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KoreaThis National Site collects leading decisions from Korea. The National Coordinators for Korea are: Osamu ArakakiDr. Arakaki holds a Ph.D in Law from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School and Associate Professor at Shigakukan University in Japan. Dr. Arakaki's previous experience includes serving as the Associate Specialist for the Japan International Cooperation Agency and as an Associate Legal Officer for the Office of the UNHCR.Contact Osamu Arakaki. Seong Soo KimJudge Kim began his judgeship in 1998 and is currently in charge of improvement of civil procedure as the Director of Civil Policy at the National Court Administration of Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University Law College in 1993, and studied international refugee law as a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan Law School during the 2002-2003 academic year. He is the author of the first decision in Korea that considered merits of refugee application on a judicial level in 2002. His article "The refugee definition in Geneva Convention and refugee related procedural issues in Korean Immigration Law" was published by the Korean Supreme Court in 2003. He is in close contact with the UNHCR office in Seoul and cooperates with them to enhance refugee sensitivity in Korean jurisprudence.Contact Seong Soo Kim. Korea's Most Recent DecisionThe most recent decision added to the Korea site is Xu v Minister of Justice, a decision rendered in Korea (Rep.) by the Seoul Administrative Court on Friday, January 18, 2008, involving an applicant from China. A brief summary of the facts of the case is: A group of Chinese men and women fear harsh punishment and persecution by government for practicing Falun Gong.Search for more cases from this National Site. |
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