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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

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2021 | Presidential Commendation

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2020 | Youth Ilga Award

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When “Immediate Separation” Hurts: Why Korea’s Child‑Removal Policy Fails Vulnerable Kids

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2021.08.05 06:29 Kim Ye-won, head of the Disability Rights Law Center, argues that Korea’s new “immediate separation” policy—which allows authorities to remove a child after two reports of abuse—was…

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How One-Eyed Lawyer Kim Ye‑won Turns Legal Practice Into Lasting Change for Korea’s Most Vulnerable

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2021-03-12 09:02:01Kim Ye‑won is a veteran public-interest lawyer who has handled more than 1,000 cases for people with disabilities, women and children. Born with a medical injury that…

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Call Them ‘Social Minorities,’ Not ‘Social Weaklings’: A Lawyer’s Fight for Dignity and Equal Communication

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2020.08.31.16:08 Kim Ye-won, founder and sole operator of the non‑profit Disability Rights Law Center, has spent her legal career representing people who cannot advocate for themselves — pro bono.…

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Everyone’s Flowers Bloomed: A Lawyer Uses Film to Illuminate Disability Rights

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2019.03.18 09:30Kim Ye-won, a public-interest lawyer and well-known disability rights activist, has published a new book collecting her advocacy stories entitled “누구나 꽃이 피었습니다” (Everyone’s Flowers Bloomed). Known…

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28 Years On: Will the Nakdong Riverside Murder Case Be Reopened?

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2019.11.16 18:18:00A brutal discovery in January 1990 of a female victim near the Nakdong River led to arrests almost two years later when two men, described by a…

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From 200,000 Won a Month to Legal Impact: The Lawyer Who Made Disability Rights Her Life’s Work

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2017.04.13 13:52Last January, attorney Kim Yewon opened the Disability Rights Law Center and marked its 100th day while running essentially a one‑person legal office. Despite earning just 200,000…

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