Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be insured as an individual or as part of a group (scheduled to take effect on March 12, 2015). However, there are still controversies over who should judge their mental capability and the vagueness of the concept. In relation to this, the government’s reservation on Article 25 (e) of the Convention remains effective. Due to the lack of medical and statistical research on insurance and disabilities, persons with disabilities still face discrimination in the purchase of insurance. 2) Recommendation The government should withdraw its reservation on Article 25 (e) of the Convention, and let insurance companies conduct risk evaluations on persons with disabilities based on objective data and provide insurance services by providing them with medical and statistical data on the mortality rate, illness incidence rate and accident rate of persons with disabilities, so that persons with disabilities will no longer face unreasonable discrimination. 14. Article 27. Work and employment 14.1 Exemption of persons with disabilities from the minimum wage regulation 1) Current status and problems ① The Minimum Wage Act provides that an employer may not pay the legal minimum wage to persons acknowledged to have a mental or physical disability which significantly impedes the undertaking of a job, upon the approval of the Minister of Employment and Labor. ② According to the data submitted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to the National Assembly during the parliamentary audit in October 2013, 73 (53%) out of 138 workplaces designated as facilities manufacturing products by NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 33