1. The plaintiff's claim is dismissed.

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

1. The plaintiff is well-known in the course of the disposition.

On January 25, 2015, the Republic of Korea (hereinafter “C-3”) entered the Republic of Korea as a foreigner of her nationality, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on February 4, 2015.

On August 3, 2016, the Defendant rendered a disposition of non-recognition of refugee status (hereinafter referred to as “instant disposition”) on the ground that the Plaintiff’s assertion does not constitute “a sufficiently-founded fear that it would be detrimental to the State” as stipulated in Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereinafter referred to as the “Refugee Agreement”) and Article 1 of the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereinafter referred to as the “Refugee Protocol”).

On August 23, 2016, the Plaintiff received a notice of decision on non-recognition of refugee status and filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on September 19, 2016, but was dismissed on the same ground as on December 22, 2016.

[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 is as follows.

In his country, the same-sexs were punished in his country, and the plaintiff was detained two times in his country as the same-sexs.

In the event that the plaintiff returns to his own country, he is likely to suffer from persecution for this reason.

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 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 the protection of the country of nationality, or who, owing to such fear, cannot return to, or do not want to return to, the country of nationality that had resided in the Republic of Korea before entering the Republic of Korea, shall be recognized as a refugee, and the requirements for recognition of a refugee shall be met.