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A Powerful Conversation on Human Rights: Special Lecture in Busan

July 21, 2025 No Comments
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Lecture Series Update – UN Human Rights Academy

July 21, 2025 No Comments
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2023 | “The One-Eyed Warrior Fighting Injustice”

June 6, 2025 No Comments
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2022 | “The Path Already Exists Within Me”

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2018 | “Is it okay to breastfeed during a trial?” – “I don’t have time to worry about that.”

June 6, 2025 No Comments
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2023 | Public Interest Lawyer Award

June 6, 2025 No Comments
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2021 | Presidential Commendation

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2020 | Youth Ilga Award

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‘Tall Aunt’ of Justice: How Lawyer Kim Yewon Abandoned Stability to Fight for the Marginalized

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2020-08-26 00:01Kim Yewon is a public-interest lawyer who has devoted her career to defending people pushed to the margins—primarily people with disabilities, women, and children. Known affectionately as…

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Why a Lawyer Brought Her Newborn to Court — One Advocate’s Fight for Working Mothers and Disability Rights

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2018.10.14 11:27Attorney Kim Yewon made headlines after attending a public forum and courtroom appearances with her roughly 100-day-old baby in tow. Judges and colleagues were reportedly surprised —…

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From One Eye to One Thousand Cases: How Kim Yewon Champions Disability Rights in Korea

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2021-03-12 11:01:48Kim Yewon, a lawyer who lost sight in one eye due to a birth-related medical incident, turned a personal experience of social stigma into a lifelong commitment…

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Lawyer Kim Yewon Calls for a New ‘Child Abuse Homicide’ Offence to Ensure Harsher Punishment

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2021.02.13 17:00Kim Yewon, a long-time child abuse advocate and head of the Disability Rights Law Center who has been active on issues related to the so-called ‘Jeongin Act,’…

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Breastfeeding in Court and Removing Her Prosthetic Eye: Inside Kim Ye‑won’s Disability Rights Fight

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2019-01-31 06:00Kim Ye‑won is a solo nonprofit lawyer who runs the Disability Rights Law Center in Seoul, dedicating her practice to people with developmental disabilities, disabled children and…

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Why Separation Fails: Kim Ye-won’s Practical Fight for Inclusive Education and Disability Rights

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2018-08-14 11:40:06Kim Ye-won is a human-rights lawyer and disability-rights advocate who argues that separation, not lofty laws, drives discrimination. Drawing on her own experience of losing sight in…

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