15. Pushing back against xenophobia in South Korea

South Korea’s human rights record looks quite good –unless you’re a member of a minority.  LGBTQI  persons, people of minority faiths and foreigners have a tough time, and it’s getting tougher. Human rights lawyer PillKyu Hwang is the director of the GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation, and works with other lawyers and activists to uphold and defend minority rights. He talks about the social, economic and political backdrop to exclusion and the strategies they areusingto push back. In this episode: •How rights defenders are challenging xenophobia in South Korea •And in the Coda –finding inner calm by swimming in turbulent waters For a list of supplemental readings and additional information about this episode’s content, please visit https://strengthandsolidarity.org/podcasts/ Send your ideas and feedback to [email protected]