South Korea: Lawmakers must seize chance to pass landmark anti-discrimination...
Responding to the introduction of yet another bill that seeks to forbid discrimination across South Korean society, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, Suki Chung, East...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Landmark judgement on same-sex sexual acts in military a huge...
Responding to the Supreme Court of Korea reversing the convictions of two soldiers jailed in 2017 for engaging in consensual same-sex sexual acts while off duty, Amnesty International’s East Asia...
View ArticleYoon Suk-yeol needs to change the way South Korea treats women
By Boram Jang, East Asia Researcher at Amnesty International. Many women in South Korea will be feeling anxious today as the country inaugurates a new president Yoon Suk-yeol, a self-styled crusader...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Drop charges against first conscientious objector to refuse...
The first conscientious objector to refuse South Korea’s alternative to military service must not face further punishment for taking a stand against the country’s punitive new system, Amnesty...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Supreme Court ruling on legal gender recognition an important...
Today’s South Korean Supreme Court decision that having children of minor age should not immediately be the reason to refuse to recognize the legal gender of transgender persons is an important step...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Online sexual abuse content proliferates as survivors blame...
Women and girls face re-traumatization trying to remove explicit content from internetGoogle’s inadequate reporting system fails to deliver swift and transparent responses Survivors of online sexual...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Deteriorating human rights situation calls for international...
Ahead of North Korea’s apparent preparations for a military parade in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher...
View ArticleSouth Korea: High Court health insurance ruling offers hope for marriage...
Responding to a South Korean High Court decision ordering the country’s national health insurance service to resume coverage for a partner in a same-sex relationship, Amnesty International’s East Asia...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Ruling on LGBTI soldiers a distressing setback for human rights
Responding to the Constitutional Court of Korea’s decision to uphold for the fourth time Article 92-6 of the 61-year-old Military Criminal Act, which criminalizes consensual same-sex sexual acts in...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Jail sentence for man who praised North an attack on freedom of...
Responding to the sentencing of a South Korean man, Lee Yoon-seop, to 14 months in prison for praising North Korea in a poem, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram Jang said: “South...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Google fails to tackle online sexual abuse content despite...
Google has failed to fix its flawed system for removing non-consensual sexually violative content from its searches despite a long-running campaign by South Korean women and girls targeted with...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Amnesty International makes submission to Supreme Court ahead of...
Amnesty International has submitted an amicus curiae brief to South Korea’s Supreme Court ahead of a key ruling on the rights of same-sex couples in the country. The Supreme Court is due to rule on...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Climate case before South Korea’s Constitutional Court could set...
Ahead of a hearing on Tuesday 21 May in South Korea’s Constitutional Court of four landmark cases in which about 200 people, including more than 60 children one of whom had not been born when the case...
View ArticleSouth Korea: Supreme Court ruling a historic victory for same-sex couples
In response to today’s South Korean Supreme Court decision dismissing a government appeal and affirming that same-sex couples are entitled to the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual...
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