1. The plaintiff's claim is dismissed.

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

1. Details of the disposition;

A. On December 13, 2014, the Plaintiff, a foreigner of Ethiopia, entered the Republic of Korea as a short-term visit (C-3) sojourn status on December 13, 2014, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on December 18, 2014.

B. On April 19, 2016, the Defendant rendered a decision on the recognition of refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) on the ground that the Plaintiff’s assertion does not constitute a case of “a well-founded fear that would be subject to persecution” as a requirement of refugee under Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees and Article 1 of the Protocol on the Status of Refugees.

C. The Plaintiff dissatisfied with the instant disposition and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on May 19, 2016, but was dismissed on October 11, 2017, and the Plaintiff received a notice of dismissal decision on December 11, 2017.

[Reasons for Recognition] Unsatisfy, Gap evidence 1, 2, Eul evidence 1 and 2, the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the instant disposition is lawful

A. The plaintiff's assertion is likely to threaten the Ethiopia government when the plaintiff returned to his country on the grounds that he had engaged in anti-government activities, including Ethiopia and participation in demonstration in the Republic of Korea.

Therefore, even though the Plaintiff’s status as a member of a specific social group or as a refugee suffering from persecution on the grounds of political opinion, the Defendant’s disposition taken on a different premise is unlawful.

B. Article 2 Subparag. 1 of the Refugee Act provides that: (a) a refugee refers to a foreigner who is unable or does not want to be protected by the country of nationality due to a well-founded fear to recognize that he/she may be injured on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion; or a nationalless foreigner who, due to such fear, is unable or does not want to return to the country in which he/she had resided before entering the Republic of Korea.

At this time,