<Table 8> Responses to Online Hatred
(Unit: %)
Groups/Levels of
Fully aware
Not clear
Not aware
7.2
34.1
58.7
7.1
34.6
58.3
Disabled persons
14.5
39.0
46.5
Migrants
24.6
29.4
46.0
Knowledge
Women
Sexual minority
groups
<Table 9> Responses to Offline Hatred
(Unit: %)
Groups/Levels of
Fully aware
Not clear
Not aware
7.7
33.2
59.1
9.8
32.9
57.3
Disabled persons
17.5
37.0
45.5
Migrants
31.0
29.4
39.7
Knowledge
Women
Sexual minority
groups
35. Development of measures is urgently needed as social minorities such as women,
sexual minority groups and disabled persons are victims of hatred in particular.
Rather than criminal regulations, it may be more important to achieve an
improvement in the environment of hate speech by creating an environment
where freedom of expression and values of anti-discrimination and equality are
realized at the same time. Therefore, it is required to stipulate prohibition of
hate speech in the National Human Rights Commission of Korea Act or an antidiscrimination law and take various and aggressive national measures including
the reinforcement of equality education and anti-hatred campaigns.
[9] Responses to Online Sexual Crime (List of Issues 10)
36. The Republic of Korea is no exception when it comes to the sexual harassment
or assault on the Internet including Social Network Sites that are being reported