1. The plaintiff's claim is dismissed.

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

1. On April 21, 2016, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of Ghana (hereinafter referred to as “A”) as a foreigner of nationality, and applied for refugee recognition to the Defendant on May 3, 2016, after entering the Republic of Korea as a short-term visit (C-3) sojourn status.

On May 13, 2016, the Defendant rendered a disposition of non-recognition of refugee status (hereinafter referred to as “instant disposition”) to the Plaintiff on the ground that the Plaintiff’s assertion does not constitute “a sufficiently-founded fear that it would be prejudicial to persecution” as stipulated in Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereinafter referred to as “Refugee”) and Article 1 of the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereinafter referred to as “Refugee Protocol”).

On June 8, 2016, the Plaintiff received a notice of decision on non-recognition of refugee status and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on June 20, 2016, but was dismissed on the same ground on February 24, 2017.

On May 18, 2017, the Plaintiff received a notice of decision to dismiss an objection.

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

2. Whether the disposition is lawful;

A. The gist of the Plaintiff’s assertion was that the Plaintiff’s external ginseng village was the head of A Cat Cat, but the head of the village forced the Plaintiff to succeed to the satisfaction status after the death of the external ginseng, and threatened the Plaintiff.

The instant disposition that did not recognize the Plaintiff as a refugee is unlawful.

B. In full view of the provisions of Article 2 subparag. 1 and Article 18 of the former Refugee Act, Article 1 of the Refugee Convention, and Article 1 of the Refugee Protocol, foreigners who, owing to well-founded fear of being injured on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, are unable to be protected of the country of nationality or who does not want to be protected of the country of nationality due to such fear, or who, owing to such fear, could not return to or does not want to return to the country in which he had resided before entering the Republic of Korea.