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UN Special Rapporteur on the Status of Human Rights Defenders Visit Report
Special Rapporteur, Ms. Margaret Sekaggya, has completed her investigation on the status of human rights defenders here in South Korea and expressed concerns and recommended improvement. To implement...
View ArticleNational Intelligence Service to Control the Media
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) of Korea has become one of the most controversial issues in current events. Former NIS chief Won Sei-hoon and former Seoul police chief Kim Yong-pan have since...
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Civil Society Gathers to Discuss its Role Under Park’s Administration
Representatives from NGOs, corporations, and government gathered at Seoul YWCA on July 2nd for a forum held in celebration of the founding of an incorporated association, The Citizen. About 80 people...
View ArticleKorean Men are the Biggest Customers of Sex Trade in Southeast Asia
Korean men are the biggest customers of sex trade in the Southeast Asia region. The startling statistics were revealed on July 3rd, the “2013 International Symposium on Prevention of Sexual...
View Article[Opinion] Now Showing Suicidal Performance! WHAT?!
Now and then I hear bizarre stories but the recent death of Sung Jae Ki, the president of Men of Korea, pretty much topped the ones I heard thus far. Man of Korea (MOK), a non-profit male rights group,...
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[CSO] Inside Look: GREENPEACE: Anti-nuclear Expansion Project
http://blog.naver.com/gu9so?Redirect=Log&logNo=70172357582 One of the biggest campaigns the Greenpeace Korea works on is the anti-nuclear campaign. Korea has the highest nuclear density in the...
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Asia Democracy Network: Civil Society Platform in Asia Launched!
The Korea Human Rights Foundation (KHRF) in collaboration with the Korea Democracy Foundation (KDF), East Asia Institute (EAI), and the Center for Women and Politics under the umbrella of the Korea...
View Article[AHRC STATEMENT] SOUTH KOREA: Sad day to mark international human rights day...
[Statement Released by the Asia Human Rights Commission] SOUTH KOREA: Sad day to mark international human rights day for the villagers of Miryang, Gangjeong and the workers December 10, 2013 More...
View ArticleThe UN warns Korea over violating the rights to express and protest
Upon learning the cases of unfair dismissal of MBC and YTN union members as well as oppression of protesters of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction by the police, the UN warned the Korean...
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Don’t blame NGOs for NHRCK’s downgraded status
(Source: Chosun Monthly) After the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC, not to be confused with the International...
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