수소차충전소 상업 준주거지역 설치 가능해진다, 국무회의 상정<br /><br />President Moon is overseas, but the South Korean cabinet held its regular meeting today.<br />They discussed moving forward with several measures -- one, to give a boost to the emerging hydrogen car industry.<br />Also, strengthening the protection of Koreans' personal information in the hands of foreign companies like Google and Facebook.<br />Kim Jiyeon has this report. <br />Various bills related to the economy and people's livelihoods were reviewed and deliberated upon on Tuesday at the tenth Cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon.<br />They included allowing the installation of charging stations for hydrogen vehicles... near commercial or residential areas... as part of efforts to promote the use of eco-friendly cars.<br />The prime minister also expressed his appreciation to the local taxi and private carpooling industries,... which reached a resolution last week.<br />"It's been the result of communication and concessions by both sides. It'll serve as an exemplary precedent for similar cases in the future."<br />Other agenda items included regulations that'll make it harder for private schools to fire or penalize staff members without reasonable cause... as well as measures to tackle sexual harassment.<br />Also, amendments to strengthen the protection of personal data stored by global IT giants, which have servers overseas, such as Google, Facebook and Apple,... were also discussed.<br />Under proposals,... the companies could be fined up to 18-thousand U.S. dollars if they don't designate a local representative to deal with the matter.<br />Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.
