South Korea: Student protesters arrested, anti-China protests restricted and concerns about privacy raised by UN expert Published at 06.10.2025 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest restrictive law time,place restrictions surveillance Read more
South Korea: Activists criminalised, satire censored amidst political transition Published at 24.06.2025 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth negative court ruling labour rights protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
South Korea: Short-lived martial law decree signal of civic space regression under President Yoon Published at 20.12.2024 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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: positive court ruling LGBTI protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
