South Korea

HIV Travel Bans: Small Steps, Big Gaps

Joe Amon — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:12:54 -0800

The start of the New Year brought the news that the United States and South Korea had ended their travel bans against visitors living with HIV/AIDS.

South Korea: Raise Human Rights in Talks with North Korea

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:09:55 -0800

(New York) - The South Korean government should maintain its principled stance and consistently include a strong human rights agenda in all future dealings with North Korea, Human Rights Watch and three other nongovernmental organizations said today in a letter to the South Korean unification minister, Hyun In-taek.

Joint Letter to South Korean Government Regarding South Korean Policies on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:00:00 -0800

Hyun In-Taek

Unification Minister

37 Sejongno (Doryeom-dong)

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Republic of Korea

Returned to Risk

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:32:25 -0700

This 27-page report was prepared by Human Rights Watch, Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, the European AIDS Treatment Group, and the African HIV Policy Network.

Letter to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:22:42 -0700

Mr. Lee Seong-Taek

Investigator

Anti-Discrimination Division

National Human Rights Commission of Korea

Dear Mr. Lee:

Gaeseong Industrial Complex: Time for change

Kay Seok — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:39:13 -0700

Despite the deteriorating relations between North and South Korea since early last year, the Gaeseong Industrial Complex remained largely unchanged. North Korean workers continued to produce consumer goods for South Korean firms that in turn paid workers' wages to North Korea.

Blaming Foreigners

Joesph Amon, Director of the Health and Human Rights Division — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:53:34 -0700

When the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first identified, many governments around the world followed a similar path: first denying that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), that causes AIDS, exists, then blaming foreigners for bringing the disease to their country.

UN: Sri Lanka’s Defeat a Victory for Human Rights Council

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:00:00 -0700

(New York) – UN member states enforced the standards they established for the new Human Rights Council by not re-electing Sri Lanka to the body today. Domestic and international human rights advocates who had opposed Sri Lanka’s re-election to the council said the vote was a victory for human rights standards and for victims of abuse in Sri Lanka.

South Korea: Olympic Torch Spotlights China Rights Crisis

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0700

(Seoul) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak should use the occasion of the Olympic torch’s passage in Seoul on April 27 to urge Beijing to stop arresting and repatriating North Korean refugees in China, Human Rights Watch said today.

How Famine Changed N. Korea

Kay Seok, North Korea researcher for Human Rights Watch — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

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SEOUL -- Today in Pyongyang, the New York Philharmonic, the most prominent U.S. cultural institution ever to visit North Korea, performs live on state TV and radio. Many observers have cautiously dubbed this a prelude to a thaw between Washington and Pyongyang. But for North Koreans, a very real thaw, unseen by the musicians, has been transforming life for years.