UN Official Condemns Korea for Racism Against Migrant Workers

If this guy wants to see real racism he should travel to North Korea:

A U.N. special rapporteur on racism and discrimination on Monday recommended that South Korea ratify the international convention on protecting rights of migrant workers, saying that there are “serious problems” of racial discrimination in the country.

Mutuma Ruteere, U.N. special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, is in Seoul to do research on situations involving racial discrimination, marking his first visit to South Korea. He has met with officials from the government and civic groups during his eight-day stay.

Ruteere said that South Korea has made “important progress” in addressing the issue of racism and xenophobia, given its history of ethnic and cultural homogeneity.

The country, however, now confronts “emerging challenges” due to an influx of foreigners and migrant workers who are contributing to social change and a shift from a migrant-sending country to a migration destination.  [Yonhap]

You can read more at the link, but there is going to be incidents where migrant workers are going to exploited especially if they are illegal immigrants.  Fortunately conditions are much better for immigrants in Korea compared to a decade ago.  For example the conditions the juicy girls in the villes used to live in were horrible compared to today.  If the UN is so concerned about racism in Korea than the best thing they could do is advocate against illegal immigration which allows unscrupulous employers to exploit workers.