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South Korea: Freedom of expression undermined as press freedom ranking drops and North Korean song banned
Published at
24.07.2024
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- labour rights
- restrictive law

South Korea: Press freedom under attack, doctors strike targeted as UN committee calls for reforms
Published at
28.03.2024
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- harassment
- protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

South Korea: News organisations being targeted while court strikes down law banning anti-North Korea leafleting
Published at
15.11.2023
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- harassment
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest

South Korea: Trade unionists face harassment and attacks while journalists charged for reporting on Ukraine
Published at
02.08.2023
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment

Raids on trade unions and arrests of unionists as South Korea’s human rights record is reviewed by the UN
Published at
06.04.2023
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law

Concerns about free expression in South Korea with security law, restrictions on press freedom and anti-North activism
Published at
01.12.2022
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- office raid
- religious groups
- protest

Truckers strike for higher wages in South Korea while trial of activist continues
Published at
06.07.2022
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- labour rights
- protest
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI

Activist indicted while NGO’s concerned about law affecting net neutrality in South Korea
Published at
17.03.2022
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law

Union leader arrested amid protests in South Korea while restrictive press law revisions shelved
Published at
27.10.2021
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest

Activist arrested as South Korea seeks to further restrict sending materials to the North
Published at
21.06.2021
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- office raid
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law

South Korea increases restrictions on activism on North Korea, passes regressive labour law revision
Published at
01.03.2021
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- restrictive law