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
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 Read more
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 Read more
Activist groups working on North Korea facing intimidation while government restricts protests Published at 23.10.2020 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption CSO closure bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Targeting of LGBT+ people, anti-Chinese racism and privacy concerns in South Korea amid COVID-19 Published at 03.06.2020 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI surveillance minority groups Read more
LGBT rights movement in South Korea facing challenges in law and practice from conservative groups Published at 14.02.2020 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women protestor(s) detained protest Read more
UN expert concerned about hate speech by South Korean politicians against LGBTI people Published at 26.09.2019 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest Read more
Escalating concerns over right to privacy and freedom of expression on the net in South Korea Published at 14.05.2019 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
'Escape the corset’ feminist movement challenging societal beauty standards Published at 18.01.2019 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling restrictive law women protest Read more
Thousands protest roll back of pro-labour policies Published at 30.11.2018 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth LGBTI women surveillance labour rights protest Read more
