Various typed voice recorders are pictured as Jung Sung-churl, CEO of Auto Jungbo Co., demonstrates during his interview in Seoul, South Korea, August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean workers fed up with bullying are being increasingly emboldened by a new tougher labour law to secretly record alleged abuse or harassment by their bosses, boosting sales of high-tech audio and video devices.
Gadgets disguised as leather belts, eyeglasses, pens and USB sticks are all proving popular with employees in a country where abusive behaviour by people in power is so pervasive that there is a word for it - "gabjil".
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