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Refugees On Jeju Island
The Refugees on Jeju Island ( ko, 제주 예멘 난민) are less than 552 Yemen, Yemenis, mostly men, who traveled to South Korea as tourists, then claimed asylum on Jeju Island throughout 2016 to 2018. They are staying on the island under Refugee, refugee status determination, which led to controversy in South Korea. Background The number of refugees fleeing the Yemeni Civil War (2015–present), civil war in Yemen and seeking shelter on Jeju Island through its visa-waiver program rapidly increased in the year 2018. No Yemenis requested refugee status on Jeju in the first year of the war, only seven did so in 2016, and only 42 did so in 2017, but in 2018, the number of applications rose to about 500. As of May 2018, 942 foreigners requested refugee status in Jeju and 515 are Yemenis according to the Jeju Immigration Office. Worries about security increased within the island in response to the spike, with numerous accusations of Yemenis committing crimes adding to the hostile rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and Oman to the Oman–Yemen border, northeast and shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Yemen is the second-largest Arabs, Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying , with a coastline stretching about . Its constitutionally stated Capital city, capital, and largest city, is Sanaa. As of 2021, Yemen has an estimated population of some 30.4 million. In ancient times, Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans, a trading state that included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. Later in 275 AD, the Himyarite Kingdom was influenced by Judaism. Christianity arrived in the fourth century. Islam spread quickly in the seventh century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the early Islamic conquests. Several Dynasty, dynasties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Un-ju
Lee Un-ju ( ko, 이언주; born 8 November 1972) is a South Korean lawyer and politician who served as the National Assembly (South Korea), Member of the National Assembly for Gwangmyeong 2nd constituency from 2012 to 2020. She formerly served as the deputy parliamentary leader of the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2011), Democratic Unionist Party in 2012 and the People's Party (South Korea, 2016), People's Party in 2017. Biography Born in Yeongdo District, Yeongdo, Busan, Lee grew up in Singapore. She has a degree in French language, French at Seoul National University, and passed the judicial examination in 1997. She was involved in several part-time jobs after her father's business went bankrupt during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, economic crisis in 1997. Her mother died in 2011. During the 2000s, Lee worked as an entrepreneur at S-Oil and Renault Samsung Motors. Political career In early 2012, Lee was brought into the Democratic Unionist Party (then the Democratic Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Migrant Crises
Migrant may refer to: Human migration *Human migration *Emigration, leaving one's resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere *Immigration, movement into a country with the intent to settle *Economic migrant, someone who emigrates from one region to another to seek an improvement in living standards *Internal migration, within one geopolitical entity, usually a nation-state *Migrant worker, one who migrates, possibly to another country, for work *Expatriate Other uses *Bird migration, regular seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds *Migrant (album), ''Migrant'' (album), by American rock band The Dear Hunter See also * Migrant literature * Migration (other) * Immigrant (other) * The Emigrants (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Controversies In South Korea
Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin ''controversia'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opposite direction". Legal In the theory of law, a controversy differs from a legal case; while legal cases include all suits, criminal as well as civil, a controversy is a purely civil proceeding. For example, the Case or Controversy Clause of Article Three of the United States Constitution ( Section 2, Clause 1) states that "the judicial Power shall extend ... to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party". This clause has been deemed to impose a requirement that United States federal courts are not permitted to cases that do not pose an actual controversy—that is, an actual dispute between adverse parties which is capable of being resolved by the ourt In addition to setting out the scope of the jurisdiction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Jae-in Government
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the List of natural satellites, fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia (continent), Australia). The Moon is a planetary-mass object with a planetary differentiation, differentiated Terrestrial planet, rocky body, making it a satellite planet under the geophysical definition of planet, geophysical definitions of the term and larger than all known dwarf planets of the Solar System. It lacks any significant Atmosphere of the Moon, atmosphere, hydrosphere, or Magnetic field of the Moon, magnetic field. Its surface gravity is about one-sixth of Earth's at , with Jupiter's moon Io (moon), Io being the only satellite in the Solar System known to have a higher surface gravity and density. The Moon orbits Earth at an lunar distance (astronomy), average distance of , or about 30 tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea–Yemen Relations
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Jeju Province
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)
{{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Yemeni Civil War , partof = the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present), Yemeni Crisis, Arab Winter, War on terror, and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict , image = Yemeni Civil War.svg , width = 480px , image_size = 300px , caption = Political and military control in Yemen in October 2022 {{legend, #f98787, Cabinet of Yemen, Government of Yemen{{efn, Under the Presidential Leadership Council since April 2022 and Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, allies {{legend, #cae7c4, Houthi movement, Houthis-led Supreme Political Council {{legend, #e3d975, Southern Transitional Council and other UAE-backed groups {{Legend, #afc6e9, lang=en, Local, non-aligned forces such as the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance {{legend, #ffffff, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) {{legend, #b4b2ae, Islamic State – Yemen Province (IS-YP) (For a map of the military situation in Yemen and border areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In South Korea
Events in the year 2018 in South Korea. Incumbents * President: Moon Jae-in * Prime Minister: Lee Nak-yeon Events * 9 January – South Korea and North Korea held the first talks in decades at the Joint Security Area at the Panmunjom border village. North Korea agreed upon sending athletes to the 2018 Winter Olympics. * 11 January – The South Korean government, along with China and Japan, announced plans to crack down on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Bitcoin dropped in value by $2,000 after the announcement. *9 to 25 February – the 2018 Winter Olympics were hosted in Pyongchang, South Korea * April 5 – ROKAF F-15K Slam Eagle crashed in the Yuhak mountain range in Chilgok, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on its way back to the Daegu Air Base after an hour-long mission. Two F-15K pilots were killed in plane crash. * April 13 – An opinion rigging scandal erupted. The scandal led to a major clash of political parties in South Korea. * May 4 – A protest rally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemeni Refugees
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Yemen is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying , with a coastline stretching about . Its constitutionally stated capital, and largest city, is Sanaa. As of 2021, Yemen has an estimated population of some 30.4 million. In ancient times, Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans, a trading state that included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. Later in 275 AD, the Himyarite Kingdom was influenced by Judaism. Christianity arrived in the fourth century. Islam spread quickly in the seventh century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the early Islamic conquests. Several dynasties emerged in the 9th to 16th centuries, such as the Rasulid dynasty. The country w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of South Korea
This is a demography of the population of South Korea including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. In June 2012, South Korea's population reached 50 million, and by the end of 2016, South Korea's population peaked at about 51 million people. However, in recent years the total fertility rate (TFR) of South Korea has plummeted, leading some researchers to suggest that if current trends continue, the country's population will shrink to approximately 28 million people by the end of the 21st century. In 2018, fertility in South Korea became a topic of international debate after only 26,500 babies were born in October and an estimated 325,000 babies for the year, causing the country to achieve the lowest birth rate in the world. In a further indication of South Korea's dramatic decline in fertility, in 2020 the country recorded more deaths than births, resulting in a populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refugees In South Korea
South Korea joined the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees in 1992 and became the first country in East Asia to enact its own refugee law in 2012. According to the Ministry of Justice in South Korea, there has been 12,208 asylum applicants since 1992 and it accepted 522 (4.2% of the total applicants) as refugees. The UNHCR categorized 44 industrialized countries in the world as refugees receiving countries. South Korea is one of the receiving countries in Asia-Pacific including Japan. The number of asylum applications in 2013 has increased by 85%; however, according to the Ministry of Justice in South Korea, the acceptance rate of refugees is 7.3% at the end of 2014. UNHCR said among the Parties relating to the Status of Refugees, 38% of asylum seekers were accepted as refugees, which is Korea's acceptance is much lower than international standards. The top nationality of asylum seekers in Korea is Pakistan (2,017) since 1994. The top three nationalities of people accepted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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