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Theo James, actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador, invokes family history in call for Korean support of refugees

British actor Theo James has turned a family history of flight to safety into a personal mission as a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees goodwill ambassador, praising Korea's efforts while urging the world to do more.

2025.11.23

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, center, speaks at UNHCR Korea's office in Jung District, central Seoul, on Oct. 17. [UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES]

'Koreans know what it means to be a refugee,' says UNHCR chief in Seoul

What Korea and Japan need is a sound asylum system allowing refugees to become self-reliant and gain better access to social resources and opportunities, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said.

2025.10.20

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Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs Kweon Ki-hwan, right, and Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, hold a meeting in Seoul on Oct. 16. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]

Korea, UNHCR discuss responses to global refugee crisis

The foreign ministry said Thursday it has discussed ways to resolve the global refugee crisis sparked by recent geopolitical conflicts with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

2025.10.16

Young refugee girls throw taekwondo punches during a showcase performance at a sports day event at the Kalobeyei Sports Complex in Kalobeyei, Kenya, on March 28. [AFP/YONHAP]

UNHCR official calls on Korea to support displaced people in Africa

Korea can serve as a "bridge" between humanitarian assistance and long-term development to support displaced people in Africa, a top regional official at the UN refugee body said Thursday.

2025.4.24

Jung Woo-sung as Soo-hyuk in ″A Man of Reason″ [ACEMAKER MOVIEWORKS]

Actor Jung Woo-sung steps down from being UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Actor Jung Woo-sung stepped down from being a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on July 3 after nine years of service.

2024.7.22

Making a difference at Global Refugee Forum

We hope that everyone will contribute to making a different at the GRF this year.

2023.12.13

Han Tae-song, North Korea's permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, speaks in the 52nd United Nations Human Rights Council meeting on Tuesday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

North Korea denounces UN's condemnation of human rights violations

North Korea on Thursday denounced a recent United Nations Human Rights Council (Unhrc) resolution that criticized the North's human rights violations as a political fraud. The North "categorically" rejected the UN resolution as an...

2023.4.6

North Korean workers on a building project in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East [KANG DONG-WAN]

9 North Koreans in Russia defect to South Korea

Nine workers dispatched by North Korea to Russia defected to South Korea sometime between November and December last year, according to multiple sources on Tuesday.

2023.1.25

Actor Jung Woo-sung, a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr), speaks at a local press event held at the organization’s building in Jung District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

[THINK ENGLISH] 배우 정우성이 난민에 대한 지속적인 지원을 촉구하다

Actor Jung Woo-sung, a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr), urged the public to “continue to show support for refugees” at a local press event held at the organization’s building in Jung District...

2022.10.28

Screen capture of the live streaming of the International Career Fair hosted by the Foreign Ministry with international organizations and local governments at the Seoul City Hall in 2019. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

International organizations based in Korea to host job fair

International organizations based in Korea, including offices of the UN Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme, are hosting a job fair in Seoul, Incheon and North Jeolla this week...

2022.10.9