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Seoul moves on North Korean POW transfer (KOR)

Seoul plans talks with Ukraine on bringing two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea after they publicly sought asylum.

2026.6.24

Seoul moves on North Korean POW transfer

Seoul plans talks with Ukraine on bringing two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea after they publicly sought asylum.

2026.6.23

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Chinese dissident Dong Guangping is pictured on a boat off the coast of Taean County, South Chungcheong. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Court rejects detention warrant for Chinese dissident who traveled 300 kilometers in rubber boat to escape homeland

A court on Thursday rejected a warrant to detain Dong Guangping, a Chinese dissident who was arrested off the coast of Taean, South Chungcheong, after fleeing his country in a small rubber boat.

2026.5.28

French gendarmes on a boat approach a group of migrants travelling on an inflatable dinghy leaving the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, from the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, Aug. 25. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Britain reviews human rights laws in major shake-up of asylum policy

Britain will overhaul its approach to human rights laws to make it easier to deport migrants who arrive in the country illegally as part of a major shake-up of asylum policy to be set out on Monday.

2025.11.17

Britain announces largest asylum policy overhaul in modern times

Britain said on Saturday it would launch the largest overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times, drawing inspiration from Denmark's approach, one of the toughest in Europe and widely criticized by rights groups.

2025.11.16

Yemeni asylum seekers wait for human rights counseling at the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. Photo is unrelated to the article. [NEWS1]

Malaysian nationals who exploited loophole in refugee process handed to prosecutors

Two Malaysian nationals accused of brokering fraudulent refugee applications for 320 of their compatriots have been handed over to prosecutors.

2025.11.5

Kim Young-hoon announces his asylum application to the United States on X, formerly Twitter, on Oct. 30. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Self-declared 'world's smartest man' applies for U.S. asylum from 'pro-North Korean' government

A Korean man who claims to have the world’s highest IQ has applied for political asylum in the United States, saying he can no longer live under what he called a “a pro North Korea leftist government that suppresses biblical truth.”

2025.11.4

Former pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung appears outside West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong, China on Nov. 19, 2020. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists granted asylum in Australia and Britain

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city’s authorities have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia, respectively.

2025.8.19

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday Feb. 18. [AP/YONHAP]

South Korea anxiously watches as U.S.-Russia talks on Ukraine begin amid uncertainty

Trump acknowledged North Korean casualties in Ukraine, and U.S.-Russia talks continue. A North Korean POW seeks asylum in South Korea, complicating U.S. and South Korea’s diplomatic efforts.

2025.2.19

Less than 3% of over 120,000 asylum requests accepted in Korea since 1994

More than 120,000 people have filed for asylum in Korea since the country began accepting asylum-seekers in 1994, with just 2.7 percent of them granted refugee status, government data showed Monday.

2025.2.3