SEOUL--South Korea has rejected refugee status for ethnic Chinese people who have been “stateless” since they fled North Korea years ago, two of the applicants and an activists’ group said ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

Overall, South Korea’s human rights record remained positive ... via the “Paradise on Earth” repatriation program, to lure ethnic Koreans to the country. In a landmark ruling in August ...