SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Granting a change of legal gender solely based on whether the petitioner had sex reassignment surgery constitutes a grave human rights violation, the state human rights watchdog said Thursday. The National Human Rights Commission issued the opinion on a petition lodged by Rainbow Action Against Sexual-Minority Discrimination of Korea, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog said Thursday it has asked the health minister to devise guidelines for the hospitalization of transgender people. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said it has made the recommendation after receiving a petition from a trans woman who unsuccessfully tried to be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court has granted refugee status to a transgender Malaysian national, recognizing persecution based on sexual orientation as a basis for asylum for the first time, sources said Thursday. The Seoul High Court has recently delivered the ruling in a suit the Malaysian filed against the Seoul office [...]
NEW DELHI, India and NEW YORK, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In the lead-up to the International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, UNAIDS and FCB have partnered to launch “Unbox Me,” an initiative aimed at raising awareness for the rights of transgender children by empowering them to stop hiding their identities and embrace [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has recommended that the government include transgender-related data when compiling national statistics so as to better understand their situation and draw up government policy for them, officials said Monday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) made the recommendation to the health, interior [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog is calling on the cabinet to add categories about sexual minorities to government statistics and surveys that form the basis of making public policy. The the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) recently passed a policy recommendation to prevent hatred and discrimination against [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled for the first time that gender can be corrected without surgery to remove reproductive organs or to modify external genitals. Tthe Suwon District Court said it recently allowed the correction of gender in a case filed by a transgender individual in his 20s. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Many transgender people in South Korea have experienced discrimination and hatred in everyday life, a survey by the state human rights watchdog showed Wednesday. A total of 591 transgender aged 19 or above took part in the survey on the discrimination they have experienced under nine criteria, including daily [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Transgender human rights issues are once again provoking discussion in South Korean society. The stories of Byun Hee-soo, a former noncommissioned officer who wished to remain in the military but was discharged after undergoing gender reassignment surgery, and a transgender student who eventually gave up her spot in law [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A transgender individual who was accepted to Sookmyung Women’s University’s Law School after undergoing sex change surgery last year has decided to withdraw her application after being subjected to a torrent of hate speech from some students. In the meantime, some students’ ridicule and accusations against the transgender student [...]