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 September 19, 2016, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of Korea with the visa exemption (B-1) status as a foreigner of Liberian nationality, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on October 17, 2016.

B. On November 7, 2016, the Defendant rendered a decision on refugee status refusal (hereinafter “instant disposition”) against the Plaintiff on the ground that the Plaintiff’s assertion does not constitute a case of “a well-founded fear that would be subject to persecution” 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 dissatisfied with the instant disposition and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on November 16, 2016, but the Minister of Justice dismissed the Plaintiff’s objection on December 7, 2017.

[Ground of recognition] Facts without dispute, 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 asserted that he/she worked as a truck engineer of a trade company in his/her country of nationality, and on July 18, 2016, two Muslim demanded the Plaintiff to transport arms, and the Plaintiff refused it, thereby threatening the Plaintiff to murder.

In the event that the plaintiff returned to a country of nationality, the disposition of this case which did not recognize the plaintiff as a refugee despite the possibility of persecution in the above circumstances is unlawful.

B. In full view of the provisions of Article 2 subparag. 1 of the Refugee Act, Article 1 of the Refugee Convention, and Article 1 of the Refugee Protocol, a foreigner who, owing to well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is unable or does not want the protection of the country of nationality, or a foreigner who, owing to such fear, is unable to return to or does not want to return to the country in which he resided before entering the Republic of Korea.