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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”

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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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‘Forced to Buy Cosmetics’: Disabled Customer Sues — A Spotlight on Disability Rights and Consumer Abuse in Korea

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2017.07.07 18:00A person with a disability has filed a lawsuit accusing a cosmetics company of pressuring them into buying products, a case flagged under keywords including forced sales…

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Why Ballot Photos Could Unlock Voting for People with Disabilities — One Lawyer’s Call for Lasting Support

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2018.05.14 19:26Ahead of local elections, disability-rights lawyer Kim Ye-won argues a simple change — adding candidates’ photos to ballots, as Taiwan does — would make voting far easier…

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Small Steps, Big Change: Kim Ye-won, the Lawyer Transforming Disability Rights in Korea

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2018.04.05 15:09 Kim Ye-won has been named the inaugural recipient of the Kwak Jeong-suk Human Rights Award, established to honor the late activist and former lawmaker who devoted her…

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“Put Pictures on Ballots”: The Lawyer Transforming Disability Rights in Korea

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2018.03.30 05:20 Kim Ye-won, a 36-year-old lawyer and the first recipient of the Gwak Jeong-sook Human Rights Award, runs the Disability Rights Law Center in Korea and dedicates her…

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Stop Making Life Harder for People with Disabilities: Legal Remedies and Practical Steps

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2015.12.14 09:39 articleAt a recent training hosted by the Korean Bar Association, Kim Ye-won, team leader and attorney at the Seoul Disability Human Rights Center, highlighted the everyday…

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Local Disability Rights Advocacy Is Reaching Its Limits — Why Reform Can’t Wait

April 17, 2026 No Comments

2014.12.02 19:12 articleRecent reporting highlights that community-based disability rights advocacy in Korea is struggling to keep up with systemic problems. Local centers and organizations play a vital role—documenting…

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