Report
Bitter Harvest: Exploitation and Forced Labor of Migrant Agricultural Workers in South Korea
The South Korean government must end the exploitation and widespread use of forced labour of migrant agricultural workers, Amnesty International…
October 19, 2014
Report
Annual Report: South Korea 2013
Republic of Korea Head of state Lee Myung-bak Head of government Kim Hwang-sik The National Security Law (NSL) was increasingly…
May 20, 2013
Press Release
South Korea: The politically motivated onslaught on free speech
South Korea has seen a dramatic increase in the abuse of national security laws in a politically motivated attempt to…
November 29, 2012
Report
The National Security Law: Curtailing Freedom of Expression and Association in the Name of Security in the Republic of Korea
Since 2008, the South Korean authorities have increasingly used vaguely worded clauses of the NSL to arbitrarily target people or…
November 28, 2012
Press Release
South Korea Must Release Activist Charged Over Kim Jong-il Tweet, says Amnesty International
The South Korean authorities should immediately release a social media activist accused of helping "the enemy" for re-tweeting messages from…
February 1, 2012
Report
Annual Report: South Korea 2011
Head of state: Lee Myung-bak Head of government: Kim Hwang-Sik (replaced Yoon Jeung-hyun Death penalty: abolitionist in practice Population: 48.5…
June 20, 2011
Report
Annual Report: South Korea 2010
Head of state Lee Myung-bak (replaced Roh Moo-hyun in February) Head of government Chung Un-chan (replaced Han Seungsoo in September)…
March 19, 2011