SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A Russian man, who entered South Korea two years ago after refusing to be drafted to fight against Ukraine, has been granted refugee status by a local court for the first time, judicial officials said Wednesday. The Seoul Administrative Court made the ruling on May 22 in the lawsuit [...]
GWANGJU, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A regional court has ruled a Cambodian activist who led pro-democracy movements for his home country in South Korea should be granted refugee status, legal sources said Wednesday. The district court in Gwangju, 270 kilometers south of Seoul, has sided with the Cambodian asylum-seeker and nullified the local immigration [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice has granted refugee status to an Angolan family with a Congolese background, citing the likelihood of persecution should they return home, officials said Saturday. The Refugee Council approved the application from Nkuka Lulendo and his family, who were in the media spotlight in 2019 for [...]
INCHEON, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court said Thursday it has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Angolan family seeking to apply for refugee status while being stranded for almost four months at Incheon airport, west of Seoul. The family, comprising Nkuka Lulendo, his wife and four children, said they came to [...]