Contagious Disease Prevention Act

1. Contagious Disease Prevention Act Article 2(3) (Definitions) – the term “contagious disease of Type 3” means . . . require[s] a continuous surveillance and the adoption of prevention measures against their outbreaks because they may spread intermittently: (a) Malaria; (b) Tuberculosis; (c) Hansen’s Disease; (d) Venereal disease . . . (r) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Benjamin K. Wagner

2. Immigration Control Act Article 11(1)1 (Prohibition of Entry) The Minister of Justice may prohibit the entry of . . . Persons carrying an epidemic disease, narcotic addicts or other persons deemed likely to cause danger and harm to the public health; Benjamin K. Wagner

3. Immigration Control Act Article 46(1)2 (Persons to be Deported) A person found to fall under any subparagraph of Article 11 (1) after entry; [i.e. non-citizens “carrying epidemic diseases” such as HIV/AIDS] The “Heo Case” example: 2008 deportation order for ethnic Korean non-citizen. Benjamin K. Wagner

4. AIDS Prevention Act Article 8(3) (Medical Examinations) those foreigners entering from overseas deemed “long-term sojourners” by executive order must submit a recent (less than one month old) HIV negative test result to the Minister of Health and Welfare before entering the Republic of Korea. Benjamin K. Wagner

5. AIDS Prevention Act Article 10(3) the HIV negative test results stated in Article 8(3) must be issued in English from a public testing institute or medical institute in the sending country of the visa applicant. Benjamin K. Wagner

6. AIDS Prevention Act (Enforcement Ordinance) Article 10(2) (Examination Subjects) The "long term sojourners" referred to in Article 8(3) of the Act who shall defined by executive order as follows: 1. Those who enter the country with the goal of sojourning for 91 days or more to engage in performance entertainment / show business, sports and entertainment-related businesses or activitiesin order to make a profit.

7. E-2 Visa Holders

8. “In Korea anyone can be an English teacher . . .” “Idiots, Redneck, Black Pig”, etc. “The world’s idiots come to Seoul . . . for free sex and alcohol . . .”

10. Pictures posted on the Internet in 2005

11. Korean women stalked and harassed for relationships with foreign men • Called “foreigners’ whores” • Several require psychiatric treatment because of the harassment

12. “Suspicious” Foreign male teachers tracked and profiled.

13. “Suspicious” Foreign male teachers tracked and profiled.

14. The “Anti-English” Citizens Group’s awarded by Seoul Police Department.

15. To the Newspapers (2006) From the Internet (2005)

16. “Tracking AIDS-Suspicious Foreign Language Teachers on the Blacklist” September 2006

17. “White English Teacher Threatens Korean Woman with AIDS” May 2007

18. “Beware of the Ugly White Teacher” May 2007

19. Investigative News Program: “Situation Report on Korea’s Blonde Haired Blue-Eyed Foreign Teachers” February 2005

21. June 2007 “Illegal foreign teachers are violating our Korean women.”

22. April 2008

23. February 2009

26. “Inside the head of a foreign English teacher”

27. E2 Visa Policy Meeting 23 October 2007 Sponsored by Korean Ministry of Justice Anti-English Citizen Group as participant

28. “Notice of the system for the improvement of the foreign language teaching (E-2) visa”

29. Proposal to Amend Immigration Act to Require Medical Tests for All Foreigner WorkersBill No. 3356 “nowadays a good many foreigners coming to Korea have previous convictions for drugs and sexual crimes or carry infectious diseases.”

30. From the Internet to Media to Government Policy (2005 – 2007)

31. Bill 3356 Amend Immigration Act Medical Tests for Any Foreign Worker (2008.12.30) E-2 Policy Memo (2007.11) E-2 Policy Meeting (2007.10.23)

33. February 2009 July 2009

34. “U.N. Secretary General Criticizes AIDS tests for Foreigners” “U.N. Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-Moon Recommends Korea Abandon HIV Immigration Policy”