SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is considering establishing an institution tasked with inspecting applications for refugee status due to a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum in the country, government officials said Thursday. A long-running civil war in Syria and other disturbances have created a refugee crisis [...]
INCHEON, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven Myanmar refugee families, 34 asylum seekers in total, arrived at Incheon International Airport Wednesday. The latest acceptance of refugees is the second instance of its kind after South Korea joined the UNHCR resettlement program in 2015. An additional 22 Myanmar refugees were relocated to Korea in December 2015. [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government decided Sunday to reinforce its supply of support packages (food and daily necessities) to Hanjin Shipping employees still stranded at sea following the bankruptcy of the shipping giant. As of Sunday, there were 59 Hanjin-owned vessels at sea, with 518 Korean and 720 overseas employees on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – With the number of refugee applications in Korea expected to surpass 20,000 before year-end, calls for stricter evaluation procedures have been raised with some worried about potential abuse of the system by those with fraudulent refugee claims. According to Ministry of Justice data revealed Monday, the number of applications [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government said Monday it has permitted the entry of 26 Syrians who are seeking refugee status here. The Ministry of Justice said out of 28 Syrians who have been staying at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, all except two have been allowed into the country. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec.24 (Korea Bizwire) – Four Myanmarese families who were living at a refugee camp in Thailand entered Incheon Airport on December 23. It was the first time that refugees entered the country in the two years since the refugee act was passed. Around 20 government authorities who came to greet the refugees handed over [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The World Taekwondo Foundation (WTF) is offering help to solve the refugee situation in Europe, which is rapidly becoming an international issue. Cho Jeong-won, head of the WTF, announced plans for the creation of the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation to help children in refugee camps all over the world, at a [...]