2. The costs of lawsuit shall be borne by the Plaintiff.

A. On February 27, 2016, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of South Africa (B-2) and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on August 4, 2016 after entering the Republic of Korea as a foreigner of South Africa’s nationality.

B. On August 19, 2016, the Defendant issued a disposition to recognize refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) on the ground that the Plaintiff cannot be deemed as having “a well-founded fear that the Plaintiff would suffer from persecution” as stipulated in Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee”) and Article 1 of the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee Protocol”).

C. The Plaintiff appealed and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on September 19, 2016, but the Minister of Justice dismissed the Plaintiff’s objection on December 22, 2016.

[Ground of recognition] Facts without dispute, Gap evidence Nos. 1 through 4, Eul evidence Nos. 1 and 2, and the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the disposition is lawful;

A. The gist of the Plaintiff’s assertion is that the Plaintiff was attacked several times from the persons who suffered race discrimination in South Korea.

Therefore, in the event that the Plaintiff returned to the Republic of Korea, there is a risk of persecution, and the instant disposition, which did not recognize the Plaintiff as a refugee, should be deemed unlawful.

B. In full view of the provisions of Article 2 subparag. 1 and Article 18 of the Refugee Act, Article 1 of the Refugee Convention, and Article 1 of the Refugee Protocol, foreigners who, owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, are unable or do not want to be protected by the country of nationality, or who, owing to such fear, cannot return to the country of nationality or who had resided in the Republic of Korea before entering the Republic of Korea, or who did not want to return to the country of nationality, should be recognized as a refugee, and “persecution” which is a requirement for recognition of refugee.