British actor Theo James has turned a family history of flight to safety into a personal mission as a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees goodwill ambassador, praising Korea's efforts while urging the world to do more.
What Korea and Japan need is a sound asylum system allowing refugees to become self-reliant and gain better access to social resources and opportunities, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said.
The foreign ministry said Thursday it has discussed ways to resolve the global refugee crisis sparked by recent geopolitical conflicts with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Korea can serve as a "bridge" between humanitarian assistance and long-term development to support displaced people in Africa, a top regional official at the UN refugee body said Thursday.
Actor Jung Woo-sung stepped down from being a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on July 3 after nine years of service.
We hope that everyone will contribute to making a different at the GRF this year.
North Korea on Thursday denounced a recent United Nations Human Rights Council (Unhrc) resolution that criticized the North's human rights violations as a political fraud. The North "categorically" rejected the UN resolution as an...
Nine workers dispatched by North Korea to Russia defected to South Korea sometime between November and December last year, according to multiple sources on Tuesday.
Actor Jung Woo-sung, a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr), urged the public to “continue to show support for refugees” at a local press event held at the organization’s building in Jung District...
International organizations based in Korea, including offices of the UN Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme, are hosting a job fair in Seoul, Incheon and North Jeolla this week...
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