat Your Kimchi (now Eat Your Sushi), but if you miss this explosive blogging duo and all their curious Korean adventures, you'll appreciate this short and sweet interview recently published in The Japan Times...

...READ ON THE JAPAN TIMES