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 April 14, 2016, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of Korea with a short-term visit (C-3) sojourn status on April 14, 2016, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on May 9, 2016.

B. On May 16, 2016, the Defendant rendered a decision on the recognition of refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) to 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” 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. On June 17, 2016, the Plaintiff was notified of the instant disposition and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on July 1, 2016, but the said objection was dismissed on February 24, 2017.

[Reasons for Recognition] Facts without dispute, Gap 1, 2 evidence, Eul 1 and 2 evidence, and the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the instant disposition is lawful

A. When the plaintiff's external assistance, which had been the president of the plaintiff's assertion, died, the plaintiff's relatives decided to have the plaintiff succeed to the president's position, and the plaintiff's refusal of such decision and is threatened by violence and intimidation from his relatives.

Therefore, the defendant's disposition of this case which did not recognize the plaintiff as a refugee despite high possibility that the plaintiff would be subject to gambling when he returns to the country of nationality is illegal.

B. (1) Determination 1) “Refugee” means a foreigner who is unable or does not want to be protected by the country of nationality due to well-founded fear to recognize that he/she is likely to be injured on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, status as a member of a specific social group, or political opinion, or a stateless foreigner who, due to such fear, is unable or does not want to return to the country in which he/she resided before entering the Republic of Korea (Article 2 Subparag. 1). 2 of the Refugee Act) who is a requirement for the recognition of refugee status is a threat to life, body, or freedom.