South Korea: An August 1990 student demonstration at Yon Sei (Yonsei) University, Seoul, in which members of a political group called "Han Chong Ryan" [Hanchongryon] participated
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 23 December 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | KOR33467.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, South Korea: An August 1990 student demonstration at Yon Sei (Yonsei) University, Seoul, in which members of a political group called "Han Chong Ryan" [Hanchongryon] participated, 23 December 1999, KOR33467.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad5e22.html [accessed 15 October 2022] |
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Please consult KOR33459.E of 23 December 1999 for detailed information on Hanchongryon, the (South) Korea(n) Federation of University Student Councils.
According to the Minkahyup Human Rights Group in Seoul, Hanchongryon was "inaugurated" in 1993 and since then, claims it has been "blamed for fomenting hundreds of violent student demonstrations" (n.d.). No reports of Hanchongryon participating in an August 1990 student demonstration at Yon Sei (Yonsei) University in Seoul could be found among the sources consulted.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Minkahyup Human Rights Group, South Korea. n.d. Nam Kyu-sun and Suzy Kim. "Is It War?" Published in The International Communication Project Newsletter No. 28 in September 1996. Edited by Bernd Schneider.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report 1991. 1991.
Asian Survey [Berkeley, Calif.]. January 1991. Young Whan Kihl. "South Korea in 1990: Diplomatic Activism and a Partisan Quagmire."
Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1990. July 1991.
IRB Databases.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. Monthly. June-December 1990.
Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1998. April 1999.
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