South Korea / Myanmar

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INFO: South Korea anti-corruption agency expands online service
South Korea’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission is expanding its online petition service to offer easier access to Koreans living overseas, adding that it also will start offering the service in more foreign languages.
Read more in The Korea Herald. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160204001072

INFO: South Korea’s new labor guidelines making it easy to axe whistleblowers?
The Supreme Court ruled illegal the sacking of a whistleblower by South Korea's largest telephone company, prompting labor rights advocates to renew their opposition to two new labor laws they claim make it easier for companies to harass employees who expose corruption.
Read the story by Kang Min-Kyung, in Korea IT Times. http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/58074/will-s-korea%E2%80%99s-two-new-labor-guidelines-make-it-easy-axe-whistleblowers

INFO: Myanmar business leader puts corruption at top of new govt priorities
At a conference in Yangon organized by the International Finance Corporation, local business leader Serge Pun said fighting corruption should be a top priority of the new government because corruption has a pervasive effect on the business sector, with firms that pay bribes becoming more likely to disregard rules.

Read the story by Steve Gilmore, in Myanmar Times. http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/18813-pun-puts-corruption-at-top-of-nld-priorities.html

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