2022.05.04 07:00Kim Ye-won is a disability rights lawyer and a visually impaired survivor who lost an eye in a medical incident. Working at the Disability Rights Law Center,…
19.12.12 10:46Kim Ye-won is a public-interest lawyer and founder of the Disability Rights Law Center who has dedicated her career to defending people with disabilities, especially those facing…
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…
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…
2021.01.07 10:17In the wake of the widely publicized Jeong‑in child‑abuse case, the National Assembly rushed forward with more than a dozen bills proposing stiffer penalties and mandatory immediate…
2020.04.11. 03:23Kim Ye-won is a visually impaired public-interest lawyer who founded the Disability Rights Law Center in 2017. After completing judicial training in 2012, she worked at a…
2019.04.04 15:25Kim Ye-won, a busy disability-rights lawyer and founder of the Disability Rights Law Center, balances a demanding professional life with caring for three children. Recognized with multiple…
2022.07.31 07:12 Anecdotes in the piece—like confronting a stranger in an elevator over an unreturned tumbler—illustrate how small, uncomfortable acts of calling out wrongdoing can nudge conscience and…
2022.10.29. 03:00Kim Ye‑won is a visually impaired human-rights lawyer who has spent more than a decade providing pro bono legal aid to children, people with disabilities, and other…
2022.07.26 10:54Korean attorney Kim Ye-won, often compared to the hit drama character Woo Young-woo, has turned personal hardship into a career defending disabled victims. Born with vision loss…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
On April 26–27, lawyer Kim Yewon of the Center for the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities publicly criticized the 검수완박 (complete removal of prosecutors’ investigative powers) bill…
The Korea Association of Welfare Facilities for the Disabled (한국장애인복지시설협회, HanJangHyeop) held a high-profile ethics pledge ceremony at its recent general meeting, attended by more than 350 facility…
Ulsan Gangbuk Education Support Office has formed the 2026 Gangbuk Disability Student Human Rights Support Team to strengthen protection and prevention of rights violations for students with disabilities.…
Lawmakers and legal experts convened at a National Assembly Judiciary Committee public hearing to review the Democratic Party’s so‑called “prosecutorial reform 4 laws” — abolishing the Prosecutor’s Office,…