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Human rights are about 'having a dream,' North Korean defectors say at UN panel discussion in Seoul

North Korean defectors underscored that human rights weren’t an abstract ideal but the ability to speak, make choices and imagine a future in everyday life during a panel in Seoul on Monday to mark International Human Rights Day.

2025-12-15

Lee nominates human rights lawyer as chief state auditor

President Lee Jae Myung has nominated human rights lawyer Kim Ho-cheol as the new chief of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI), the presidential office said Sunday.

2025-12-07

With census counting same-sex partnerships, hope rises for recognition

After 12 years of saving through Korea’s national housing subscription program, one Seoul resident came to a painful realization: They might never be eligible for the benefits they had spent years preparing for.

2025-11-20

Britain reviews human rights laws in major shake-up of asylum policy

Britain will overhaul its approach to human rights laws to make it easier to deport migrants who arrive in the country illegally as part of a major shake-up of asylum policy to be set out on Monday.

2025-11-17

U.S. lawmaker reintroduces North Korean human rights reauthorization act

A U.S. lawmaker has reintroduced a bill to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act aimed at promoting rights and freedom in the reclusive state, Congress's website showed Monday, as the authorization of the act expired in 2022.

2025-11-11

'Koreans know what it means to be a refugee,' says UNHCR chief in Seoul

What Korea and Japan need is a sound asylum system allowing refugees to become self-reliant and gain better access to social resources and opportunities, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said.

2025-10-21

Korea's human rights commission rules professor violated student privacy by exposing grades

Korea’s human rights watchdog ruled on Monday that a university professor violated students’ privacy by exposing their grades and evaluation details to classmates in a mass email.

2025-09-29

Korea renews call for Japan to squarely acknowledge wartime sexual slavery

Korea has renewed its call for Japan to squarely acknowledge its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II in a letter to the U.N. human rights body, the document showed Tuesday.

2025-09-16

Animal rights groups call on Cheongdo County to end annual bullfighting competition

Animal rights groups called on Cheongdo County, North Gyeongsang, to end its annual bullfighting competition after the county revived funding for the festival this year, saying it is animal abuse rather than a cultural tradition.

2025-09-15

South Korea seeks new nuclear deal with U.S., wants same enrichment, reprocessing rights as Japan

Korea is seeking uranium enrichment and reprocessing rights on par with those of Japan, with the outcome depending on whether the United States makes an exception to its nonproliferation principles.

2025-09-01