[학술논문] Determining Refugee Status for North Korean Escapees under International and Domestic Laws
This article asks how the Refugee Convention applies to North Korean escapees, specifically whether North Koreans who leave their country without government permission qualify as refugees in the first instance, and whether refugee status is negated by the fact that the South Korean Constitution confers South Korean nationality to anyone born on the Korean Peninsula, which thus gives dual nationality...
[학술논문] Ieodo as Metaphor? The Growing Importance of Sovereignty Disputes in South Korea–China Relations and the Role of the United States
Territorial sovereignty disputes are taking on increasing importance for South Korea–China relations over the past decade as concerns about regime stability in China and North Korea deepen, as Chinese foreign policy becomes more assertive, and as South Korea reacts to these developments. Analyzing such disputes is important for understanding how the bilateral relationship is evolving. Some of
[학술논문] 북한 인권 문제 해결의 王道는 북한의 自由化다
...provisions of the United Nations Convention on Torture that manifestly prohibits all its signatories from “expelling, returning (“refouler”) or extraditing a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture” regardless of whether that person is qualified as a ‘refugee’ or not. Considering...
[학술논문] The Protection of North Korean Soldiers in Russo–Ukrainian War under International Law
...violations upon return. As a result, this research emphasizes the importance of respecting the free will of North Korean POWs and asserts their eligibility for refugee status, unless they fall within the exclusion clauses of the 1951 Refugee Convention. With North Korea’s formal acknowledgment of its troops’ deployment to the conflict, the issue of North Korean POW repatriation is entering a...
[학술논문] 북한이탈주민과 그 지원자의 난민성에 대한 법리적 고찰
...defectors refugee status and considers them illegal economic migrants. Therefore if the defectors are caught in China, they are repatriated back to North Korea to face harsh interrogations and years of punishment, or even death in political prison camps. A refugee is someone seeking land because of their sexuality, gender, race, religion and ethnicity. International refugee law defines a refugee as someone...