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 October 26, 2014, the Plaintiff entered the Republic of Korea on October 26, 2014, and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on November 6, 2014.

B. On January 11, 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. The Plaintiff filed an objection with the Minister of Justice on February 12, 2016, but the said objection was dismissed on the same ground as October 27, 2016.

[Reasons for Recognition] Facts without dispute, Gap 1, 2, 3, 4, Eul 1 and 2, and the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the instant disposition is lawful

A. The Plaintiff’s father, who was the president of the Plaintiff’s high-speed village, died, and the villager demanded that the Plaintiff succeed to the father’s position. The Plaintiff refused to succeed to the president’s position as the driver, and the villager intends to kill the Plaintiff.

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) The term “refugee” means a foreigner who is unable or does not want to be protected due to well-founded fear to recognize that he/she may be injured on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, status as a member of a particular social group, or political opinion, or a foreigner who is a stateless foreigner who, due to such fear, cannot return to 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) and who is a requirement for the recognition of refugee status, including threats to life, body or freedom.