(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt measures to address human rights problems in the country and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Lee Jae-myung. It is ...

For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting addressing the human rights situation in North Korea. The meeting took place on May 20 (local time) at ...

Human Rights Watch is an international nongovernmental organization that monitors and advocates for human rights in more than 100 countries. We have been working on human rights issues in the Republic ...

Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Lee Seuran said during a briefing that the country will phase out foreign adoptions over ...

South Korea's government has vowed to end foreign adoptions of Korean children, amid concerns of human rights violations.On ...

A bill under consideration by the Korean National Assembly could have ramification on businesses and their human rights obligations around the world. South Korea is considering legislation that would ...

SEOUL, Nov 12 (Reuters) - South Korea will co-sponsor an annual U.N. resolution that raises concerns over North Korea's human rights situation, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, defying some ...

South Korea said on Monday it is reviewing possible human rights abuses that may have taken place while its citizens were detained by the United States following a large-scale immigration raid at a ...

South Korea on Friday announced plans to end foreign adoptions over a five-year period, aiming for zero by 2029, as UN ...

Despite intense lobbying from the South Korean government to reverse a preliminary decision, the United States recently placed South Korea on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Sensitive Country List.

The South Korea sensitive designation, though officially attributed to security violations, reflects deeper concerns over nuclear nonproliferation and threatens U.S.–South Korea nuclear cooperation.