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Although South Korea has had minimal exposure to terrorism, it recently adopted a controversial Anti-Terrorism Act that is characterised by arbitrary and vague definitions of 'terrorism' and 'terrorism'-related crimes. The Act risks manufacturing the 'terrorism' phenomenon with the unnecessary curtailing of civil liberties and stifling of political dissent. This article argues that the legislation's objectives are more a rhetorical device to solidify power than to sustain the vibrancy of democratic politics and provide effective human security.

How will a unified Korea respond to the Kim regime's crimes against humanity? Will North and South Korea be able to reconcile their differences after being divided for so long? Will China, the US, Japan, Russia, and U.N. drive the process? This book examines the challenges associated with Korean unification and human rights accountability

Based on the 2010 case of a Vietnamese marriage migrant woman who was accused of abducting her child, this paper explores the implementation of The Hague Convention to which South Korea is a state party. The case highlights the role of women in the care of children and how international law treats family care in the raising of children. This paper concludes that Korea should take legislative and administrative measures to tackle the problem of international child abduction. It also highlights the need to work with the home countries of the foreign spouses of Korean nationals to resolve international child abduction cases. Furthermore, it maintains that The Hague Convention needs to reflect on the reproductive rights of women and how such rights can be duly considered in the Convention.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, stark social inequalities have increasingly been revealed and, in many cases, been exacerbated by the global health crisis. This book explores these inequalities, identifying three thematic strands: power and governance, gender and marginalized communities. By examining these three themes in relation to the effects of the pandemic, the book uncovers how unequal the pandemic truly is. It brings together invaluable insights from a range of international scholars across multiple disciplines to critically analyse how these inequalities have played out in the context of COVID-19 as a first step towards achieving social justice